Srinagar- The Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet on Monday approved a policy for the allotment of five marlas of land to people affected by floods and cloudbursts, besides clearing a proposal to enhance the salary of Village Level Workers, official sources said.

Sources said that the Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and attended by all ministers, cleared a series of proposals submitted by various departments.

According to the sources, the Cabinet gave its nod to the allotment of five marlas of land to families affected by floods and cloudbursts earlier this year, a move aimed at providing relief and rehabilitation to those who lost land or homes during the natural calamities.

The Cabinet also approved a proposal to designate District Panchayat Officers posted in Assistant Commissioner Panchayat offices as Block Development Officers, a step intended to strengthen administrative functioning at the grassroots level.

In another key decision, the Cabinet cleared the enhancement of salaries of Village Level Workers and Multipurpose Workers by upgrading them from Level-2 to Level-4, addressing a long-pending demand of field-level staff.

Besides, the Cabinet approved a capital infusion of Rs 118 crore into the Anantnag Central Cooperative Bank and the Jammu Central Cooperative Bank to improve their financial health and strengthen cooperative banking in the Union Territory.

Sources said that the decisions cleared by the Cabinet will now be forwarded to the Lieutenant Governor for approval, following which formal orders will be issued. (KNO)