State Cabinet in its meeting on Tuesday okayed setting up of a centre for sports excellence (sports academy), which would work under newly constituted Chhattisgarh Sports Development Authority.
Briefing media persons about the decisions taken in the cabinet, Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Ravindra Chaubey and Forest Minister Mohammad Akbar jointly informed that the newly constituted academy would be run with the help of public and private sectors enterprises under their Corporate Social Responsibility funds.
Apart from it, the cabinet also approved the announcement made by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel about hike in reservations for SCs and OBCs in the state. For this an amendment would be made in Chhattisgarh Public Service Act, 1994 to hike SC reservation to 13% while OBC reservation to 27%. Along with it the cabinet also decided to implement 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) of unreserved category in government jobs and education.
Minister, Akbar further informed that cabinet also decided to establish ‘Lemru Elephant Reserve’ to avoid man-elephant conflict. An announcement regarding the same was made by CM in his Independence Day speech.
Similarly, the cabinet also okayed providing land records in remote Abujhmar region of Bastar where land survey was till now not done. A Masahati Khasra Map would be provided to around 50 thousand people who hold the land there. Help of satellite image would be taken for making it possible, the minister further added.