Finance
The State Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, approved 17 recommendations. After the meeting, Ministers Tukuni Sahu and Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak briefed the press on a few significant Cabinet decisions.
Among the important decisions made today were Mission Shakti Scooter Yojana, approval of the implementation of a new scheme involving the construction of a building for Vana Surakshya Samiti (VSS), and interest subsidy/subvention to cooperative banks/PAACS relating to crop loans.
Thereafter Chief Secretary, Pradeep Kumar Jena, briefed the press about the other agenda items on which decisions were taken in the meeting. These are:
1) Restructuring of Odisha Employment Service Cadre
2) Provision of Corpus Fund for procurement of oilseeds & pulses by SLS (MARKFED-Odisha)
3) Amendment of Combined Technical Services Recruitment Examination Rules, 2022
4) Amendment of Combined Graduate Level Recruitment Examination for Group-B and Group-C Specialist Posts
5) Appointment of Prof Choudhury Suryakant Mishra and Gauranga Charan Sahu as Members of Odisha Public Service Commission
6) Odisha Tourism Service Rules, 2023 – Restructuring of Odisha Tourism Service (OTS) Cadre
7) Framing of Odisha Civil Supplies Market Intelligence Service Amendment Rules, 2023
8) Rs 1000.14 crore for expanding Comprehensive Cancer Services
9) Widening and strengthening of Marshaghai – Jamboo road in Kendrapara
10) Canal lining and System Rehabilitation Programme (CLSRP) extension for another 5 years till 2027-28 with an outlay of Rs 2093.2 crore
11) Extension of one time settlement scheme of arrear water rates dues of Central and State PSUs and organisations, and private industrial establishments
12) Proposal for introduction of Odisha Semiconductor Manufacturing and Fabless Policy
