The State Cabinet here on Tuesday granted administrative approval of Rs557.61 crore for 18,490 hectare total irrigated area of four irrigation schemes of the state.
This includes administrative approval of Rs102.71 crore for total irrigated area of 2400 hectare of ‘Kanyakhedi irrigation project of Sehore district, Rs 99.87 crore for total irrigated area of 3500 hectare of ‘Nirgudh irrigation project of Betul district, Rs318.86 crore for total irrigated area of 9990 hectare of ‘Ghoghri irrigation project’ of Betul district and Rs36.17 crore for total irrigated area of 2600 hectare of ‘Jhinna Micro Irrigation Project’.
The Cabinet granted approval for the scheme of construction and maintenance of stadium in Umaria district and also granted Rsone crore 55 lakh 12 thousand for it.
A new ‘Two-year Coaching Yojana’ was approved for the preparation of national competitive examinations like JEE, NEET, AIIMS, NDA and ClAT etc for the meritorious Scheduled Caste students of the State and also took a decision to run the scheme for year 2018-19 to year 2019-20.
In addition to this, it was also decided to provide benefits of payscale at par with teacher cadre to eligible shikshakarmis/contract teachers of grant-aided non-government institutions under Tribal Welfare Department from July one, 2018.
Under the operation of Senior Hostels Scheme, the Cabinet decided to give continuance of the scheme for the year 2017-18 to 2019-20 for the purpose of providing residential facility to the Scheduled Caste students from their place of residence to a different place.
The Cabinet gave facto approval to the action taken by Forest Department of merging the Forest Department's Vanrakshak’s Junior Pay Scale (Grade Pay 1800) and Senior Pay Scale (Grade Pay Rs1900) to Grade Pay Rs1900 from September 8, 2014.
The Cabinet also decided to consider eligibility for Grade pay of Rs2400 after calculation of period of service on grade pay of Rs1800, Rs1900 and Rs2100 by the Forest Department on September 8, 2014, or on subsequent date, after completion of 10 years of service period, if there are other prescribed qualifications for the pay scale.
Similarly, the Cabinet decided to consider eligibility for Rs2800 grade pay on the completion of other prescribed qualifications of timescale payscale on completion of 20 service period on September 8, 2014 or corresponding date in grade pay Rs1800, Rs1900, Rs2100 and Rs2400 by the Van Rakshak.