The State Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat on Friday, approved proposals for restructuring of Geologist cadres under the Directorate of Ground Water Development and the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Departments.
With the restructuring, posts of eight news Geologists, three Deputy Director, two Joint Director and one Additional Director have been created. Besides, a decision was taken to create three geology water divisions and two ground water development circle (geology).
With this, the number of cadres in the Odisha Geologist Service under the Directorate of Ground Water Development went up to 48 from 34.
After restructuring, the cadre strength in the RWSW will be increased from 19 to 39.
Similarly, the Cabinet approved a proposal of restructuring of the cadre of Odisha Welfare Service and Odisha Subordinate Welfare Service. Accordingly, 71 additional posts of ADWOs, nine additional posts of DWOs, eight additional posts of Deputy Directors, three additional posts of Joint Directors and a post of Additional Director would be increased.
A proposal to amend the Odisha Fisheries Service Group- A and B (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules 2013 was also okayed by the Cabinet. The amended rules would facilitate the promotional avenues of the officers and enhance competitiveness in the process of recruitment of Assistant Fisheries Officers conducted by the OPSC, an official release said.
The Cabinet also approved a proposal proposal for appointment of Welfare Extension Officers in SC/ST hostels. Each SC/ST hostel will have one WEO.
Besides, a proposal was approved for framing of the “Odisha Horticulture Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Amendments Rule 2018. The minimum qualification, ‘+2 Science or equivalent will be deleted from the Rules 2014.
This apart, the Cabinet approved that the State Government would repay a loan amount of Rs 36.39 crore to make the Tribal Development Co-operative Corporation (TDCCOL) debt-free as the TDCCOL had incurred losses due to decentralisation and loan burden.