BHOPAL: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal to resume the monthly pension of Rs 1000 for women widowed in the aftermath of Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The pension was discontinued in December 2019.
Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had announced resumption of pension on December 3, 2020, during the official programme on Bhopal gas disaster's anniversary, but the pension had not started till now. The cabinet on Tuesday decided to resume the pension from the beginning of this financial year - April, 2021.
The state cabinet on Tuesday decided to extend by 6 months the guarantee period given by the government on the total loan amount of Rs 400 crore of projects from HUDCO by Madhya Pradesh Finance Corporation.
The cabinet decided that before issuing permission to transport minor minerals from government and private lands, an amount equivalent to the royalty payable on the mineral would be deposited in advance.
With this amendment, an amount equal to royalty will be payable on minor minerals originating from the construction sites in the ongoing road construction and other works in the state. This will reduce the cost of road construction works and it will be done at a faster pace.
According to the land use specified in the Indore Development Plan 2021, in the cases of plot allotted to 12 newspapers by the Indore Development Authority in plan number 54 Press Complex, on which commercial activities are conducted along with the press, the cabinet decided that the premium and land rent would be fixed at two times the land revenue, along with interest till the present date according to the rate of commercial plot prescribed in the collector's guideline of April 1, 2007 to 2008, and according to the rates prescribed in the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code Rules, 2018.
After receiving the amount of land lease and premium, Indore Development Authority will take the decision to execute the new lease deed.
