Dehra Dun, Jun 01: Uttarakhand cabinet today decided to extend benefits of Sixth pay commission to the employees of Sanskrit University.
Briefing newspersons after the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank, Chief Secretary N S Napalchyal said benefits of sixth pay commission would be extended to the teaching as well as non-teaching staff of Haridwar-based Sanskrit University with retrospective effect from Jan one, 2006.
The cabinet also decided to lower VAT on plywood and fibrewood made from trees like Eucalyptus and Poplar as well as timber wood to 4 percent from the existing 12.5 per cent, Napalchyal said.
He said the state cabinet also gave its nod to hike the fee of government-run Engineering Colleges and Polytechnic institutes.
While fee for course of B.Tech has been increased to Rs 25,000 per annum from Rs 15,000, students pursuing M.
–PTI