By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The State Cabinet held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday took 13 major decisions relating to the department of Energy, Industries, SME, Water Resources, Law and PWD.
The State Cabinet has approved the exemption of electricity duty on power consumption in favour of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Paradip Refinery unit based on Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the State Government and IOCL.
The Odisha Cabinet has approved to amend the provisions pertaining to reservation of seats of the Chairperson/Mayor in favour of Backward Class Citizens (BCC) in the Odisha Municipal Act, 1950 and Odisha Municipal Corporation Act, 2003.
Informing people about decisions of the Cabinet Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra told that major decisions included approval of the projects for solving the low voltage problem in different areas of the State, career advancement policy for multilingual Sikshya Sahayaks, construction of Sandul barrage project in Kalahandi district, construction of underground pipeline irrigation system from Rangali right irrigation system for irrigation in Dhenkanal and Cuttack districts, and, construction of an underground pipeline from Anandapur barrage for irrigation of around 9800 Hectors in Balasore district.
