Important decisions of Madhya Pradesh Council of Ministers

• 02 Aug 2023

Why in News?

On August 1, 2023, in the meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, several other important decisions were taken along with the approval to implement the assured career promotion scheme for the same cadres of all the departments of the state government.

Key Points:

• With the implementation of the Career Promotion Scheme, the government employees of the state will be able to get the fourth time scale pay scale from July 01, 2023, in case of 35 years or more of service.
• The Finance Department was authorized to issue guidelines for the fourth time scale pay scale. If this pay scale is approved, the estimated expenditure burden on the government will be Rs 250 crore.
• The Cabinet approved the establishment of 04 new Government Colleges, Government Law College Dindori, Government College Narayanganj Mandla, Government College Khirkiya Harda, and Government College Khaddi Sidhi.
• The Cabinet approved the creation of the new tehsil Shivpur in the district Narmadapuram and the new tehsil Madwas in Sidhi district.
• The Cabinet decided to amend the Madhya Pradesh MSME Industrial Land and Building Allotment and Management Rules 2021 (as amended October 2022) regarding the reservation of 20% land for SC and ST category entrepreneurs in developed industrial areas and 50 percent exemption in interest and development fees to these entrepreneurs.
• The Cabinet decided to set up 6 new government ITIs in the state.
• The Cabinet decided to exempt the already existing units of Mudra Yojana, which are being renewed after September 01, 2022, from the provision of having new enterprises in the scheme to be benefited if they are eligible under the Chief Minister's Enterprise Revolution Scheme.