The State Cabinet here on Tuesday sanctioned creation of Madhya Pradesh Inter-city Transport Authority. The authority will develop and maintain public transport infrastructure, including bus stands and other structures.
The authority will work towards rationalisation of necessary routes of public transport. It will also make efforts to ensure that common people get public transport facilities on all the routes as per requirement. It will also promote ultramodern techniques to make public transport system more convenient. Sanction has also been given to create 17 posts for the authority. The Cabinet sanctioned revision of financial limits under Madhya Pradesh Store Purchase Rules. At present, financial limits of Rs250 without inviting tender, Rs1,000 solo tender, from Rs1,000 to Rs25 restricted tender and limit of over Rs25,000 through open tender are sanctioned. These were sanctioned 16 years ago with effect from November 1998.
According to the revision, limit of Rs15,000 has been sanctioned for purchase without quotation. Purchase of over Rs15,000 and upto Rs1 lakh, can be made through departmental Purchase Committee. Process to invite limited tenders has been prescribed for purchase from Rs1 lakh to Rs5 lakh and open tender for over Rs5 lakh. The Cabinet decided to restructure Directorate of Urban Administration and Development. As a result, divisional offices have been upgraded as Offices of the Joint Directors. In the restructured Directorate, IAS officers will be posted as Commissioner and Mission Director. Besides, there will be 3 posts of Additional Director, 16 Joint Director, 11 Deputy Director, 22 Assistant Director and 323 other posts.