The State Cabinet on Saturday approved as many as 12 proposals, including Rs 432-crore drinking water projects for three districts, Kendrapada, Angul and Jharsuguda, and a tender for construction of an additional spillway with hydro-mechanical works on left Gandhi Hillock at the Hirakud Dam.
The Cabinet meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnik at the State Secretariat approved a proposal to establish four Rural Water Supply Projects to provide safe drinking water in Kendrapada nd Jharsuguda under BASUDHA project and Angul district out of CSR and OMBADC funding. By this project, 3,53,952 people of 307 villages under five blocks in the three districts will be provided safe drinking water.
A proposal to supply water at free of cost to the urban poor through stand posts and to wave water charges amounting to Rs 40.50 crore pending against UlBs as on June 2017 was approved.
The proposal for construction of additional spillway at Hirakud Dad had been approved under the DIP by World Bank. The Cabinet gave an approval to award the work ‘Construction of Additional Spillway with Hydro-Mechanical Works on left Gandhi Hillock at Hirakud dam” to a joint venture company at rs 369,53,10,267.
As per a proposal of the Higher Education Department, the teaching and nonteaching employees of aided colleges receiving block grant under the GIA Order 2014 will receive 60 per cent GIA from January 1, 2018, 75 per cent GID from January 1, 2020 and 100 per cent GIA from January 1, 2022 of Initial Pay (as per ORSP Rules, 2008) plus Grade Pay plus 136 per cent DA. They will also get 3 per cent of annual increament after getting 100 per cent GIA. Around 592 employees of 302 Non-Government aided colleges will get the benefit.
Similarly, a proposal to create 47 additional posts under the Directorate of Mines and 104 such posts in Directorate of Geology was approved.
As per an approval, 33,948 teaching and nonteaching employees of 3,701 education institutions will get enhanced GIA from January 1, 2018.
The Cabinet approved a proposal of the GA and PG Department proposal for appointment of Subhendu Kumar Ray as a Member in the Odisha Public Service Commission.
A proposal was approved to reduce the period of induction training of Civil Judges on probation from two years to one year. For this the OSJS and OJS Rules would be amended. The proposal was based on the recommendation of the Orissa High Court.