Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet approves creation of Capital Range Police administration

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ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh cabinet on Wednesday approved creation of the Capital Range Police administration, headed by a DIG with three SP level officers. The cabinet headed by Chief Minister Pema Khandu in its ninth meeting of the year, approved creation of Itanagar range police administration to ensure effective law & order and safety and security of law abiding citizens of the state capital, a statement from the CMO informed. The cabinet during the meeting discussed a record number of 33 agendas.

It approved a one-time relaxation of two years beyond the prescribed upper age limit of 22 years for filling up of vacant posts of constables advertised by the Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board (APSSB), which would give more opportunities to the aspiring youth seeking employment in the state police force. The cabinet also approved the Under-14 Indrajit Namchoom Annual Football League and the Monduro Cycling Event as Annual calendar events to give a fillip to young sporting talents of the state. The cabinet felt the need to develop and strengthen the state Administrative Training Institute (ATI) to train direct recruit government employees including gazette officers at higher level such as the state civil services officers and other senior level officers and approved creation of four posts of deputy director (faculty) for ATI. In order to cater to the three upcoming ITIs, one each at Lungla, Pangin and Kanubari, the cabinet approved creation of 80 posts. The three ITI’s will provide skill development training to a minimum of 600 youths of the state every year. The cabinet also approved the post of legal remembrancer-cum-secretary, justice, for efficient and prompt handling of legal matters of the state government by creation of two wings in the existing Law, Legislative and Justice department and creation of three posts thereof.

Further, it approved the denotification of 33 obsolete Ordinances/Acts to ensure reduction of compliance burden. To ensure timely release of convicts after grant of bail, the cabinet approved amendment of Arunachal Pradesh Prison Manual 2017 which would do away with the delay faced in release of convicts after grant of bail. The cabinet also granted a one-time relaxation of hard belt posting criteria of two years (as prescribed in APCS Rules 2018) to the APCS (Senior Grade) and APCS (Entry Grade) officers who were promoted recently.

For cent per cent saturation, 13 social welfare schemes were reviewed by the cabinet including, PMAY (Urban and Rural), Jal Jeevan Mission, Ayushman Bharat, PMGSY, Kisan Samman Nidhi, Jivan Jyoti BeemaYojna, Swamitva, Bharat Net, Soil Health Card, Kisan Credit Card (Agri, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries), Atal Pension Yojna and SVANidhi. The cabinet also approved amendments in the recruitment rules with regard to departments of Art & Culture, Forest and Home. It also approved restructuring of the work force in PWD aimed to enhance the department’s work efficiency, the statement added.

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