Raipur

No official transfers now sans nod of concerned Minister

Staff Reporter

A Government servant posted in a single place for two years and more can now only be transferred in Chhattisgarh.

The transfers of officers and employees of all categories at the State level can be done by the General Administration Department only after endorsement by the concerned Minister. The ban on transfers would be effective from August 1, 2017.

A decision to this effect was taken at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh at the Mantralaya here.

Transfers of State Government employees will take place from July 11 to 31, 2017. Transfers of Class-I and Class-II category staff will be subject to a maximum of 15 per cent of the total staff, maximum of 10 per cent for Class-III category and 05 per cent of Class-IV category staff.

The Mandi Tax is waived on raw materials purchased by the Agriculture and Food Processing Industry from the date of purchase till five years. It is equal to the 75 per cent investment of the food processing industry. The State Cabinet approved the proposal to waive Mandi Tax in total on food processing industry  purchased directly from the farmers/units/raw materials bought from outside State the date of purchase of raw till next five years. Chhattisgarh Civil Services Rules 1965 rule 22 sub-rule (4) states that every State Government employee will strictly follow Union Government and State Government family welfare rules/guidelines two children for a family. The rule was abrogated on Tuesday and amended if one of the children is born on January 26, 2001 or thereafter.

The Union Government had implemented Goods and Services Tax (GST) all over the country. The Cabinet expressed its gratitude and thanked the Central Government for implementing the GST on June 22, 2017. Chief Minister Raman Singh mentioned that GST is the biggest economic reforms ever implemented since Independence. It is an example of national unity and economic liberty. GST is the result of close co-ordination of Centre, States and various political parties.

He added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Cabinet meeting on June 22, 2017 thanked all the State Governments, Chief Ministers, State Finance Ministers, all State-level political parties, MPs and MlAs, industry leaders and all sections of the society.