Chandigarh, Aug 12 (PTI) After a gap of nearly eight weeks, the next meeting of Punjab council of ministers will be held on August 16.

The next meeting of the Punjab cabinet will take place at 3 pm on August 16 through video conference, according to an official order.

Also Read | Uttar Pradesh: Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for molesting 4-year-old Minor girl.

The last cabinet meeting was held on June 18.

It will be the first cabinet meeting after Navjot Singh Sidhu took over as the Punjab Congress chief.

Also Read | Uttar Pradesh: 25 Members of Hindu Outfit Booked for Thrashing Vendor Selling 'Mehndi'.

Though the agenda of the Punjab cabinet meeting will come later, a new Bill that seeks to earmark a part of the state's annual budget for the welfare of the Scheduled Castes in proportion to their population in the state, is likely to be taken up for approval.

Last month, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had given his nod for putting before the cabinet the 'Punjab State Welfare and Development of Scheduled Castes (Planning, Earmarking and Utilization of Financial Resources) Sub-Allocation Bill, 2021', thus paving the way for its enactment in the next session of the state assembly.

The Bill will also enable the government to put in place an institutional mechanism to formulate and monitor the implementation of the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP), and matters connected with it.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)