The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved Rs. 3,250 crore for the construction and up gradation of the main district roads in the State.
Eighty seven roads of 2,143 km long roads will be constructed and upgraded after this decision.
In another decision, the Council of Ministers approved a proposal to bear 3 per cent additional interest subsidy on the bank loan up to Rs. 3 lakh by the State Government. In the financial year 2018-19 and 2019-20, the estimated bank loans will be Rs. 1600 crore, on which the estimated interest subsidy will be Rs. 48 crores.
Important decisions related to pay scale of gram panchayat secretaries were also taken by the Cabinet. Now fixed honorarium of Rs 1,000 per month will be given to panchayat secretaries for 2 years after January 2018.
The Cabinet has also sanctioned the benefit of the fifth and sixth pay scale to 97 service officers of the State Co-operative Federation working on deputation in the Panchayat and Rural Development Department till the deputation period.
Approval was also given by the Cabinet for recruitment to be conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission in year 2018 for the posts of assistant professor, librarian and sports officer under the Madhya Pradesh Educational Services (Collegial Branch) Recruitment Rules-1990, and for the post of assistant professors in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Social Science University, Mhow, only through written competitive test.
The proposal of the State Government bearing the fees of students taking admission after 12th standard in various courses in National law Universities (NlU) and University of Delhi, through the Common law Admission Test (ClAT) or conducted by self-examination, giving 1.5 lakh in place of common rank of 50,000 in (JEE) Mains Examination, giving benefit of scheme to students acquiring 70 percent marks in 12th Board of Board of Secondary Education from academic session 2018-19 was accepted.
It was decided to make provision of Rs 35 crore 20 lakhs for continuous operation of the Akansha Yojana of the Department of Tribal Affairs for the year 2018-19 to 2019-20.
A sanction of Rs. 530 crore 59 lakh for 14 Industrial Infrastructure Development Projects on selected sites in the state was made by the Cabinet.
Similarly, a proposal of 75 percent government grant with 25 percent share of implementation agency has been approved for the upgradation work of six existing industrial areas.
These existing industrial areas include Meghnagar industrial area of Jhabua district, Malanpur-Giroungi Bhind district, IID Pratappura of Tikamgarh district, Udyogdweep Baidhan Singrauli district, Udyogvihar Churhata Rewa district and IIDC Nadantola Satna district.
The Cabinet has given its approval to provide Rs 22 crore in the form of state’s share to continue the workplan of implementation of Krishi Utsav in the state from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
The Patient Welfare Committee guidelines 2018 was also approved under which free medical check-up, treatment and availability of essential medicines for all categories of patients in state medical colleges will be ensured. Simultaneously, sanction of Rs.15.99 crore has been approved for the construction of school buildings in 101 schools of the state.