New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- The Uttarakhand Cabinet on Thursday approved a series of measures covering livestock farming, labour welfare, education, judicial infrastructure, tourism, sports and industrial development, including extending subsidies for cattle purchase to general category beneficiaries and approving new labour rules under the Code on Wages.

The decisions were taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and announced by Director General of Information and Additional Secretary to the Chief Minister Banshidhar Tiwari.

The Cabinet expanded the state livestock scheme to include general category farmers, who will now be eligible for subsidies to purchase cows or buffaloes. The unit cost has been revised fr...