As per Sankalp-2013, the State Cabinet has decided to provide smartphones to students taking admission in the first year in colleges under Higher Education Department. Students having 75 per cent attendance till distribution of smartphones will be eligible for smartphones.
Smartphones will also be given to the students who have been provided laptops by School Education Department. Students of all Government colleges will get this facility without any bar.
The Cabined accorded sanction to implement Integrated Child Protection Scheme for rag street, picker, beggar and destitute children’s rehabilitation in accordance with revised fiscal norms. Under the scheme, such children are provided overall protection and nourishment. At present, State Project Assistance Unit, State Child Protection Committee and State Adoption Resources Agency at the state level and Child Protection Committees, Children’s Welfare Committees, Juvenile Justice Boards and government and private juvenile homes exist in the State.
Under 12th Five-Year Plan, the Central Government has revised fiscal norms of the scheme from year 2014-15. The state government will have to bear additional burden of Rs 66.54 crore as state share under the scheme during 3 years from year 2014-15 to 2016-17.
For ensuring adequate staff in jails, the Cabinet also sanctioned creation of 10 posts of Deputy Superintendent Jail, 72 of Assistant Superintendent Jail, 389 of Chief Warder and 1340 posts of Warders.These posts will be filled up in 2 phases in year 2014-15 and 2016-17.Besides, sanction was also granted for new post of Assistant Director Fisheries and assistant grade-3, computer operator and other posts for his office in newly constituted Agar-Malwa district.
Apart from sanctioning regular posts instead of contractual teachers in 10 divisional residential schools of Scheduled Caste Welfare Department, the cabinet sanctioned creation of 303 posts of non-teaching and Class IV staff. The cabinet also sanctioned creation of 31 posts in Jiwaji University,Gwalior.