Himachal Cabinet clears major recruitment drive, raises welfare payouts and milk incentives

Shimla, October 10 (UNI) The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, today approved a series of decisions covering government recruitment, education, healthcare, farmer welfare and disaster relief, including the engagement of 4,090 para-workers in the Jal Shakti Department and the filling of 4,800 posts for 100 additional CBSE-affiliated government schools. In a major measure for dairy farmers, the Cabinet doubled assistance under the Milk Incentive Scheme from Rs 3 to Rs 6 per litre and directed government departments to procure milk and milk products from Milkfed. It also approved the Mukhyamantri Machhuara Sahayata Yojana, providing a…