The State Government for the first time in its administrative history on Thursday framed service rules for Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic Medical Education.
The State Cabinet, which met here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, approved the new Odisha Ayruvedic Medical Service Rules, 2013, Odisha Homeopathic Medical Service Rules, 2013, and Odisha Homeopathic Medical Education Service Rules, 2013.
The service rules were proposed by the Health and Family Welfare department. No rules had yet been framed regulating recruitment and conditions of service of various personnel in the department, said Chief Secretary BK Patnaik after the Cabinet meeting.
He said in order to get right type of medical officer in a fair, competitive section process and providing better health care to the people across the State and right type of lecturer for imparting better teaching to the students in the medical colleges, it was felt necessary to frame a set of rules to regulate recruitment.
He said while the recruitment and conditions of service of Ayruvedic medical officers, Drug Inspectors, Ayurveda Scientific Officer and Specialists in the Government Ayurvedic Hospitals are in Group –B of the service, the District Ayurvedic Medical Officer , Deputy Superintendent of Government Ayruvedic Hospitals and Superintendent of the Ayrurvedic Pharmacies are in Group –A of the Service. Deputy Director (Ayurveda ) office of the Directorate of Ayush Odisha is in Group –A (senior Branch) of the service.
He said that while the Group B level service officers would be recruited directly through OPSC, the Group A Junior and Senior officers would be appointed on promotion. Similar recruitment and service condition will be in the Homoeopathic wing. While lecturers are in Group B, Readers, Professors and Principals are in Group-A service in Government Homoeopathic Medical College of the State, he stated.
Patnaik said that the Cabinet also decided to allow extension of two months time up to July 12 for all existing foreign liquor shops and country spirit shops to facilitate settlement of the shops’ renewal by way of e-auction. He said the decision was taken in view of the High Court’s interim direction on a number of litigations on the modalities of e-auction.