Archive · 25 Aug 2026
Uttarakhand Cabinet Approves Cooperative Policy, Market Controls and Road Plans
Uttarakhand’s Cabinet discussed several important state issues.
Pushkar Singh Dhami told officials to keep essential goods available at fair prices.
Officials must inspect markets and punish hoarding, black marketing and profiteering.
The government also planned repairs for roads damaged or needing work after the monsoon.
It wants road tenders completed early so repairs can start quickly when the rains end.
The Cabinet approved a new cooperative policy to make cooperatives more transparent and professionally managed.
The policy also aims to support technology, young people, jobs and inclusion.
The government approved a corporation to buy medicines and medical equipment more transparently.
It also agreed to create an NCDC branch, develop rules for population surveys and urban land records, and provide phased equal-pay benefits to eligible Upnal personnel.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami ordered regular monitoring of essential-goods prices, supplies and stocks.
Officials were told to act against black marketing, hoarding, profiteering and artificial shortages.
Departments must prepare post-monsoon repair plans and complete tenders early for urban and rural roads.
The Cabinet approved the Uttarakhand State Cooperative Policy, 2026, emphasizing transparency, technology and economic viability.
Other decisions included a medical supplies corporation, an NCDC branch, new survey rules and phased equal-pay benefits for eligible Upnal personnel.
- Who
- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the State Cabinet and senior government officials.
- What
- The Cabinet discussed price controls, road repairs and several administrative and policy decisions, including approval of the Uttarakhand State Cooperative Policy, 2026.
- When
- At the Cabinet meeting; the articles do not provide a date.
- Where
- Uttarakhand.
- Why
- To protect consumers from unreasonable price increases, prepare road repairs after the monsoon and strengthen state institutions and public procurement.
- Market oversight
- District administrations must inspect markets, check prices and monitor stock positions.
- Enforcement
- Violations involving black marketing, hoarding, profiteering or artificial shortages are to face action under the rules.
- Road repairs
- Departments were asked to prepare comprehensive urban and rural road-repair plans and complete tenders before the monsoon ends.
- PMGSY roads
- The government discussed funding for old PMGSY roads whose maintenance periods have ended.
- Cooperative policy
- The Cabinet approved the Uttarakhand State Cooperative Policy, 2026, aligned with the National Cooperative Policy, 2025.
- Medical procurement
- The Cabinet approved formation of the Uttarakhand Medical Supplies Corporation for medicines, surgical materials and equipment.
- Additional decisions
- The Cabinet agreed to establish an NCDC branch, frame rules for modern population surveys and urban land records, and provide phased equal-pay benefits to eligible Upnal personnel.