Bhopal. A cabinet meeting was held at Mantralaya on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. To encourage the students, the cabinet has decided to provide e-scooty to the students who have secured first position in all government higher secondary schools of the state under the new scheme. . If more than one student has the highest marks then all of them will get the benefit of the scheme. Scooty will be provided in areas where e-scooty is not available. About 9 thousand students will be benefited from the scheme. A provision of Rs 135 crore has been made for the implementation of the scheme in the budget of the year 2023-24. It is noteworthy that provision has been made for a new scheme to increase convenience for students to reach schools and reduce dependence, to encourage them for higher education, to instill self-confidence.
Income limit for scholarship to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students is now 8 lakhs
According to the announcement of Chief Minister Shri Chouhan, the order issued by the Scheduled Caste Welfare Department on April 15, 2023 ‘increasing the income limit for scholarship to the students of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from Rs.6 lakh to Rs. Ratified to give foreign study scholarship to the students for humanities subjects as well.
Along with this, consent was given to increase the annual income limit of post-matric scholarship for Scheduled Tribe students studying in non-government institutions to Rs 8 lakh. It is worth mentioning that the income limit has been abolished by the Tribal Affairs Department for Scheduled Tribe students studying in government and government-aided educational institutions. With the increase in the income limit, students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will get wide opportunities to get education.
Approval of “Cooperative Policy of Madhya Pradesh, 2023”
Approving the “Cooperative Policy of Madhya Pradesh, 2023”, the cabinet has authorized the Cooperative Department to prepare and implement a time-bound action plan. This cooperative policy is the way to move towards making cooperatives a people’s movement in the state. Through co-operatives committees will be formed in new areas and employment opportunities will be created. Changes will also be made in the cooperative law of the state as per the requirement and action will be taken to remove the internal and structural deficiencies of the co-operatives. Information technology will be used extensively.Cooperative policy includes agricultural credit, urban credit, cooperative marketing, cooperative housing, consumer cooperative, cooperative seed production and marketing, minor forest produce cooperatives, dairy cooperative, cooperative fisheries, etc. .
Payment Security Guarantee and Agreed Format for Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project
The cabinet has agreed to the state government’s payment security guarantee and its format for the 600 MW capacity Omkareshwar floating solar project. It is notable that the 600 MW floating solar project is being constructed in two phases on the Omkareshwar reservoir of Narmada river. Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project will be one of the largest floating solar projects in the country and the world. The Omkareshwar project is one of the country’s multipurpose projects, where along with irrigation, hydropower generation, solar energy will also be produced and tourism will also be promoted.
Approval of amendment in “Chief Minister Youth Internship for Professional Development Program”
The cabinet has approved the amendment in the “Chief Minister’s Youth Internship for Professional Development Program” CMYIPDP program in line with the announcement of Chief Minister Chouhan in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis under the Department of Public Service Management. The honorarium of interns in the CMYIPDP program will be increased from Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000 per month. The appointment of interns will now be done at the block level as well as at the panchayat level.
Along with this, the Council of Ministers has decided to replace the amendment in paragraph VIII of the order issued on May 13, 2021, of Public Service Management regarding amendment in the provision for appointment to the post of Chief Executive Officer in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis, Bhopal. .
Approval for construction of 11 higher secondary school buildings of Tribal Affairs Department
The cabinet has given approval of Rs 338 crore 83 lakh 6 thousand for the construction works of 11 higher secondary school buildings under the CM Rise scheme under Tribal Affairs Department. It is noteworthy that in the first phase, 95 schools have been selected as CM Rise Schools in the Tribal Affairs Department. Out of this, construction work is to be done for total 11 schools in Dhar, Mandla, Jhabua, Betul, Alirajpur, Khargone and Ratlam districts.
Increase in honorarium of Trisem hand pump technician
The cabinet has decided to pay an honorarium of Rs.100 per handpump per month instead of Rs.75 per handpump for a maximum of 120 handpumps to Trisem handpump technician under Public Health Engineering Department.
Approval of water supply schemes worth more than 17 thousand crore rupees
The cabinet decided to give administrative approval to 2 revised group water supply schemes costing Rs 2,002 crore 62 lakh and 29 new group water supply schemes costing Rs 15,995 crore 98 lakh for implementation by Public Health Engineering Department through Madhya Pradesh Jal Nigam Is.
other decisions
Instead of building/developing airport located at Singrauli in district Singrauli, the cabinet approved construction of new airstrip with private public participation and other related constructions such as boundary wall, two helipads, one hangar, administrative building, staff quarters and shifting of power line. After revising Rs 35 crore 30 lakh, it has been decided to issue approval of Rs 40 crore 19 lakh 96 thousand on the same conditions.
The cabinet has given revised administrative approval for construction of high level bridge on Narmada river on Obedullaganj-Narmadapuram-Nagpur road costing Rs 129 crore 68 lakh in Narmadapuram district.
In compliance of the instructions given by the Chief Minister Shri Chouhan regarding increasing the prize money given by the state government to the permanent residents of Madhya Pradesh, Shaurya Analkaran Series, War Service Medal Series and Medals of Special Service Category. Ratified the order issued by the department on 30 March 2023.
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