The State cabinet here on Tuesday approved the departmental new transfer policy in view of the needs arising out of the special circumstances of the School Education Department.
The new transfer policy will be effective from the session 2023-24. The transfer process for all cadres will be completed between March 31 and May 15. It will be mandatory to apply online through the portal. Voluntary transfers will also be online only. Relieving and joining action will be done online. Once voluntary transfer is done, transfer cannot be done for 3 years except in special circumstances. It will be ensured that no school is without teachers.
In the new transfer policy, priority will be given to administrative transfer and then voluntary transfer. The newly appointed teachers will have to work in rural area schools for at least 3 years and for a minimum of 10 years of their entire service period.
Teachers posted in an institution, especially in urban areas, for a period of ten years or more, will be posted in schools with no teachers or shortage of teachers in rural areas. Teachers who have 3 years to retire or are suffering from serious illness or disability will be exempted from this process. The order of priority has been fixed in the transfer.
Teachers will not be posted in private postings of elected public representatives. There will be no voluntary transfer to Excellence Schools, Model Schools and CM Rise Schools. Voluntary transfer applications for the posts of Principal/ Assistant Director or posts senior to them will be accepted online. They can also be resolved offline. The transfer of first class officers will be done in coordination with the approval of the Chief Minister.
The Cabinet sanctioned monthly anti-Naxal special allowance to the police personnel of the Special Intelligence Branch (SIB) posted in the Naxal areas of the state and according to the period of working in the Naxal area in the Special Intelligence Branch (SIB) which has been approved from the date of issuance of allowance. Special anti-Naxal monthly allowance of 19 thousand to constable, 25 thousand to head constable and assistant sub-inspector, 34 thousand to sub-inspector and 38 thousand rupees to inspector will be given.
An annual financial burden of Rs 1 crore 4 lakh 88 thousand is possible on allowance approval. Out of the sanctioned 58 posts of various cadres for SIB in Naxal-affected areas, 33 government servants posted at present get Rs 91 lakh 80 thousand per annum as "Anti-Naxal Special Allowance" and 13 lakh 8 per annum as "Intelligence Special Allowance", in this way a total amount of Rs 104 lakh 88 thousand will be payable. This will boost the morale of the government servants of SIB posted in Naxal affected areas and better anti-Naxal operations will be conducted by accurate assessment of the activities of Naxalites.
In the anti-Naxal operation, the Council of Ministers has also approved anti-Naxal special allowance and "Hawk Force Allowance" according to the period of service in Hawk Force, in addition to giving monthly pre-approved "Naxalite Operation Risk Allowance" to Hawk Force police personnel. Hawk Force allowance will be payable to the Hawk Force police personnel according to the period of deputation.
According to this, one thousand rupees per month to the policemen who complete the tenure of 12 to 24 months, 2 thousand rupees per month to those who complete the tenure of 24 to 36 months, 3 thousand rupees per month to those who complete the tenure of 36 to 48 months. 4 thousand rupees per month will be given to the police personnel who complete their tenure of 48 to 60 months.
There will be an additional expenditure of 18 crore 77 lakh 80 thousand on anti-Naxal special allowance and Rs 5 crore 35 lakh 89 thousand on Hawk Force allowance, thus totalling Rs 23 crore 73 lakh 69 thousand.
With this, 1045 police personnel currently working in Hawk Force will get allowances of about Rs. 33 crore 15 lakh per annum instead of Rs. 9 crore 78 lakh per annum. This will boost the morale of the duty policemen in Naxal areas and anti-Naxal operations will be implemented better.
Madhya Pradesh Natural Farming Development Scheme
For the propagation of natural farming system in the state, the cabinet has given its approval to provide grant to the farmers of the state on rearing a desi (indigenous) cow and the new "Madhya Pradesh Natural Farming Development Scheme" will be implemented in the entire Madhya Pradesh with the objective of launching natural farming in 100 villages of each district. Under the scheme, natural farming will be started in a total of 5200 villages by selecting 100 villages in 52 districts. 5 from each village, in this way a total of 26 thousand farmers doing natural farming will be selected and given grants for cow rearing. An assistance of Rs 900 per month will be given as a grant. A portal/app will be prepared for farmers doing natural farming. On this registered farmers will be trained as master trainers and trainers. The master trainer will be given an honorarium of Rs.1,000 per month for working as a trainer and will be called a natural motivator. An expenditure of Rs 400 per farmer per day has been provided on training. 39 crore 50 lakh will be required for the implementation of the scheme, which will be borne by the state government. In the first phase, the administrative department has approved an expenditure of Rs. 28 crore 08 lakh for one year at the rate of Rs. 900 per month for 26 thousand farmers.
CM’s Rural Path Vendor’s Loan Scheme extended for two years
The Cabinet decided to extend the period of Chief Minister’s Gramin Path Vendor Loan Scheme by 2 years (till March 31, 2024). In the scheme, a target has been set to benefit 2 lakh beneficiaries for the year 2022-23 and 2 lakh for the year 2023-24. The scheme was implemented from 28 July 2020. In the year 2020-21 and 2021-22, a total of 3 lakh 14 thousand 487 rural street vendor beneficiaries have been provided interest free loan of Rs 10 thousand per beneficiary by the banks.
Renewable Energy Policy-2022 approved
The Cabinet has decided to implement the Renewable Energy Policy 2022 in place of the Solar Energy Based Power Generation Policy-2011, Wind Energy Based Power Generation Policy-2012, Biomass Based Power Generation Policy-2012 and Small Hydro Energy Based Power Generation Policy-2011 implemented earlier in the state. On the basis of this, the upcoming renewable energy projects will be developed in the state. Madhya Pradesh is an ideal destination for setting up renewable energy projects. The state has abundant land, solar isolation, moderate wind speed, biomass water sources etc. Apart from supplying the renewable energy potential of the state, these resources available in the state can also meet the demand of renewable energy for other states, which can be a source of income for the state. Apart from this, there is also ample scope for development of renewable energy based spare parts manufacturing units in the state to meet this huge target. There is a need for integrated Madhya Pradesh Renewable Energy Policy in place of various renewable energy source based policies issued earlier. In this policy, a comprehensive framework has been prepared for the development of solar, wind, small water, biomass, hybrid and storage energy based projects. Along with this, provision incentives etc. have also been proposed for the development of necessary equipment parts for renewable energy projects in the state itself. Along with this, importance has also been given to green hydrogen production in the policy, which is being considered as the energy of the future.
Grant approved for home-stay in rural tourism project
The Cabinet approved grant for construction/upgradation of home-stays in selected villages under Rural Tourism Project of Tourism Department. According to the approval, 40 percent subsidy of the cost of construction of new home-stay up to a maximum of Rs. 2 lakh and 40 percent grant of up-gradation of the home-stay up to a maximum of Rs. 1 lakh 20 thousand. (whichever is less) will be payable to the beneficiary in two instalments. The home-stays established under Rural Tourism will have to be registered in the concerned scheme as per rules out of 4 schemes run by Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board. In the first phase of the project, tourism activities will be conducted in about 100 villages to make the tourists experience the rural environment. In this 1000 home-stay rooms will be constructed/upgraded to provide residential facilities to tourists in 1000 families at the rate of about 10 families per village. This will directly and indirectly provide employment to 20 thousand rural families. The major components of rural tourism project include better accommodation, local cuisine, art and handicrafts, folk music and dance, local sports and skill upgradation. After the first phase, new villages can be selected in the rural tourism project as per requirement in the second phase.