Punjab News: To provide quality healthcare services to the people of Punjab, the Cabinet, led by the Chief Minister, has approved the empanelment of 300 specialist doctors across 12 major categories.
This decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister here today. A spokesperson from the Chief Minister’s Office stated that the Cabinet also decided to empanel 300 specialist doctors in 12 key categories: Medicine, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Dermatology, Chest and tuberculosis, Surgery, Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, ENT, and Anaesthesiology. This move will increase the availability of specialist doctors and improve the quality of secondary healthcare services for the people of Punjab. The process of empanelment of these specialist doctors will be conducted through Civil Surgeons at the district level, and empanelled doctors will be entitled to charge per-patient empanelment fees for OPD, IPD, emergency, major and minor surgeries, and various other services.
Uniform Disciplinary and Appellate Structure approved under the Punjab Co-operative Societies Rules, 1963
The Cabinet also approved Rule 28A of the Punjab Cooperative Societies Rules, 1963, providing for a uniform disciplinary and appellate framework. This will eliminate duplication of appeal channels, avoid conflicting decisions within the same board or its committees, and establish a clear chain of command in disciplinary proceedings. It will also ensure that appeals are heard only once within the organisation. This will strengthen institutional accountability and protect employee rights by ensuring due process and defining authority at every level under a clear, uniform framework. This will bring uniformity across all apex institutions and central cooperative banks operating within the cooperative sector in Punjab.
Punjab News: Amendments to Punjab Minor Mineral Rules, 2013, approved
The Cabinet also approved amendments to the Punjab Minor Mineral Rules, 2013, in accordance with the Punjab State Minor Minerals (Amendment) Policy 2025, to make mining services more efficient, citizen-friendly, and transparent. These new rules/amendments were required to be added/changed to the existing Punjab Minor Mineral Rules, 2013, for the allocation of mining rights to mining lease holders of crusher mining sites and landowner mining sites to be allotted in the state.
