Mizoram to hike petrol and diesel price

Aizawl, June 23 : A Cabinet meeting, chaired by chief minister Lal Thanhawla in Aizawl yesterday decided to hike the price of petrol and diesel by 0.50 paisa per litre, and approved ‘The Mizoram Energy Conservation Fund Rules, 2010”, “Amendment of Mizoram Air & Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Rules and decided to raise duty allowance of Mizoram Home Guard Volunteers.

Stating the reason for hiking petrol and diesel price, the chief minister said that as the state government had spent Rs. 4046 lakhs for buying rice so in order to stabilise the financial condition of the state it had to hike the prices of petrol and diesel.

Mizoram also have very less rice quota unlike previous months. The state government had to buy rice through economic cost from the centre monthly incurring a loss of Rs. 1190 per quintal. This is the fact that while Mizoram buys rice from outside at Rs. 2137 per quintal, the state government had sold rice at Rs. 950 per quintal. As per statistic from Agriculture department, Mizoram had 29,646 metric tons of rice during 2006-2007, 15,688 metric tons during 2007-08 and 68,917 metric tons during 2008-09.

On the other fronts, the Cabinet meeting gave nod to a one-time relaxation for one year in the recruitment rules for selection of Science, Mathematics and English subject teachers and also decided to relocate Sainik School and its related matters from the Home Department to the School Education Department. The Cabinet meeting also approved in principle the Sixth Pay Commission Report, and agreed to implement it at the earliest, after making necessary revisions as per the suggestions of the Employees’ Federation. The Cabinet meeting then approved in principle to implement the “Scheme of Revision of Pay of Teachers and Equivalent Cadres in Universities & Colleges on the Recommendation of the Sixth Central Pay Commission”, and re-arrangement of various posts among different Departments in the Secretariat.

A decision on proposed New Land Usable Policy (NLUP) Grant-in-aid Rules, 2010 (Grant-in-aid to Executing Agencies and Individual from NLUP Board and Grant-in-aid to NLUP Board from the Government) has been postponed for reconsideration in future meetings.