The Chhattisgarh Cabinet chaired by CM Raman Singh on Tuesday has decided to establish Fire and Emergency Services and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) in the State.
The decision has been taken in the view of fast urbanization that Chhattisgarhis undergoing, while Raipur, Naya Raipur, Durg, Bhilai, and Bilaspur are developing as major cities of the State.
Hence, arrangement of fire and emergency services will be commenced systematically in number of phases. Under which, fire-workers, home guards and State Disaster Relief Force will be gathered under one roof. land for fire stations will be earmarked in all 27 districts, they stated.
In the first phase, fire stations of A and B category will be established in 10 districts namely Raipur, Bilaspur, Ambikapur, Jagdalpur, Rajnandgaon, Janjgir-Champa, Korba, Raigarh and Koriya. In the second phase (second & third year), remaining 17 districts will be covered.
This apart, the Cabinet was informed that the 108 Sanjeevani Express MoU renewal period has ended on October 31, 2015. As per the decision taken in the meeting of June 9, 2015, the Cabinet has decided to extend this period till March 31, 2016.
Moreover, as the 25 per cent posts of Assistant Grade-1 in Mantralaya/ Department Head Offices, which are to be filled through inter-departmental examination, has been lying vacant, the Cabinet decided that 100per cent appointments on these posts will be done by promoting assistant grade-2 employees in Mantralaya Department Head Offices.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal of including and operating schemes of National Mission on Food Processing as Chhattisgarh State Food Processing Mission under Agriculture and Food Processing Industry Policy 2012.
The State Government is chalking out new schemes for promoting food processing industries. As Food Processing Scheme is directly connected to Agriculture, Horticulture and Milk Processing, farmers and entrepreneurs will reap direct benefit of promoting food processing industries.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal of scheduling paddy procurement from farmers on support price from November 16, 2015 to January 31, 2016 in Kharif Marketing year 2015-16.
The Rate of Dearness Allowance for employees of Chhattisgarh Government will be hiked by 6 per cent from July 1, 2015. This has been hiked from 113per cent to 119 per cent. This will lead to additional financial burden of nearly `400 crore on State Government, the Cabinet was informed.