The Uttarakhand Cabinet under the ”Udayman Chhatra Yojana scheme” approved a proposal to grant Rs 50,000 each to 100 candidates who clear the preliminary examinations of Union Public Service Commission or UPSC.
As, The UPSC civil services examination is conducted annually in three phases to select candidates for the country’s premier Civil Services –
•preliminary
•main
•interview
Apart from preliminary exams of Union Public Service Commission, the cabinet also decided to provide same financial assistance to Combined Defence Services (CDS), National Defence Academy (NDA) and Officers’ Training Academy (OTA).
Apart from this, The officials revealed that In another major decision, the state cabinet announced that the assembly session would be held in Dehradun from August 23 to 27.