The fixation of the support price for procurement of paddy and maize, clearance of custom milling policy based on the recommendations of ministerial subcommittee, procurement of paddy and maize from November 1, 2018, to January 31, 2019, among other decisions were taken in the cabinet meeting held at official residence of Chief Minister on Monday.
As per the decisions taken in the Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh, it was decided that Paddy Procurement Cooperative Committee based procurement centres, the paddy and maize purchase cash and linking would commence from November 1, 2018, and continue till January 31, 2019. The maximum limit of procurement from a farmer, including linking is 15 quintals per acre and for maize procurement the maximum limit of linking included is 10 quintals per acre.
As per decision, Government of India for year 2018-19 has fixed the average good variety of common paddy price as Rs 1,750 and A-grade Paddy at Rs 1,770 per quintal as support price. The Maize support price fixed is Rs 1,700 per quintal. last fiscal year the paddy and maize procurement started from November 15, 2017. This year, it is commencing from 15 days earlier, which is November 1.
It is intimated that the registration process of farmers for procurement of paddy is in progress and this year the decision was taken for registration of maize farmers also. like paddy, the payment of procurement of maize would be paid directly into the account of farmers through digital medium. In last Kharif marketing year 2017-18, Government of India for raw custom milling of paddy has fixed the rate at Rs 10 per quintal and par-boiled custom milling as Rs 20 per quintal. As per the cabinet decision, in Kharif marketing year 2018-19 the milling rate fixed as per Government of India would be paid but additional to it milling charges/encouragement amount would be given.
For naming the Bilaspur University as ‘Atal Behari Vapayee University, Chhattisgarh University (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 has been cleared.
Chhattisgarh Taxation (Amendment) Ordinance
2018 has been also cleared by the Cabinet.
The Government of India on July 1, 2017, under Goods and Service Tax (GST) had merged the Central and
State taxes to bring in homogeneity in taxes.
The department under GST had imposed 3 per cent ‘Forest Development Cess’ on the sale of commercial timber and other woods along with bamboo, has been withdrawn. It is hoped that it would promote business in state and inter-state.
The general nature cases would be withdrawn from the courts for which the directions have been given ex post facto sanction.
In another decision, Shikhar Maravi, son of the then Inspector General of Police B. S. Maravi will be appointed to the post of Food Inspector on compassionate grounds. BS Maravi in Naxal encounter in Sarguja (2008) was injured. He while remaining in service in year 2012 had passed away.
Similarly, Ajit Ogre Inspector (2004), in Rajnandgaon district during anti-naxal drive had been involved in 53 successful operations and had through community policing 83 times had motivated naxalites to surrender.
Cabinet decided to promote Ogre through out of turn promotion as Deputy Superintendent of Police. Jaishree Kaushik, wife of martyr Sub Inspector Vinod Kaushik would be given compassionate appointment as Police Sub Inspector (A). Martyr Sub Inspector Vinod Kaushik in encounter with Naxalites on January 24, 2018, at Erpanar in Narayanpur district had lost his life.