The Chhattisgarh Cabinet has decided to extend the period for reservation of jobs in Class III and Category IV to the natives of Bastar and Surguja divisions.
Reservation in Government jobs is being provided to the locals since January 17, 2012. The term of Reservation Act had been extended from time to time, it was informed at the State Cabinet meeting here.
The Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh decided to extend the period of reservation to locals till December 31, 2018. It may be mentioned here that at present about 10,526 tribal youth are in employment in State Government services.
The proposal to provide two months ration material in advance was passed in the State Cabinet. The ration card-holders can avail of the two-month ration in advance in the entire State. There will not any additional expenditure on the State Government, officials informed.
'Rice Mahotsav' (Chaaval Mahotsav) will be conducted at every ration shop. The ration material will be distributed in the presence of local officials and people's representatives.
About 3.48 lakh tonnes of rice is allocated to the ration card-holders every two months under the PDS scheme. If the ration material is distributed two months in advance, there will be enough space left in the godowns.
The State Cabinet also approved the proposal that registered farmers who bring paddy to paddy procurement centers by January 31 will be purchased by the State Government.
It may be recalled that in the last Cabinet meeting, the Chhattisgarh Cabinet had also endorsed a proposal to hike the maximum age limit requirement for local residents in Government jobs.
As per the decision, five years exemption over the maximum age limit of 35 years for unreserved candidates had been provided; whereas for the candidates of other categories, it has been extended to 45 years in the direct recruitment for the new calendar year 2017.
The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Raman Singh.
It was also informed in the meeting that the State government will provide the rate for custom milling approved by Central government while no incentives would be given for Arva (raw) milling of paddy less than capacity within the duration of two months by the rice millers.
But, incentives would be given in special case (such as in condition of non availability of paddy for milling by paddy procurement centre etc) based on the examination of Managing Director, State Cooperative Marketing Federation regarding custom milling of paddy within the duration of two months which is equivalent to that of the paddy. The Cabinet had given approval for Government guarantee for taking soft loan of Rs 10 crore for District Cooperative Bank, Bilaspur from District Cooperative Bank (Apex Bank), Raipur.