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The framing of new rules was necessary because the Haryana government had been following the Punjab Civil Service (Executive Branch) Rules, 1930, since its inception in 1966. The new rules would be known as Haryana Civil Services (executive branch) Rules, 2008, and will come into force from the date of their publication in the official gazette.
The strength and composition of the Haryana Civil Service (HCS) cadre will be determined by the government from time to time, which would be re-examined by the government at an interval of every three years.
The Cabinet also decided to increase the authorised share capital of Haryana Financial Corporation from Rs 50 crore to Rs 300 crore. The decision to increase its share capital has been taken because the Corporation is facing problems in availing refinance from SIDBI as per the recent guidelines issued by Reserve Bank of India. It was felt that the corporation required additional capital infusion of Rs 145 crore within the next two years to achieve required capital adequacy ratio of 9 per cent.
The Cabinet has decided to hold the budget session of the State Legislative Assembly from March 13.
The Cabinet decided to revise the schedule for licence fee by 2 per cent. In case of category of hyper-potential Gurgaon, the licence fee would be Rs 5.4 lakh per gross acre in residential plotted area, Rs 6.7 lakh per gross acre for residential group housing and Rs 55,000 per gross acre in industrial area.
The government has decided to transfer 8.92 acres belonging to the Irrigation Department at Hathnikund Barrage in Yamunanagar district to the Tourism Department to set up a resort. It was also decided to transfer the possession of a strip of 150 feet on both sides of the Western Yamuna Canal Link channel to the Tourism Department, but ownership will be retained by the Irrigation Department.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal of the Director, B.D.S. Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, to amend the Haryana Medical Education Department, Technical Staff (Group C) Service Rules, 1999.
The Haryana Cabinet approved the rules under the Haryana Tax on Luxuries Act, 2007. According to the rules, luxuries available for consumption in hotels and banquet halls have been taxed, irrespective of the location of hotels and banquet halls. In hotels, tax will be charged in respect of rooms, lodging charges for which are Rs 2,000 and more per day or a part of a day. From banquet halls, tax will be charged if charges per occasion are Rs 20,000 or more. Charges for food and drink shall not be counted. The rate of tax would be 10 per cent and the government may hike it up to 15 per cent at any time.
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