A State Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday took ten important decisions relating to the Departments of Water Resources, Industries, Commerce and Transport, General Administration and Public Grievance and Home.
These are Rules to regulate the method of recruitment and service conditions of the persons appointed in the Odisha Nursing College Education Service, the Command Area Development and Water Management activities in irrigated commands, utilisation of groundwater resources through deep bore-wells with solar pump systems in remote areas under the Biju Krushak Vikash Yojana and Deep Bore-Well Secha Yojana. Apart from these, approval was given for tenders for construction of sports infrastructure facilities at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and construction of an International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela for Hockey World Cup,
Besides, amendment of Odisha Transport-Traffic and Enforcement Rules, 2013, change of the nomenclature of the Forest and Environment Department as "Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department", amendment of Odisha Ex-Servicemen (Recruitment to State Civil Services and Posts) Rules, the Annual Report on activities of the Odisha Public Service Commission for the year 2017-18 and framing of the Rules for accommodation and other services in Bhawans owned and maintained by the Home Department outside the State-2021 were approved by the Cabinet.