The State Cabinet here on Wednesday decided to provide e-scooties to the students who have secured first position in all the government higher secondary schools of the state to encourage them under the new scheme. If more than one student has the highest marks then all of them will get the benefit of the scheme.
The scooty will be provided in areas where it is not available. About 9 thousand students will be benefited from the scheme. A provision of Rs 135 crore has been made in the budget for the year 2023-24 for the implementation of the scheme. It may be mentioned that a provision has been made for the new scheme to facilitate students to reach schools and reduce dependence, to encourage them for higher educationa and to instill self-confidence in them. About 9 thousand students will be benefitted from the scheme. A provision of Rs 135 crore has been made in the budget for the year 2023-24 for the implementation of the scheme. It is worth mentioning that a provision has been made for a new scheme to increase convenience for students to reach schools and reduce dependence, to encourage them for higher education, to instill self-confidence.
As per the announcement of Chief Minister Chouhan, the Cabinet ratified the order issued by the Scheduled Castes Welfare Department on April 15, 2023 ‘increasing the income limit for scholarship to the students of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from Rs 6 lakhs to Rs 8 lakhs and foreign study scholarship to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students of Humanities subjects as well. Along with this, approval was granted to increase the annual income limit of post matric scholarship for Scheduled Tribe students studying in non-government institutions to Rs.8 lakh. It is worth mentioning that the income limit has been abolished by the Tribal Affairs Department for Scheduled Tribe students studying in government and government-aided educational institutions. With the increase in the income limit, students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will get wide opportunities to pursue education.
The Cabinet approved the ‘Cooperative Policy of Madhya Pradesh, 2023’ and has authorized the Cooperative Department to prepare and implement a time-bound action plan. This cooperative policy aims to pave the way towards making cooperatives a people’s movement in the state. Committees will be formed in new areas through co-operatives and employment opportunities will be created. Changes will also be made in the cooperative law of the state as per the requirement and action will be taken to remove the internal and structural deficiencies of the cooperatives. Along with this, information technology will be used on a large scale in the cooperatives. Agricultural credit, urban credit, cooperative marketing, cooperative housing, consumer cooperative, cooperative seed production and marketing, small forest produce cooperative societies, dairy cooperative, cooperative fisheries, etc. are major areas in cooperative policy.
The Cabinet has agreed to the state government’s ‘Payment Security Guarantee and its Format for the 600 MW capacity Omkareshwar floating solar project.
It may be noted that the 600 MW floating solar project is being constructed in two phases on the Omkareshwar reservoir of Narmada river. Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project will be one of the largest floating solar projects in the country and the world.
The Omkareshwar project is one of the multipurpose projects of the country, where along with irrigation, hydropower generation, solar energy will also be produced and tourism will also be promoted.