The State Cabinet approved Rs 1807 crore 57 lakh for 45 CM Rise schools. In the first phase of the CM Rise Yojana, 275 schools are being developed by the School Education Department in the state. Out of these, DPRs were prepared for the construction of 45 schools and presented before the Project Testing Committee on December 7, 2022.
In this sequence of departmental proposals, decision was taken for the construction of 45 well-equipped schools on the recommendation of the Project Testing Committee. A total of 9 thousand 200 CM Rise schools are to be constructed in the state. Its in-principle approval from the Council of Ministers has been issued in July, 2021. Out of this, 370 schools are being constructed in the first phase, of which 275 schools are being constructed under the Education Department and the remaining 95 schools under the Tribal Affairs Department. Earlier, approval has already been given by the Cabinet for construction of 73 schools costing Rs 2 thousand 660 crore.
The Cabinet took the decision to increase 433 new P.G. medical colleges in Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Rewa. Administrative approval has been given for Rs 192 crore 24 lakh for Medical College Indore, Rs 62 crore 82 lakh for Medical College Gwalior, Rs 100 crore 66 lakh for Medical College Jabalpur and Rs 82 crore 68 lakh for Medical College Rewa that is a total amount of Rs 438 crore and 40 lakhs. With the increase of PG seats for postgraduate courses in various departments of Medical College, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Rewa, additional number of subject-specialist doctors will be available to the state every year.
The Cabinet approved the plan to provide coaching for national competitive examinations to tribal students from prestigious institutions at the divisional level and approved finance of Rs 30 crores 54 lakh 71 thousand for offline coaching every year and online coaching pilot project for the next 4 years. In this scheme, 1600 students will be benefited from offline coaching from the year 2022-23 to 2023-24 (according to the 2-year course) for offline coaching. According to the announcement of the Chief Minister, a total of 250 students are targeted to be benefited in 4 years that is 25 students from 10 special schools for online coaching from Class 9 to 12.
In the plan to encourage consensus and unopposed election in the election of Panchayat representatives, the Council of Ministers has so far given Rs 1 lakh to the Gram Panchayat whose Sarpanch was elected unopposed, Rs 5 lakh was being given to the Gram Panchayat whose Sarpanch and all Panchs were elected unopposed and such gram panchayats whose sarpanch and all panchs are Women were given Rs 10 lakh. While revising the scheme, now new categories and prize have been fixed. Rs 5 lakh to such Gram Panchayat whose Sarpanch has been elected unopposed. Rs 7 lakhs for the post of Sarpanch, if the current election and the previous election are held continuously unopposed. Gram Panchayats whose sarpanch and all panchs were elected unopposed to be given Rs 7 lakh. A decision was taken to give Rs 12 lakh to a Gram Panchayat whose sarpanch and all panchs elected are women, and Rs 15 lakh if ??women are elected unopposed to all the posts of sarpanch and panch in the panchayat. A provision of Rs 55 crore 60 lakh has been made in the budget for the financial year 2022-23 for conferring these Awards.