By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The State Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday has approved promulgation of Ordinance for amendment of the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes (OSCBC) Act, 1993 to include 22 castes in the OBC List, said Chief Secretary PK Jena while briefing about the decisions to media persons. 15 proposals were approved.
Jena said the State Government has transferred the administration of minor minerals from Revenue 85 DM Department to Steel 85 Mines Department. To accommodate this transfer process and implementation few measures like e-auction, prevention of illegal mining and theft of minor minerals through i4MS, automation of transit pass issuance for transportation of minor minerals etc., Odisha Minor Minerals Concession Rules, 2016 (OMMC Rules, 2016 ) are being amended after approval by the Cabinet.
After the first phase of e-auction pertaining to Specified Minor Minerals, the State Government has decided to amend Odisha Specified Minor Minerals Auction Rules, 2019 (OSMMA Rules, 2019) taking various issues and dynamics into consideration to bring more transparency in the auction process. Cabinet has given green signal to amendment of the Rules, he said.
The State Cabinet has also approved the tender for improvement of 2.1 km long Cuttack ring road to 6-lane standard from Khannagar to Link Road under State Sector-Road Development Programme. RKD Construction Pvt Ltd got the work at Rs.121.65 crore for execution of the above work. The work is targeted for completion within a period of 24 months. The State Cabinet gave its nod for extension of Biju Setu Yojana (BSY) upto 2025-26 with an additional outlay of Rs 3597.22crore.
