The State Cabinet has decided to offer 4.487 hectares of Government land for construction of 100-bed hospital of Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) at Parsada village of Raigarh district, officials informed.
The hospital would benefit 65,000 registered workers with ESIC. Currently there are various clinics operational for treatment of workers registered with ESIC in the region.
The proposed hospital would also have residential premises for the employees of the hospital. The cost of construction and maintenance of hospital would be borne by ESIC.
Moreover, the Cabinet also approved to offer plots to Secretariat Services officer and employees on subsidised rates at Sarkhedi on 7 hectares of land.
The Cabinet was informed that a total of 61,272 metric tons of chickpeas will be procured, as per rules and regulations of the tender for Chhattisgarh State Civil Supply Corporation, at the proposed rate of Government of India's agency NAFED for distribution from ration shops under Public Distribution System in the current financial year .
It is noteworthy that under Chhattisgarh Food and Nutrition Security Act 2012, two kg chickpeas is distributed at nominal rate of Rs five to 'Antyoday' and 'Priority' ration card holders in all 85 scheduled caste development blocks. This scheme has been named as 'Chhattisgarh Swadisht Chana Vitran Yojana. Under this scheme, annual requirement of chickpeas is 60,000 metric tonnes. Every month five thousand metric tons of chickpeas is allotted.
The difference between cost price of chickpeas and the selling price of it is borne by State Government.