Cabinet meeting was held today at Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai.

A cabinet meeting was held today at Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai. Following important decisions were taken in the meeting –

• In the cabinet meeting, it was decided that the Revenue and Disaster Management Department and the Forest and Climate Change Department have approved the draft procedure for the transfer of forest land in the name of heirs in the name of heirs on the death of individual forest rights holders under the Forest Rights Act in the revenue or forest records. This will also take the Aadhaar number of the plot when the map is geo-referencing in future. It will be used in transfer, demarcation, partition, etc.
• For quality education system in the state, in the meeting of the Council of Ministers, it was decided to fully implement the National Education Policy-2020 issued by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in the state of Chhattisgarh.

Under the new education policy, provision has been made to provide education to children in local language till class 5th. Along with this, it has been recommended to provide education to everyone from pre-primary to 12th. Under this new education policy, along with providing equitable and inclusive education, 5+3+3+4 has been implemented in place of the prevailing educational structure 10+2.

• It was decided in the meeting of the Council of Ministers that under Chhattisgarh Armed Assistant Platoon Commander (Nursing), Head Constable (Nursing), Male Nurse, Female Nurse, Lab Technician, Pharmacist, Nursing Assistant, Compounder, Dresser, Constable (Band), Constable (Dog Squad) Recruitment Process Year-2023, 05 years relaxation will be provided to the local residents of Chhattisgarh State in the prescribed maximum age limit.

        This relaxation is given to the unreserved category in addition to the prescribed maximum age limit by 05 years for one time and to the reserved category in addition to the already existing age relaxation of 05 years, an additional relaxation of 05 years in the prescribed age limit will be provided for one time.

• A separate department “Good Governance and Convergence Department” has been formed for successful implementation of public welfare policies of the state government, good governance and solution of public problems in the state. In which the cabinet approved the draft of amendment in Chhattisgarh Governance Work (Allocation) Rules regarding inclusion of e-review, e-public service guarantee and digital secretariat. Earlier these branches were in the General Administration Department.
• The date of registration has been extended by three years to provide housing to the homeless, economically weaker and lower class families in Naya Raipur.

Houses are being constructed in Nava Raipur under the Chief Minister Housing Scheme run by the state government. In which the date of registration of houses has been extended from 31 March 2024 to 31 March 2027, keeping the previously issued guidelines intact to provide housing to the beneficiaries at the minimum price. This decision will increase the possibilities of registration of vacant houses till now.

• On the lines of the National Capital Region, Nava Raipur Atal Nagar Vikas Pradhikaran has been authorized for the process of preparing detailed project report for the establishment of Chhattisgarh State Capital Region and the related authority and for this the Housing and Environment Department has been made the administrative department.

For this, a provision of Rs 5 crore has been made by the state government in the budget of the current financial year.

• The draft amendment to the Chhattisgarh Government Store Purchase Rules 2002 (as amended in 2022) was approved. All the departments of the state government etc. will purchase materials, goods and services as per the requirement, whose rates and specifications are available on the Gem website of DGS&D of Government of India, from the Gem website following the prescribed procedure and rules. In case of additional requirement, the consent of the Finance Department will be necessary for the purchase of materials, goods and services.

It was also decided to cancel all the rate contracts of CSIDC currently in operation at the end of this month. This step has been taken with a view to preventing corruption.

• In the meeting of the Council of Ministers, it was decided to obtain consent from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, to provide pay scale equivalent to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests level in place on non-functional basis from January 01, 2024 to 06 officers posted on the post of Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests in the Indian Forest Service of Chhattisgarh State cadre from the year 1992 to 1994.
• It was decided to provide relaxation of 01 year only once in the minimum period of 05 years for promotion from Superintending Engineer (Civil) to Chief Engineer (Civil).
• It was decided to approve housing under the Chief Minister Rural Housing Scheme to 47 thousand 90 needy surveyed homeless families in Chhattisgarh state.

It is worth noting that under the Chhattisgarh State Socio-economic Survey, a total survey of 59.79 lakh families was completed in the state from 01 April to 30 April 2023, in which 47 thousand 90 families were found who are homeless, but their name is not in the permanent waiting list of Socio-economic and Caste Census. It was decided to approve housing to such homeless families from Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana Gramin.