State Cabinet on Saturday approved the report of the Fitment Committee for revision of the pay scales of the teachers in universities and colleges who are in receipt of the UGC sale.
There would be an approximate additional expenditure of Rs 136 crore per annum on this account.
About 5,203 teachers working in different State Universities, Government Colleges and non-Government Aided Colleges would be benefited. The Cabinet approved the proposal for enhancement of corpus of Odisha Contingency Fund (OCF) through an ordinance amending the Odisha Contingency Fund Act, 1967 (Odisha Act 18 of 1967). The corpus of the OCF was enhanced from Rs 150 crore to Rs 400 crore by the Odisha Contingency Fund (Amendment) Act, 2008 (Odisha Act 1 of 2009)
to meet the emergent expenditure. During 2018-19, the corpus of OCF was further enhanced by Rs 1,000 crore temporarily thereby increasing corpus from Rs 400 crore to Rs 1,400 crore in terms of Section 2(1) of the OCF Act, 1967 amended through Odisha Ordinance No.l of 2018 dated 26.07.2018.
This temporary enhancement was made to meet the State Share and Central Share of Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin (SBM-G) under Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department.
In order to attract meritorious and physically fit candidates for engagement as Forester, the Cabinet proposed to introduce the Odisha Subordinate Forest Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Foresters) Rules, 2018 by repealing the Odisha Subordinate Forest Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Foresters) Rules, 1998.
Also to maintain openness and transparency in the Forester recruitment there is provision for conduct of examination by the Odisha Subordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC).
There shall be a selection board for physical efficiency test under the approval of OSSSC, in which the concerned district Collector shall be the Chairman, DFO, DWO, Medical Officer in the rank of Assistant Surgeon shall be the members and the ACF Headquarters shall be the Member Secretary.