The State Cabinet on Monday gave its nod for constitution of a land bank for new industries and approved 17 other proposals. The Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat approved a new pension scheme of the Finance Department under the Odisha Civil Services Pension Rules.
The new pension scheme would be applicable to contract employees. These employees would pay 10 per cent of their salary amounts while the Government would pay 10 per cent for a pension provision.
The Cabinet cleared two proposals of the Health and Family Welfare Department to ensure transparent recruitment and promotion rules for two cadres of staff, respectively. For this, changes would be effected in the Vital Statistics Clerk Service Method of Recruitment Conditions Service Rules, 2015 and the Odisha Ministerial Services for Drugs Controller, Chief Secretary GC Pati said
Apart from this, the Cabinet also approved a proposal of the Cooperation Department for construction of 2,601 godowns to resolve paddy storage problems across the State.
For construction of these godowns, the Government would procure a loan of `742 crore from the Warehousing Infrastructure Fund of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard).
A proposal of the Excise Department for amendment to the Odisha Excise Service Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service-Group A officers Rules was also approved. The amendment would be effected as per the recommendation of the Naidu Commission to recruit more officials in the rank of Senior Joint Commissioner, said the Chief Secretary.
Besides, the Cabinet approved the Fisheries and Animal Resources Department’s proposal for making two amendments to the recruitment rules of the Odisha Veterinary Technical Service, Group-C Recruitment Conditions to regularise Go Mitras in regular posts if they intend so. However, the age limit of the Go Mitras should not be more than 45.
Another amendment was made in the rules about the training duration of the Go Mitras. The Cabinet also cleared four proposals of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department for amendment to the Odisha Ministerial Services Rules Service Conditions of the clerks working in the district offices. The eligibility criteria for recruitment of the district level clerks would henceforth be Plus Two instead of Class-X.