Important decisions taken at the meeting of the Council of Ministers | 13 May 2022

A number of important decisions were taken in the meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on May 12, 2022.

The Council of Ministers approved an action plan of Rs.12.51 crore 51 lakh 81,000 for the construction of a 50-bed all-weather police hospital at the 23^rd and 25^th Corps Visbal Bhopal campus and an action plan of Rs.24.98 crore 41,000 for creation of 46 human resource posts for the hospital and expenditure incurred thereon in 5 years.
The Council of Ministers ratified the order of the Department of Women and Child Development regarding 'Laadli Lakshmi Yojana 2.0' to operate the 'Laadli Lakshmi Yojana' in an extended format.
This includes organizing ladli lakshmi diwas on 2nd May every year at the state, district and gram panchayat levels as a festival, declaring gram panchayats as ladli laxmi friendly from the district level and giving an incentive of Rs 25,000 to ladli girls for taking admission in undergraduate or vocational courses after class 12th (course period at least two years), The tuition fee for higher education (up to graduation) to ladli girls is to be borne by the government.
It has been decided by the Council of Ministers in pursuance of MSME development policy, 2021 to provide specific financial assistance for manufacturing units of furniture, toys and related value makeup products.