Many important decisions were taken in the Cabinet meeting held here today at Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai

• It has been decided to extend the validity period of the government guarantee amount (Rs 14,700 crore) approved for the purchase of paddy at the support price to Chhattisgarh State Cooperative Marketing Federation in the Kharif marketing year 2023-24 by one year and to re-validate it till 31 October 2025.
• It was decided to provide reservation in the elections of three-tier Panchayat and urban bodies as per the first report and recommendation of Other Backward Classes Welfare Commission. Under this, the one-time limit of 25 percent reservation in local bodies will be relaxed and reservation will be provided up to a maximum limit of 50 percent in proportion to the population of Other Backward Classes. In such bodies where the reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is 50 percent or more in total, the reservation for Other Backward Classes will be zero in that body. If the reservation for Scheduled Castes and Tribes is less than 50 percent in a body, then there will be reservation for Other Backward Classes up to a maximum limit of 50 percent in that body, but this reservation will not exceed the population of Other Backward Classes in that body. For those posts of the body whose reservation is decided at the state level such as District Panchayat President, Municipal Corporation Mayor, Municipal Council President etc., the number of reserved posts will be decided following the above principle on the basis of the total population of such bodies.  
• In the cabinet meeting, the merger of 97 teachers of the Teacher (Panchayat) cadre in the School Education Department was approved. The School Education Department was authorized to merge the remaining cases of teachers (Panchayat) after receiving the recommendation of eligibility from the Panchayat Department.  
• The cabinet decided to grant a one-time exemption to the principals of the School Education Department for approving the first and second time scale pay scales on the basis of first voting from the year 2007 to the year 2019.
• The Council of Ministers approved the draft and proposal of the new Industrial Development Policy 2024-30 of Chhattisgarh State. This new Industrial Development Policy will be effective from 01 November 2024 to 31 March 2030.

In this policy, provisions have been made to realize the vision of Amritkal Chhattisgarh Vision @ 2047, this policy will establish new dimensions of industrial development in the state. In the new industrial policy, the amendment made by the Government of India in the year 2020 in the definition of micro, small, medium and large industries in the MSMED Act-2006 has been adopted and a special provision has been made to provide industrial development incentives for balanced development in the state.

To fulfil the objectives of the new Industrial Policy 2024-30, industrial investment incentives will be provided for setting up new enterprises, expansion/diversification, replacement and other works in the state. To fulfil the goal of all-round industrial development in all regions of the state, the amount of industrial investment incentives to be given will also be determined by dividing the development blocks of all districts into three sectors.
The new Industrial Development Policy has separate provisions for core sector products like steel, cement, thermal power and aluminium and has been divided into thrust and general industries keeping in mind the requirements of the state.
Provision has been made to provide attractive industrial investment incentives for pharmaceutical, textile, food processing, agricultural product preservation, NTFP processing, electronic products, IT and ITES etc.  

• The draft of Amritkaal: Chhattisgarh Vision @ 2047 Vision Document was approved in the Cabinet meeting.
• To encourage investment, employment and settlement in Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, it was decided to make arrangements for allotment of land at concessional premium rates for the development of information technology industry, health services, educational institutions, electronics and electrical industries.
• It was decided to grant permission for sale of 118 acres of government land allotted to Chhattisgarh Housing Board for construction of residential complex for NMDC officers/employees at village Niyanar, Jagdalpur, District Bastar, to CSIDC through registry.
• It was decided to give exemption in stamp duty to Nava Raipur Atal Nagar Vikas Pradhikaran till March 31, 2026 on purchasing private land through mutual agreement for Nava Raipur project.
• It was decided to create a post of State Commissioner for Disabilities in the office of State Commissioner for Disabilities.
• The Council of Ministers took an important decision to start the Chief Minister’s Tirtha Darshan Yojana in the state in accordance with the manifesto. Under this scheme, people of 60 years of age or above, Divyangjan, widows, abandoned women of the state will be given a free trip to one or more of the identified pilgrimage places located outside the state once in their lifetime. For this, a budget provision of Rs 25 crore has been made in the first supplementary of 2024-25.

It is worth mentioning here that the Chief Minister’s Tirth Yatra Yojana was started in the year 2012. Under this scheme, till the year 2019, 2 lakh 47 thousand beneficiaries have been taken on pilgrimage through 272 trips. In the year 2019, the name of this scheme was changed to Tirth Barat Yojana, but from the year 2019 to the year 2023, no pilgrimages were conducted under this scheme. The Council of Ministers has decided to restart it in the name of Chief Minister’s Tirth Darshan Yojana.  
 

• The Council of Ministers has also decided to implement the National Education Policy 2020 in the technical education department of Chhattisgarh. This will provide students with a holistic and flexible education system as well as quality education. More resources and support will be available to promote research and innovation. Industries will get a more skilled workforce.  
• In the meeting of the Council of Ministers, it has been decided to rationalize the registration fees of documents related to the transfer of immovable property in view of public interest. In the meeting, the proposal related to revision of the registration fee table related to the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908) was approved.
• The draft of Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation Act 1956 (Amendment) Ordinance-2024 was approved.  
• The draft of Chhattisgarh Municipality Act 1961 (Amendment) Ordinance-2024 was approved.