A meeting of the Cabinet was held in Mantralaya today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The Cabinet approved the amendment of the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah / Nikah Yojana. Under the scheme, Rs 55,000 will be approved per girl eligible for mass Kanya / Nikah programme.
Out of this amount, an amount of Rs 6,000 will be payable to the organizing body for organizing mass marriage programme and materials worth Rs 38,000 and an account payee cheque of Rs11,000 will be gifted to the girl by the organizing body.
The marriage assistance scheme for workers registered in the Madhya Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board of the Labor Department will be included in the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana run by the Social Justice Department.
The organization authorized for the programme, Municipal Corporation / Municipality / Municipal Council will organize mass marriages in urban areas and in rural areas Janpad Panchayat will be the organizers. Mass marriages being organized by any other organization will not be eligible to get the benefit of this scheme.
District and body level committees will be formed with the approval of the minister in-charge of the district to ensure that the mass Vivah/ Nikah programme is organized smoothly. Senior government officials will also be members in these committees.
With the approval of the Minister-in-Charge of the district, the District Collector will issue a financial year wise calendar of 2 dates each for mass Vivah and Nikah for each body of the district. Wide publicity of this calendar will be ensured so that interested couples can apply on time.
An amount of Rs 49,000 will be provided to the girl child as necessary gifts for setting up her house. District and body level Mukhkya Mantri Kanya Vivah / Nikah Organizing Committee will determine the process to ensure the quality of the material being supplied.
The process of application will be as before, according to which the bride and groom will have to make a joint application in the prescribed form at least 15 days before the date of organization of mass Vivah/Nikah programme.
It will be the responsibility of the concerned local body to complete the verification of the eligibility of the beneficiaries for marriage 7 days before the mass marriage programme. Mass Vivah /nikah programme will be given wide publicity through all mediums including social media. Rest of the terms and conditions of the scheme will remain the same as before. New guidelines will be published in the form of a booklet incorporating all the amendments made in the scheme.
The Cabinet gave administrative approval to develop five new industrial areas in the state at a cost of Rs 714.56 crore which includes Berasia district Bhopal project cost Rs 25.88 crore, Ashta (Jhilela) district Sehore Rs 99.43 crore, Dhar (Tilgara) district Dhar Rs 79.43 crore Mega Industrial Park Ratlam Phase-1 district Ratlam Rs 462 crore and Narsinghpur district Narsinghpur Rs 47.82 crore. With the development of these 5 new industrial areas, investment of more than Rs.32 thousand crore is expected in the state. Along with this, direct and indirect employment will be available to 38 thousand 450 persons.
The Cabinet has approved share capital assistance of Rs.1414.83 crore to both the regional rural banks working in the state by the Government of India in the recapitalization assistance scheme, in which the share of the state government is Rs.212.23 crore. Decision has been taken on the proposal to invest the amount of state share in the share capital of Regional Rural Banks that according to the approval of the Government of India in the share capital of Regional Rural Banks by the State Government in the financial year 2021-22, the amount of State Government's share of Rs 212.23 crore should be invested.
A total of 1320 bank branches of regional rural banks are functioning in the state, out of which 1172 branches are in rural and semi-urban areas. These banks are providing banking facilities to the rural citizens of the state mainly through financial inclusion with banking facilities in rural and semi-urban areas. At present, the total business of these banks in the state is more than Rs 40,000 crores.
These banks can increase their business with the recapitalization assistance approved by the Government of India. New employment opportunities are being created by the regional rural banks, mainly in rural areas. With this recapitalization assistance, more funding will be done by these banks to generate employment opportunities in rural areas.
Zero percent interest rate to increase animal husbandry activities
In the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, the Cabinet has decided to give a credit limit of Rs. 2 lakh to farmers for cow, buffalo, goat, pig and poultry farming through primary agricultural credit cooperative societies at zero percent interest rate for animal husbandry activities in the state. With the implementation of the scheme to provide Kisan Credit Card at zero percent interest rate for animal husbandry activities, cattle rearers in the state will be able to buy inputs easily and their income will increase by avoiding usurers and middlemen.
Establishment of Medical Devices Park at Vikram Udyogpuri Ujjain
The Cabinet decided to establish Medical Devices Park in industrial area Vikram Udyogpuri Ujjain in place of Mohasa Babai. Post-facto approval was given for the establishment of Medical Devices Park in industrial area Vikram Udyogpuri district Ujjain in place of industrial area Mohasa Babai. It has been decided to provide special concessions which have been provided for medical devices manufacturing units in Mohasa-Babai to medical devices manufacturing units in Vikram Udyogpuri industrial area also. The State Government will reimburse the financial burden on the discount/facilitation given to the investors in Vikram Udyogpuri Limited, Ujjain. The Administrative Department has been authorized to constitute a competent committee for allotment of land/plot/building in Medical Devices Park through offline process.
