The State cabinet on Tuesday sanctioned Tantya Bhil Swarozgar Yojana (self-employment scheme) for tribal youths. The scheme will be implemented through banks. Under the scheme, loans worth Rs 50,000 to Rs 25 lakh or more will be provided.
Under the scheme, the State Government will provide 30 percent subsidy subject to a maximum of Rs 3 lakh and 5 per cent loan interest subsidy. Besides, fees and service tax guarantee will also be given by the State Government.
A target has been set to benefit 5000 tribal youths under the scheme during year 2013.
The cabinet endorsed “Madhya Pradesh Dainik Vetanbhogi (Sewa Ki Sharten) Niyam-2013 regarding daily wage employees working in various departments of the State Government.
Accordingly, class III or equivalent rank daily wage employees will retire on completing 60 years of age and class IV or equivalent rank daily wage employees on attaining age of 62 years.
Special per month allowance given on completion of 10 and 20 years of service has also been increased from Rs 500 and Rs 1000, to Rs 1500 and Rs 2500, respectively.
These employees will be given benefit of National Pension Scheme. Under it, 10 per cent will be deducted from their wages and equal amount will be contributed by the State Government.
There is also a provision to give Rs one lakh gratuity to these employees. Now, they will be given 3 national holidays, 5 festival holidays, 7 casual leaves and weekly off on Sunday.
Women will be given maternity leave as per government policy. This decision will benefit about 50,000 daily wagers incurring expenditure worth Rs 70 crore on the State Government.
The cabinet decided to continue supply of sugar at the rate of Rs 13.50 per kg to Antyodaya and BPl ration card holders.
The decision will entail a burden of Rs 60 crore on the state exchequer. It will benefit 74 lakh families.
The State Government has taken this decision as a result of abolition of sugar levy policy by the Union Government.
Now, the State Government will have to purchase sugar from open market to provide it at the rate of Rs 13.50 per kg to the poor.
The cabinet has declared police inspectors drawing salary of Rs 6500-10500 (revised pay scale Rs. 9300-34000-4200 grade pay) and officers working on equal rank as gazetted officers class-II and laid down their service
conditions.
Under Public Service Commission (limitation of Function) Regulation Act 1957, posts of inspector/equal rank will be kept outside purview of Public Service Commission.
Provisions regarding administrative control and discipline for these posts will continue as before. Additional salary/allowance given to these employees will remain effective as before.
The cabinet decided to allot 0.28 hectare government land at village Siddi Khurd to Sasan Power Project for construction of its corridor (ash pipeline). It was decided to allot 3.204 hectare government land at villages Bharoli and Itahra in Satna district to Messrs Reliance Cementation Private limited.