Jaipur : Many important decisions were taken in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma. In this meeting, many big decisions were taken in public interest including farmers and government employees. Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Premchand Bairwa and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel addressed the press conference and gave information about the decisions taken in the cabinet. The good thing is that the scope of RGHS has also been expanded. In such a situation, now the personnel will get the option of including parents or in-laws.
These important decisions were taken in the cabinet meeting
Maximum limit of gratuity and death gratuity now 25 lakh: Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Premchand Bairwa said that in the interest of state personnel, approval has been given to increase the maximum limit of their gratuity and death gratuity from Rs 20 lakh to 25 lakh. Now, on the lines of CGHS, male and female personnel will get the option to include either of their parents or in-laws for medical facility in RGHS, provided the parents or in-laws are dependent and reside with the male or female personnel. In this regard, Rule 3(9) of Rajasthan Civil Services (Medical Care) Rules, 2013 will be amended while implementing the announcement of the budget year 2024-25. Family pension at increased rate for 10 years on the lines of central personnel: On death of personnel while in service, now the dependent will be able to get the benefit of family pension at increased rate for 10 years like central personnel. For these provisions, the notification amending Rule 55 and 62 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1996 will be effective from April 1, 2024.
Relief to Class IV employees: Amendments to Rule 14A and Sub-rule 4 of 20 of Rajasthan District Court Clerical Class Establishment Rules, 1986 and Sub-rule 4 of Rule 18 and Rule 30 of Rajasthan Subordinate Court (Driver and Class IV Employees) Service Rules, 2017 have been approved. These amendments will provide relief to those clerical staff, drivers and Class IV employees of the courts who were deprived of promotion due to having more than two children. Now their promotion can be considered from the date from which their promotion became due and they can be given notional increment.
Land allocation for Nathdwara-Devgarh-Madaria rail line gauge conversion: To strengthen the rail transport system in Rajasthan and to develop industries like marble, granite and mining, the construction of a new railway line connecting Shrinathdwara with Mewar and Marwar is being expedited in collaboration with the central government. He informed that under section 102 of the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act 1956, approval was given in the cabinet meeting to allot a total of 42.1576 hectares of land of Rajsamand, Devgarh, Nathdwara and Amet subdivisions of Rajsamand district to the Railway Ministry for the Nathdwara-Devgarh-Madaria gauge conversion project.
11 kV feeder segregation works will be done at a cost of Rs 7896 crore: In the cabinet meeting, approval was given to the implementation of 11 kV feeder separation of agricultural feeders under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS). Under this scheme, 7522 works of 11 kV feeder segregation will be done at a cost of about Rs 7 thousand 896 crore, for which approval has been received from REC Limited on April 1, 2024. He informed that at the 33/11 kV substations where 11 kV feeder segregation work will be done, the work of installing new solar power plants, metering, billing and revenue collection has also been added to the feeder segregation. This work will be done on the hybrid annuity model, which will ensure the local use of newly installed solar power plants and electricity can be provided to agricultural consumers during the day. He said that feeder segregation would reduce future expenditure on strengthening of the transmission system and would also reduce technical distribution losses.
Approval of land allotment for 3000 MW solar power projects: Land allotment approvals were given for 4 solar power projects of 3000 MW under the provisions and conditions of Rajasthan Land Revenue (Land Allotment for Establishment of Power Generation Unit based on Renewable Energy Sources) Rules, 2007 and the proposal to allot 50.42 hectares of land in Barju village of Pugal tehsil of Bikaner to Bikaner-3 Neemrana Transmission Limited for establishment of 765/400/220 kV substation has been approved. Establishment of these solar energy based projects will increase regional employment opportunities in the state and will increase the state revenue.
Land will be allotted to MSME Ministry for Technology Centre: The government is also working with commitment for the development of MSME enterprises in the state. In this sequence, the Central MSME Ministry has been given approval to allocate 12 acres of land free of cost in JDA’s Dahmikalan Institutional Scheme for setting up a Technology Centre in Jaipur. This will enable the youth to get training in advanced technology related to the MSME sector and will develop skills and efficiency in them.
