A virtual meeting of the Cabinet was held today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The Cabinet has given revised administrative approval for a proposal of Rs 223.75 crore instead of Rs 202.40 crore issued earlier for the under construction 300-bed hospital Medical College Shivpuri. The Cabinet has granted revised approval of Rs 479.27 crore for the buildings to be constructed for the 2000-bed hospital in Gandhi Medical College Bhopal campus in accordance with the provisions of the National Building Code 2016, which includes increase in quantity of steel and concrete due to construction work as per the new seismic and fire safety standards, installation of various equipment and doors for fire protection as per new fire rating and other construction works.
The Cabinet has granted approval for the state government to spend a total amount of Rs 111.55 crore with an additional third revised required amount of Rs 19.55 crore for environmental upgrading and conservation scheme of Shivpuri lakes under the centrally sponsored scheme Programme and continue the scheme. It has a central share of Rs 29 crore 4 lakh and state share of Rs 82 crore 51 lakh.
In another decision, under the Digital India Land Record Modernization Programme of the Government of India, the remaining work of the survey resurvey of the state will be completed with technical support of departmental staff of Revenue Department and MAP IT in place of external agency. Out of the total estimated expenditure of Rs 293 crore for the completion of the work, an amount of Rs 228.54 crore will be used by the Government of India for the survey resurvey, the remaining amount of Rs 64.46 crore will be spent under the demand number of Revenue Department by including the provision of budget of Rs 32 crore in the year 2022-2023 and Rs 32.46 crore in the year 2023-2024.
The Cabinet took decision in relation to the eligibility matrix for land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement for the implementation of metro rail project in Bhopal and Indore cities. Rehabilitation policy framework for the implementation of Bhopal Metro Rail Project and Indore Metro Rail Project under which the eligibility matrix provides for appropriate / equivalent compensation in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement and Transparency Rights Act 2013, better / equivalent compensation and rehabilitation and resettlement Action on land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement will be done under the Land Purchase Policy 2014 with the mutual consent of Madhya Pradesh government. If the consent for this is not given by the affected person, his family or a member of his family action will be taken through Appropriate Compensation and Transparency Rights Act 2013 in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement and Appropriate Compensati.