The cabinet also finalised procurement rates for apples from disaster-hit Dharali and surrounding areas of Uttarkashi district and approved the doubling of the monthly pension for elderly and destitute folk artists and writers in the state.
The decision was taken by the state tourism department following directives issued by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
According to the government, the decision was necessitated by the increasing number of inter-community marriages between locals and people of Nepalese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan origin in the state.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday announced that his government has decided to raise the compensatory financial assistance amount from the current Rs six lakh to Rs 10 lakh for loss of lives in man-animal conflicts in the state.
A helicopter carrying seven people on board and which was on its way to Gaurikund in Uttarakhand crashed on Sunday morning, Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA) said.
More than one marriage will not be allowed in Uttarakhand once Pushkar Singh Dhami implements Uniform Civil Code(UCC) in Janayary, 2025. Laws of monogamy will be strictly adhered to by the government as UCC is likely to be implemented before January 14.
Union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, who visited the site of the collapsed Uttarkashi tunnel on Sunday, said he hoped rescue teams will reach the workers trapped inside the tunnel in the next two to twoand-a-half days.
During the budget session of the Vidhansabha, the state cabinet will hold the meeting in Gairsain under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
BJP state unit has also formed a 14-member committee under party's state general secretary Aditya Kothari to assess land subsidence incident.
On Saturday, Vanatara resort in Rishikesh owned by expelled BJP leader Vinod Arya's son Pulkit Arya, who is an accused in the Ankita Bhandari murder case, was set on fire by angry locals.
