The State Cabinet here on Tuesday decided to enhance the limit of annual purchase tax on wheat and paddy from Rs10 crore to Rs300 crore. This will increase businessmen's interest in purchasing wheat and paddy from farmers in the markets in the State.
The Cabinet also decided to sanction security of Rs17,000 crore for two years to procure wheat on support price from farmers. This credit limit has been sanctioned to Madhya Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation for procurement of wheat during Rabi marketing year 2015. Wheat procurement in the State will begin from March 25. The State Government has made this arrangement to ensure that farmers get timely payments against wheat procured from them.
The Cabinet decided to approve a four-tier pay scale for doctors of various cadres. These will include leprosy officers Grade-1 and Grade-2 officers, district vaccination officers, district health officers, superintendents, officers of TB hospitals' cadres, who were originally appointed on the post of medical officer. Similarly, benefit of the four-tier pay scale will also be given to officers promoted from special cadre to post of Chief Medical and Health Officer with effect from August 26, 2008.
Amendment in Gazetted Services Recruitment Rules, 2007
For making Government services lucrative for doctors, the Cabinet amended Public Health & Family Welfare Department Gazetted Services Recruitment Rules, 2007 for advance pay increment and promotion to posts of specialist.
According to it, now qualifying period for promotion to post of specialist will be three years instead of five years and PG Diploma will be five years instead of seven years. At the time of appointment, two advance increments will also be given to post-graduate doctors selected for PG Diploma through Public Service Commission after January 1, 2014. It has been decided to post PG doctors at community health centres or higher institutions.
The Cabinet decided to exempt International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area (ICARDA) from prices of moveable-immoveable property of Amlaha agriculture farm in Sehore. The State Government has already allotted 70.99 hectares owned by it in Amlaha farm on the proposal of Union Ministry of Agriculture to Central Institute of Agriculture Research and Studies and Indian Council of Agriculture Research.
The Cabinet decided to carve new tehasil Piprai in Ashok Nagar district. The new tehasil will comprise 39 Patwari circles and 106 villages. It was decided to create 13 posts, including those of tehsildar and naib tehsidar, for smooth functioning of tehasils. Amending redensification scheme on 30.06 hectares at Thatipur in Gwalior, the Cabinet decided to appoint Madhya Pradesh Housing and Infrastructure Development Board as its nodal agency.
The Cabinet decided to make available Rs41 crore for establishment of engineering college at Shahdol. The amount will be provided by Professional Exam Board to Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya.