To lure the vast section of youth ahead of Assembly polls due later this year, the Raman Singh Cabinet on Friday gave green signal to the ambitious Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarojgar Yojana to be launched in Chhattisgarh on the lines of Prime Minister Self Employment scheme. Under the scheme, unemployed youths can avail loan of Rs2 lakh to Rs25 lakh for starting own trade venture for which the state government will give bank guarantee. The cabinet also decided to bring an amendment bill during the Monsoon Session of the State Assembly for according Minority status to Jain community people.
The State cabinet in its meeting held at Naya Raipur under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Raman Singh, took half a dozen important decisions affecting wider sections of the society. After the meeting, PWD Minister Brijmohan Agrawal and Higher Education Minister Ramvichar Netam told media that the cabinet gave its approval to Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarojgar Yojana. State Government will provide training to youths willing to start their own self employment venture for which they could avail up to Rs25 lakh loan on the bank guarantee of the State Government.
However, for venture related to providing services Rs10 lakh loan and for normal self employment project Rs2 lakh loan will be given. For all such loans the Govt will provide bank guarantee, the duo informed.
According to the ministers, the cabinet also decided to bring an amendment bill during the Monsoon Session of the Assembly to provide Minority status to people of Jain community. Notably, during the Congress regime in 2002, an ordinance according Minority status to Jains was issued but in the recent years the State Government has withdrawn the status on some technical ground. After which people of Jain community had met the Chief Minister and demanded restoration of Minority status to the community again.
After the passage of Bill in the Assembly and approval of Governor Jains will again get the status of Minority.
The Minister duo also informed that the state cabinet also decided to give Rs 5 thousand per month as Senior Journalist Honorarium Amount to journalist of Chhattisgarh who are above 62 years of age. The State government had also announced this in to its 2013-14 Budget
In its another decision, the state cabinet given its go ahead to the scheme to run city buses in the adjoining areas of four more cities of the state Jagdalpur, Rajnandgaon, Bhilai-Durg and Raigarh on the lines of Raipur and Bilaspur as urban population around those towns is increasing considerably requiring comfortable transportation. The cabinet also took two more important decisions. For conducting polls of Cooperative Committees a Chhattisgarh Societies Amendment Bill would be brought in the Assembly to make provision of holding polls in those panels through State election commission expenses for which will be borne by the State Government. The cabinet also gave approval to incorporate amendment in the Food Security Bill, recently passed by the State Assembly, to provide Nutrition Safety to people.