Shimla, May 24 -- The Himachal Cabinet in its meeting on Saturday decided that due to lockdown, private schools in the State would be allowed to charge only tuition fee. The meeting, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur expressed grief over the untimely death of former MLA from Theog assembly constituency Rakesh Verma and observed two minutes silence as a mark of respect to the departed soul.
Amongst other items discussed, it was decided to implement the recommendations of 15th Central Finance Commission in the State, under which out of the total grants received from it, 70 percent would be provided to Gram Panchyats, 15 percent to Panchayat Samitis and 15 percent would be allocated to Zila Parishads for undertaking...