The Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, ordered payment of Dearness Allowance to State Government employees and pensioners at revised rates effective from January one, 2012.
It also gave a nod to release Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) for the period ending June 2010 in favour of state-owned Public Sector Employees, creation of Special Purpose Vehicle (SPY) for the International Trade Centre (ITC) at Pampore.
The Cabinet approved the promotion of Sunita Sharma to Super Time Scale of IAS, Showkat Ahmad Malik to the selection grade of IPS, Rauf-ul-Hassan to the selection grade of IPS with effect from January one, 2006, on a regular basis and promotions of officers to the various scale of IPS.
The Cabinet accorded administrative approval for construction of residential flats for employees at Pampore.
The Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet also approved creation of staff for manning trade facilitation Centers at Salamabad and Chakan-da-Bagh and also approved optic fiber communication assigned to Power Grid Corporation for executive in J-K. PTI AB AKG