The State Cabinet approved the formation of new tehsil Killaud in Khandwa district, new tehsil Digouda in Tikamgarh district, new tehsil Mundi in Khandwa district and new tehsil Dhulkot in Burhanpur district.
The Cabinet granted permission to the Medical Education Department to allot 97452 square meters of vacant land of farm no. 6, 6A, 6B, 29, 40, 44, 24, 30 near Kanavati on Mhow Naseerabad Road under the ownership of Municipality in Neemuch Nagar, without premium and annual land rent of Re 1 subject to the given conditions and the use of the said land from residential to 'public and semi-public' on the condition of being modified to 'public', for the establishment of a medical college.
It approved to start 11 new government colleges in the state. These include Government College Udayanagar in Dewas district, Government College Raigaon in Satna district, Government College Ghuwara in Chhatarpur district, Government College Pichore of Gwalior district, Government College Jaisinagar, Sagar district, Government College Gormi, Bhind district, Government College Rajoudha, Morena district, Government College Anuppur, Anuppur district, Government College Dimani, Morena district, Government College Rithorakala, Morena district and Government College Dinara, Morena district. Approval was given to create 233 academic and 228 non-academic, a total of 461 posts. Posts for starting new science and commerce faculties in five already functional government colleges and for starting three new subjects at postgraduate level in one government college. For this, a recurring expenditure load of Rs 24.60 crore per annum and non-recurring expenditure of Rs 5.45 crore has been approved.
According to the MP University (Amendment) Ordinance, the proposal to rename 'Chhindwara University', Chhindwara 'as' Raja Shankar Shah University, Chhindwara' was approved by the Cabinet. The Higher Education Department has been authorized to pass the ordinance in the form of a bill in the upcoming assembly session. The Cabinet granted administrative approval for the creation of 9 posts of computer operators along with 138 new posts for filling of the 252 posts required for Regional Institute for Respiratiory Diseases, Bhopal whle dedicating 113 posts out of 227 posts approved earlier in TB Hospital for creation of new posts for the upgradation of the TB Hospital, of Bhopal to Regional Institute For Respiratory Diseases and for the arrangement of an agency approved and contracted for Gandhi Medical College Bhopal for cleanliness and safety.