Dhami cabinet: free roadways bus rides for medal-winning players, Udham Singh Nagar's ashram-style government girls' school to become a high school; Rs 7,412 crore supplementary budget approved

About two dozen proposals were approved at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at the Secretariat on Thursday. According to Amar Ujala, players who have won awards or medals at the national and state level will get free travel in Uttarakhand Roadways buses. The cabinet also approved upgrading the Government Ashram Paddhati girls' residential school in Udham Singh Nagar to high school status, and allotting land to the Annamrit Foundation for central kitchens in Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar under the PM Poshan scheme. The Mukhyamantri Ekal Nari Samman Yojana was approved for financial help to destitute and single women. Students with disabilities will get a five-mark relaxation in Uttarakhand Board exams, and the annual family income limit for free coaching of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students was raised from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 8 lakh. The cabinet also approved presenting a supplementary budget of Rs 7,412 crore in the Assembly session, two private universities in Haridwar and a one-time settlement scheme for stamp cases.