Madhya Pradesh
Important decisions of the Council of Ministers of MP
- 05 Jul 2023
- 2 min read
Why in News?
Several important decisions have been taken in the meeting of the Council of Ministers held under the chairmanship of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on July 4, 2023.
Key Points:
- The Cabinet has given revised administrative approval for Barkheda Medium Irrigation Project of Dhar district at a cost of Rs. 478.88 crore, irrigation capacity of 15031 hectares. With this project, 43 villages of Kukshi tehsil will get the benefit of irrigation facilities.
- The Cabinet has approved the implementation of the Digital Crop Survey Project proposed by the Central Government by the Revenue Department and action should be taken by the State Government as per the proposed Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the project.
- There was a demand by the Bundelkhand Gaur Samaj to resolve the problems caused by the two castes of the same class, Kudmi and Kurmi, Kurmi in the list of backward classes of the state. According to the departmental proposal, after consideration by the Council of Ministers, it was decided to abolish the Kudmi caste from List number 76 and include it along with Kurmi, Kurmi in List number 39.
- With this decision, equal and proper opportunities will be available to this class to get the benefits being provided to the backward class by the state government along with solving the problems faced by them in the caste certificate.
