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It would cost the state exchequer an additional Rs 130 crore.The cabinet also increased the registration charges of commercial and non-commercial vehicles in the state. DEHRADUN: Presenting a New Year gift in advance to 2,000 professors of universities and degree colleges, the Uttarakhand cabinet on Friday decided to hike the salaries of the instructors under the seventh pay commission recommendations. The revised salary will take effect from January 1, 2016. Forty-five posts were created for better coordination and preparations for Mahakumbh 2021 in Haridwar while allocation of 80.63 acre land was done in Kurpiya Farm of Kiccha village in Udham Singh Nagar for making various government offices, educational institutes and a police station. Seven years of experience is mandatory for the applicants,” Kaushik said.The minister added that the legal officers would be provided an office in the secretariat “so that they can be in touch with the offices of different departments”.The government also waived off liabilities in terms of dues worth Rs 1.43 lakh on former CM ND Tiwari, who passed away on October 18.Among the other key decisions taken during the cabinet meeting included direct benefit transfer on NCERT books for primary school children being increased from Rs 150 to Rs 250, while for Class VI and above, it was increased from Rs 250 to Rs 400..