The State Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to amend a provision of the Odia University Act, 2017 to establish the Odia University headquarters at Satyabadi in compliance with the decision of the Heritage Cabinet in this regard.
Earlier, it was proposed that the headquarters of the university would be established at Bhubaneswar.
With a view to recruiting quality manpower and due to the requirements in the changing scenario specifically, e- governance initiatives implemented by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department for field offices, proposed amendments to the Odisha District Revenue Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Services) Rules, 1983 were approved by the Cabinet.
To provide impetus and introduce the prospect of out-of-turn promotion irrespective of batch/ year of allotment for exceptional and exemplary achievements in furthering good governance and ease of public service delivery by the officers and employees of the State Government, the Cabinet approved a proposal to frame a new set of Rules called Odisha Civil Service (Out of turn promotion) Rules, 2019.
The Cabinet also approved a proposal of the Reliance (Poly Fibres Ltd) Industries for exemption of stamp duty amounting to Rs 2,15,64,648 in compliance with an order of the High Court.