The State Cabinet here on Tuesday gave consent of Rs 6952 crore for fully equipped schools in the State. The objecrive of these schools is that a high quality school should be available for the students of the state within a radius of 15 km of almost every habitation so that quality education could be provided to the students by improving the academic environment.
A total of 9200 schools in the state are targeted to be developed as schools with all resources. Of these, 350 (254 of School Education Department and 96 Tribal Welfare Department schools) schools are proposed to be fully equipped in three years in the first phase and remaining 8850 schools in the coming years, making all 9200 schools fully equipped.
In the first phase, one school (52 schools) will be established at each district level, one school (261 schools) at all other block level except the district headquarter block and 37 schools will be set up in big cities and underprivileged places.
These schools, which are being operated from pre-primary to Class XIIth, will have fully equipped infrastructure, quality smart classrooms, all kinds of laboratories, library, art, music, sports and transportation facilities etc.
Transfer of Rs 300 crore approved
The Cabinet decided that the amount of Rs 300 crore allocated to Narmada Valley Development Department for Narmada Basin Projects Company Limited should be transferred to Narmada Basin Projects Company Limited.
While dedicating 33 vacant posts of Assistant District Public Prosecution Officer, the Cabinet approved the creation of 33 new posts of District Public Prosecution Officer (56100-177500 according to the 7th pay scale) for conducting prosecution before the Special Court constituted under the Prevention of Atrocities on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes 1989.
The economy has been affected by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, due to which legal difficulties have arisen in the operation of sand mines, the demand for sand minerals in the market is not as high as was expected at the time of auction.
Various decisions were taken by the Council of Ministers with the objective of giving relief to the tenderers for the smooth operation of sand mines in view of the Covid-19 pandemic under the Madhya Pradesh Sand (Mining, Transport, Storage and Trade) Rules, 2019. Under this, minimum 50 percent of the monthly installment amount due from May to September 2021 by the contractors of sand group will be payable on the first day of the month.