Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday held detailed discussions with Tribal, Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes, Minority Affairs and School Education Minister Kedar Kashyap over the upcoming Budget 2016-17 allocations to be made for the latter's departments.
Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand, Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Additional Chief Secretary NK Aswal, Chief Minister’s Secretary Subodh Kumar Singh, Finance Department Secretary Amit Agrawal, School Education Department Secretary Subrat Sahu, Tribals and Scheduled Caste Development Department Director Rajesh Sukumar Toppo and a number of senior officers were present at the meeting.
Notably, the Government during the current financial year already has a number of projects on anvil in the school education sector such as a Middle School will be constructed in Naya Raipur.The Government has made a provision Rs11.38 lakh in the first supplementary estimate of the current financial year for construction of a Middle School building in Sector-27 in the new capital, officials stated.
This apart, on December 3, 2015, the School Education Department also approved construction of a Primary School in Sector 27 of the new capital during the current financial year.
The State Government has provisioned Rs10.85 lakh in the first supplementary budget for the construction of the school building during the current financial year.
The School Education Department has approved construction of a Primary School in Sector 27 of the new capital during the current financial year.
The State Government has provisioned Rs10.85 lakh in the first supplementary budget for the construction of the school building during the current financial year.
The Government in October last year had also decided to open a Pre-Primary School in Sector 27 of the new capital during the current financial year.
Moreover, the State Government has sanctioned construction of seven Higher Secondary schools in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh.
For the construction of these schools, the Government has made a provision of Rs70 lakh in the budget of School Education Department in financial year 2015-16.
The Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) is also planning to develop a state-of-art Model High School in Naya Raipur.
The school would be developed in phases. The estimated cost of the phase 1 of the project is Rs 25 crore which may vary, officials stated.
This apart, the Chhattisgarh government has also decided to open a Government
Primary School in Sector-27 of the new capital city. A budget provision of Rs 5.30 lakh had been made in the first supplementary budget of the State government for the financial year 2015-16, officials stated.
In the current fiscal year 2015-16, the Chhattisgarh Government has sanctioned Rs 1.87 crore for construction of buildings for 10 Block Education Offices in eight districts of the State.
This includes construction of BEO Office in Aarang Raipur district, Bhatapara of Balodabazar district, Dhamtari of Dhamtari district, Gurur of Balod district, Dhongargaon and Khairagarh of Rajnandgaon district, Kota of Bilaspur district, Raigarh of Raigarh district, Dabhra and Malkharoda in Janjgir-Champa district. This provision has been made in School Education Department’s budget for current fiscal years.
Meanwhile the Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday also reviewed the Food, Civil Supply, Consumer Protection and Village Industries Department’s preparations for budget.
In the meeting, Food, Civil Supply, Consumer Protection and Village Industries Department Punnulal Mohle, Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand, Secretary to Chief Minister Subodh Kumar Singh, Secretary of Finance Department Amit Agrawal and other senior officials concerned were also present.