Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi presided over the 15th Provincial Cabinet meeting at CM Office today. The Punjab Cabinet meeting by taking an important step regarding e-governance has decided to close down traditional file system in all government departments and approval for the imposition of paperless system has been accorded during the meeting. E-filing system for the departments will be implemented by 15th May period. Billions of rupees will be saved due to this austere step of the Punjab government. Caretaker CM Mohsin Naqvi directed to digitalize ACRs. The Punjab Cabinet acknowledged the endeavours of Chairman Planning & Development Board, Secretary Implementation and Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board on introducing paperless system in the departments. The Punjab Cabinet has decided to give laptops to the intelligent male & female students of Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir by adopting a nice step. The Cabinet also granted approval to award available laptops to the promising male and female students. The Punjab Cabinet granted approval to give Rs.15 lakh financial assistance per head to the heirs of the youth resident of Ichhra who lost their lives due to falling down of a jeep into River Neelum. Approval to the amendment of Punjab Police (Ministerial Posts) Rules 2017 was granted during the meeting. Conditional approval was granted during the meeting for signing MoU between Special Education Department and “Tare Zameen Per” NGO Trust. The Cabinet Standing Committee for Legal Affairs will make a final decision after reviewing the MoU. The Cabinet endorsed the decisions of the Provincial Cabinet 11th, 12th, 13th & 14th meetings. The Provincial Cabinet meeting also endorsed the decisions of 2nd and 3rd meetings of the Cabinet Standing Committee for Finance and Development. The decisions of the first and second meeting of the Cabinet Standing Committee for Legal Affairs and Privatization were also endorsed. The decisions of second, third and fourth meeting of the Cabinet Standing Committee for Law & Order were endorsed. Provincial Ministers, Advisers, Chief Secretary, IG Police and concerned officials attended the meeting.
