The Chhattisgarh cabinet on Saturday approved housing facility for 6.99 lakh homeless and people living in kutcha houses.
These include families which have permanent eligibility under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Rural (PMAY-R).
A decision in this regard was taken at a cabinet meeting held at Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s official residence.
The cabinet also approved housing facilities for 47,090 families who were not included in the list of 2011 census but were found eligible by the socio-economic survey conducted by the Chhattisgarh government.
A budgetary provision of Rs 100 crore was made in the 2023-24 budget by the state government.
The cabinet also gave nod to full salary to probationary employees and officials who were earlier getting 70 percent, 80 percent and 90 percent stipend respectively for the first three years.
An announcement regarding the same was made by the Chief Minister at the Yuva Mitan Sammelan.
The cabinet also approved an amendment in the state civil services rule 2008 and made it mandatory to disclose marks of preliminary, mains examination and final selection list.
It also approved to reduce the interview marks from 150 to 100 to ensure transparency.