Cabinet approves 12 Proposals of 10 Departments

16.02.2024 : The 73rd State Cabinet today approved 12 proposals of 10 Departments as follows;

1. Handloom Textiles & Handicraft Department

"Mukhyamantri Baristha Bunakar & Karigara Sahayata Yojana" : Monthly assistance of Rs. 2000/- per month will be provided to the eligible weavers & ancillary workers / handicraft artisans of the age group of 40-80 in case of female & 50-80 years in case of male beneficiaries. Weavers 86 ancillary workers / handicraft artisans of age group of 80 years and above (both male & female) will be provided with an assistance of Rs.2500/- per month.

2. Higher Education Department

"NUA-O Scholarship" : Students will receive an annual scholarship of Rs. 9,000/- for boys and Rs. 10,000/- for girls. SC/ST students and children of construction workers pursuing UG/PG as above will get scholarships at higher rates of 10,000/- and 11000/- for male and female students respectively.

3. Mission Shakti Department

"Financial Support for SHG Members and EC/MC Members for Uniforms and Blazers. " : Financial assistance of Rs.1,000/- per SHG member will be provided to purchase uniform of choice as per their group decision.

Financial assistance of Rs. 2000/- per EC member of GPLFs, BLFs & DLFs / MC members of ALFs under Mission Shakti will be provided for purchase of Blazers of their choice.

4. Odia Language, Literature & Culture Department

"Creation of Odisha Culture Development Service (OCDS) Cadre" : The Cabinet also approved the creation of the posts of Culture Development Officer, Assistant Director, Culture, Deputy Director, Culture, Joint Director Culture and Additional Director, Culture in the Odisha Culture Development Service (OCDS) Cadre.

5. Panchayatiraj & Drinking Water Department

Framing of new rule called "Accountant-cum-Data Entry Operator (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2024" : 7142 nos. of Accountant-cum-Data Entry Operator posts have been created. The Accountant-cum-Data Entry Operators will work under the administrative control of the Gram Panchayats.

6. Panchayatiraj & Drinking Water Department

"Enhancement of the limit of the financial power of the Engineering Personnel and Administrative Authorities": 

Asst. Executive Engineers are being given technical sanction power for project up to Rs. 10 Lakh . 

Technical sanction power for Executive Engineer and Superintendent Engineer of Panchayati Raj Department has been enhanced to Rs. 1Crore and Rs.4 Crore respectively. 

Technical sanction power for project beyond Rs.4 Crore will be vested with Chief engineer. 

Further the Administrative approval power of Collector has been enhanced from Rs.50 lakh to Rs.1 Crore for the project taken by the Panchyati Raj department.

7. Revenue & Disaster Management Department

Land measuring Ac. 1.00 dec. in favour of Odisha Kulta Samaj at Puri : The State Cabinet have approved the proposal to sanction the lease of Government land measuring Ac. 1.00 dec. in favour of Odisha Kulta Samaj at Puri in Mouza-Puri Sahar Unit-No-34, Balukhanda under Puri Tahasil free of Premium, incidental charges but subject to payment of nominal amount of annual ground rent @ Rs.100/- per acre and cess @ 75% of the annual ground rent.

8. Skill Development & Technical Education Department

Re-structuring of Odisha Technical Education & Training Service (OTE & TS) Rules,1985 :  Framing new rule called Odisha Government I.T.Is Trainers' Service (Methods of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2024 & Odisha Government Polytechnics Teachers' Service (Methods of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2024 to give boost to the career growth of the trainers and lecturers and enhance the quality of the skill training and technical education in the State.

9. ST&SC Development Department

Regularisation of 73 Multilingual Education (Education Volunteers) :  Govt. has decided to regularize 73 MLE (EVs) who have requisite qualifications i.e., +2, D.LE.ED/CT and OTET pass as a one-time measure in the regularly created posts of Tribal Language Teachers in the ST&SC Development Department by allowing age relaxation. 

The balance are allowed timeline for a period of maximum 3 (three) years from the date of notification to acquire the required qualifications of +2, D.LE.ED/CT and OTET pass for consideration of their regularization provided that they have not crossed the age of 60 years by the date their case is considered for regularization.

10. Works Department

"Integrated Development of Heritage & Monuments and Tourist Destination (IDHMTD) Scheme :  The objective of the scheme is to preserve and revitalize the Heritage Monuments and Temples to reflect Odisha's unique character by encouraging integrated development of an aesthetically appealing, accessible, informative and secured environment, combined with efficient public facilities and infrastructure.  159 projects have been taken up under the scheme with estimated cost of all such projects amounting to Rs.1412.79 Crore.