In a meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav, an approval was given to expand the Chief Minister’s Solar Pump Scheme and implement it under the name Pradhan Mantri Krishak Mitra Surya Yojana. The ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishak Mitra Surya Yojana’ will be implemented by the Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam as per the guidelines issued under the Kusum ‘B’ scheme of the Central Government. To provide solar agriculture pump connections to farmers/groups of farmers, solar agriculture pump connections are also being provided under the currently prevalent “Mukhyamantri Krishak Mitra Yojana”. The Council of Ministers granted administrative approval for work to be done in the first and second phase of the Ken-Betwa Link Project at a cost of Rs 24,293.24 crore. The project will provide irrigation to 6,57,364 hectare drought affected area of Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Niwari, Panna, Damoh, Sagar, Datia and Vidisha, Shivpuri, Raisen districts of Betwa basin of Bundelkhand region and drinking water facility to about 44 lakh population.

 

The Council of Ministers also approved the establishment of Chitrakoot Development Authority for the integrated development of Chitrakoot city, by disintegrating the existing Chitrakoot Special Area Development Authority by the Urban Development and Housing Department. With the establishment of Chitrakoot Development Authority, overall development of this naturally, historically and religiously significant region will be possible. Besides, the implementation of the proposals of effective development plan by the Directorate of Town and Country Investment will become possible. The Council of Ministers approved a grant-in-aid amounting to Rs 20 crore for the authority. The Collector has been authorised to make other necessary arrangements. The Cabinet approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Public Works Department and National Highway Logistics Management Limited (NHLML) for the development, implementation, construction, operation and maintenance of the ropeway. The ropeway projects proposed in the National Ropeway Development Programme ‘Parvatmala’ were approved. In the first phase of the project at four places, including Railway Station to Mahakal Temple, Ujjain Ropeway, Tikitoria Mata Mandir (Sagar) Funicular, Empire Stadium to Gurudara (Via Rampur Chowk and Avenue Mall), Jabalpur and Civic Center to Baldevbagh (Via Malviya Chowk, Lodganj, Barafuara), Jabalpur Cabinet approved to authorise Public Works Department to select the options for the remaining ropeway projects found feasible in future and as mentioned in the memorandum of understanding (MoU) of the proposed projects.

 

Approval has been given to expand the ‘Mukhya Mantri Solar Pump Yojana” and implement it under the name ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishak Mitra Surya Yojana’. The implementation of ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishak Mitra Surya Yojana’ will be done as per the guidelines issued by the Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Yojana under the Kusum ‘B’ scheme of the Central Government. For the entire ropeway project proposed in Madhya Pradesh, approval was given to authorise the Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation on behalf of Madhya Pradesh Government for approval of alignment of the project. Approval was given to authorise the Principal Secretary, MP Government, Public Works Department for notifying the Geo co-ordinates of all ropeway project alignments in the Gazette of the State Government, approving all actions related to land acquisition, signing the Definitive Agreement and appointing National Highway Logistics Management Limited (NHLML) as Promoter for implementing the projects. Cabinet granted revised administrative approval for the revised cost amount of Rs 157 crore 77 lakh for the high level bridge construction work on Usaid Ghat of Chambal River in Ambah Pinhat road km 24/2 in Morena district. In-principle approval given for pension of university pensioners as per the seventh pay scale, like state government pensioners.

 

The Cabinet approved that the State Government will bear the additional burden of Rs 11.65 crore under PM Janman in the construction on route L063 Mohapani to Baragaon (Talaiya) length 29.10 km of Narsinghpur at a cost of Rs 40 crore 75 lakh including maintenance (Rs 1.40 crore per km), which exceeds fixed limit cost of Rs 1 crore per km. In future, if a proposal is made under PM Janman Yojana costing more than Rs 1 crore per km, the additional amount to be invested in such proposal can be approved by the empowered committee constituted under the authority. This additional amount will be borne by the state government. Under the scheme head, the