The State Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to provide 40 acres of Government land at laudigaon under Konishi Tehsil in Ganjam district to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar for establishment of a ‘Bay of Bengal Coastal Observatory and Innovation Centre for Climate Change’.
The land would be provided free of premium and incidental charges but subject to payment of annual ground rent at 0.25 per cent of the market value and 75 per cent cess of the ground rent, said Chief Secretary AP Padhi after the meeting held under chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here.
The Cabinet approved a proposal of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department to exempt stamp duty and registration fees in lease deeds of Government land in respect of seven ongoing railway projects.
The fees were exempted to facilitate progress of rail network in the State.
The lowest tenders for widening of the Bhadrak-Pirhat and Pirhat-Chandbali stretches of State Highway 9 were approved by the Cabinet. For the two stretches, the tenders of the Fortune Group, Charampa and the NKC Projects Pvt ltd, Haryana of Rs 79,67,447 and Rs 104,23,29,840, respectively, were approved.
To provide proper marketing facilities to farmers to sale their products at right prices, the Cabinet approved a proposal to amend the Odisha Agriculture Produce market Act, 1956. Following the amendment, the State would be included in the National Agriculture Market, which is promoted through Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund of the Union Government.