Shimla, May 7 -- The Himachal cabinet on Tuesday approved Rs.1,500 financial assistance for women employed as domestic helps, as well as their daughters aged 21 and above. In a meeting chaired by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, the cabinet gave its nod to expand the ambit of Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojana to include women who have worked as domestic helps for 100 days or more. The officials said women working as domestic help will have to submit a certificate from the employer or an affidavit that to the same effect. Till now, majority of the beneficiaries of the scheme were tribal women. To address the problem of roadside parking and congestion across the state, the cabinet okayed opening of the feasible closed basement floors. If the floor is used for any purpose other than parking, heavy penalties will be imposed and the individual concerned will have to restore the floor for parking use, said officials. The Cabinet approved a new homestay policy and fixed the registration fee for such facilities in Pangi sub-division of Chamba district at 50% of standard rate. The cabinet approved an increase in the MSP for organic crops. The MSP for organic wheat has been raised from Rs.40 to Rs.60 per kg, maize from Rs.30 to Rs.40 per kg. The cabinet okayed MSP for organic raw turmeric at Rs.90 per kg and for barley from Pangi block in Chamba district at Rs.60 per kg. The cabinet decided to provide relief in water tariffs to residents of 14 newly-constituted nagar panchayats and merged areas of upgraded municipal corporations of Hamirpur, Una and Baddi, and municipal councils of Nadaun and Baijnath-Paprola....