By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, August 10, 2021: The Odisha Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday cleared some 16 proposals in the state.

Some of the major decisions taken in the Cabinet meet included giving post-facto approval for restructuring of the Odisha Finance Service (OFS) cadre through creation and upgradation of some posts in various offices. With restructuring, the cadre strength of OFS has increased to 1,016 from 912.

The Cabinet gave nod to lease out 18.23 acre land for establishment of permanent campus of IIM, Sambalpur and 20 acre each for Bagchi-Sri Shankara Cancer Centre & Research Institute and Bagchi-Karunashraya Palliative Care Centre in the capital city here. .

It also gave approval for renovation and restoration of Upper Indravati Right Main Canal under CLSRP at a cost of Rs 148.12 crore. The project is planned to be completed in 24 months. The Cabinet also proposed to form The Odisha Jail or Correctional Ministerial Services Rules 2021.

There is no provision for promotion of Group-D employees of sub-ordinate offices of Prisons Organisation to Group-C Posts. In the absence of the provision, Group-1D employees of sub-ordinate offices were deprived of getting promotion to Group-C posts despite Group D employees have their longstanding demand for promotion to Group-C posts.

Similarly, the Odisha Fire Service (Methods of Recruitment and Conditions of Service of the Group officers) Rules, 2021 has been framed under sub-section (1), read with, Clause (C) of sub-section (2) of Section 26 of Odisha Fire Service Act, 1993.

The state government has framed Draft Odisha Private Security Agencies Rules 2021 conforming to the Private Security Agencies Central Model Rules 2020 and in suppression of the Odisha Private Security Agencies Rules 2009.

The move will facilitate submission of online as well as offline applications for licence under the Private Securities Agencies (Regulation) Act 2005, receipt of licence fees online and verification of character and antecedents of the applicants utilizing electronic database. It will also facilitate grant of licence within the timeframe stipulated in the Act and ease of doing bu

siness.

The government has amended Odisha Labour Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of services) Rules 2019 to exclude the mandatory requirement of departmental examination for the Assistant Labour Officers (Regular) who have joined the cadre of Odisha Labour Service before commencement of the rules.

It has taken a decision for implementation of Shree Mandira Parikrama project in the Heritage city of Puri under Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of Heritage and Architecture (ABADHA) Scheme.

Approval was also accorded to the lowest turnkey tender of Tata Projects amounting to Rs 331.28 crore for execution of the Shree Mandir Parikrama project. The work is targeted for completion within a period of 18 months.