Abstract of replies of the Departments regarding implementation of the approved Cabinet Memoranda till date for the Calendar Year 2017

Replies sent by the Departments regarding implementation of the decisions Sl. Name of the No. of Not implemented / No No. Department/s Memoranda Implemented reasons at detailed reply reply (Subject-wise) yet 1. Agriculture & Farmers’ 3 2 Empowerment 2. Commerce & Transport (Commerce) 3. Commerce & Transport 1 1 (Transport) 4. Cooperation 1 1 5. Electronics & 1 Information Technology 6. Energy 3 3 7. Excise 8. Finance 17 16 9. Fisheries & Animal 1 1 Resources Development 10. Food Supplies & 1 1 Consumer Welfare 11. Forest & Environment 4 3 12. General Administration 6 6 & Public Grievances 13. Handlooms, Textiles & 2 2 Handicrafts 14. Health & Family Welfare 2 2 15. Higher Education 3 3 16. Home 2 2 17. Housing & Urban 9 8 Development 18. Industries 19. Information & Public Relations 20. Labour & E.S.I. 21. Law 2 2 22. Micro, Small & Medium 3 3 Enterprises 23. Panchayati Raj & 1 1 Drinking Water 24. Parliamentary Affairs 1 1 25. Planning & 1 1 Convergence 26. Revenue & Disaster 9 8 Management 27. Rural Development 1 1 28. S.T. & S.C. Development 29. School & Mass 1 1 Replies sent by the Departments regarding implementation of the decisions Sl. Name of the No. of Not implemented / No No. Department/s Memoranda Implemented reasons at detailed reply reply (Subject-wise) yet Education 30. Science & Technology 1 1 31. Skill Development & 1 1 Technical Education 32. Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability 33. Sports & Youth 1 1 Services 34. Steel & Mines 35. Tourism & Culture 1 1 (Culture) 36. Tourism & Culture (Tourism) 37. Water Resources 4 4 38. Women & Child 1 Development 39. Works 1 Total 85 79 Whether the decision of the Name of the Date of meeting Cabinet has been implemented Sl. No. Subject Matter Department/s of the Cabinet or not. If yes, then the date of implementation. 1. Agriculture and Proposal for restructuring and strengthening of the 11.05.2017 Yes. Date: 01.06.2017. Resolution Farmers’ Agriculture Engineering Cadre of Department of no.9035 Empowerment Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment. 2. Agriculture and Amendment of Agriculture & Food Production 11.05.2017 Yes. Date: 01.06.2017.Notification Farmers’ Services (Method of Recruitment and Condition of no.9004 Empowerment Services) Rules, 2012 sub rule-5-2(c) and 8 (2). 3. Agriculture and Proposal for restructuring and strengthening of the 25.07.2017 Farmers’ Agriculture Service Cadre of Department of Agriculture Empowerment and Farmers’ Empowerment. 4. Commerce & Restructuring of Odisha Transport Engineering Service 21.09.2017 Yes. Date: 17.10.2017. Resolution Transport (OTES) and Odisha Sub-Ordinate Transport Engineering no.6764/T (Transport) Service (OSTES); and introduction of Odisha Transport Service (OTS). 5. State Government Guarantee in favour of the Aska 22.02.2017 Yes. Date:06.04.2017 Cooperation Cooperative Sugar Industries Ltd. to cover the cash credit loan of Rs.15.00 crore to be availed from the Aska Cooperative Central Bank Ltd. for payment of cane price to the sugarcane growers for the crushing season 2016- 17. 6. Electronics & Mobile Towers, Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) and Related 05.09.2017 Information Telecom Infrastructure Policy, 2017 for Telecom Sector Technology in Odisha. 7. Energy Proposal for enhancement of Electricity Duty (ED) rate for 11.05.2017 Yes. Date: 12.05.2017. Notification any person not being a licensee who generates energy no.3442 for his own use or consumption and a licensee in its own premises 8. Energy Revision of Restructuring of Electrical Engineering Cadre 25.07.2017 Yes. Date: 09.08.2017. Notification under the Department of Energy pertaining to Electrical no.5864/En (R&B) Wing of Works Department. 9. Energy Approval for revision of Project Cost from Rs.2600 Cr to 22.11.2017 Yes Rs.3843 Cr for construction of 473 nos. 33/11 KV Substations with associated 33 KV &11 KV lines.

10. Finance Rationalisation of rate of tax under the Odisha VAT Act, 22.02.2017 Yes. Date: 31.03.2017. Notification 2004. no.8721

11. Finance Proposal for amendment of the Odisha Sales Tax 22.02.2017 Yes. Date: 30.10.2017. Notification (Settlement of Arrears) Act, 2011. no.12743-I-Legis-4/2017/L

12. Finance Proposal for amendment of The Odisha Value Added 22.02.2017 Yes. Date: 31.03.2017. Notification Tax Act, 2004. no.8721/F 13. Finance Withdrawal of fiscal incentive to Indian Oil Corporation 22.02.2017 Yes. Date: 22.02.2017 by issue of Ltd. mentioned in Clause 1 of ARTICLE-II of the MoU order No.4974/F and Notification dated the 16th February, 2004 relating to interest free no.4978 loan equivalent to Sale Tax payable to the State on sale of finished products of Refinery for first 11 years from the commencement of commercial production and rescinding of Finance Department Notification bearing No.24092-CTA-117/2002(Pt.)-F dated the 1st June,2004 issued under section 7 of the Orissa Sales Tax Act,1947. 14. Finance Amendment of the Odisha Auditors Service (Method of 29.03.2017 Yes. Date: 28.04.2017. Notification Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987. no.14188/F 15. Finance Extension of time for a period of twelve months from 1st 29.03.2017 Yes. Date: 31.03.2017. Notification July,2016 to 30th June,2017, to reduce the rate of tax on no.8784 pulses and dals of all kinds under the Odisha VAT Act,2004. 16. Exemption of VAT on procurement of Green gram 11.05.2017 Yes. Date: 27.05.2017. Notification Finance (Moong) under Price Support Scheme (PSS) Operation. no.16942 17. Finance Proposal for amendment of the Odisha Value Added Tax 11.05.2017 Yes. Date: 29.06.2017. Notification Act, 2004. no.19813 18. Finance Proposal to enact a new legislation for levy and collection 11.05.2017 Yes. Date: 22.06.2017. Notification of Tax on supply of Goods and Services (GST) in the no.19301 and Notification No. State of Odisha. 19676 dated 28.06.2017 19. Finance Post-facto approval of the Cabinet for notifications 25.07.2017 Reminder not to be sent already issued specifying different rates of tax for goods and services, exemptions and refund of tax under the Odisha Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 w.e.f. 1st July, 2017. 20. Finance Proposal to issue notifications for imposition of new tax 02.08.2017 or change of tax rate, exemption/ concession of tax under the Odisha Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017/(OGST Act) on recommendation of the GST Council by orders of the Chief Minister. 21. Finance Post-facto approval of the Cabinet for notifications 02.08.2017 Reminder not to be sent already issued for change of items in different tax groups and exempted goods under the Odisha Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017. 22. Finance Settlement of dispute on fiscal incentives with IOCL for 05.09.2017 Yes, Agreement with IOCL signed Paradeep Refinery Project. on 25.09.2017

23. Finance Revision of scales of pay of State Government 05.09.2017 Yes. Date: 07.09.2017. Resolution employees following Seventh Central Pay Commission no.26342 /F and Notification No. (CPC) recommendations and recommendations of the 27742 dated 20.09.2017 Fitment Committee.

24. Finance Revision of scales of pay of different categories of 05.09.2017 Yes. Date: 07.09.2017. Resolution employees other than regular State Government no.26347 /F employees.

25. Finance Restructuring of the Cadre of Odisha Finance Service 21.09.2017 Yes. Date: 07.10.2017 (OFS). 26. Finance Rationalisation of rate of tax under the Odisha VAT Act, 22.11.2017 Yes. Date: 23.11.2017. Notification 2004. No. 34402 /F and Notification No. 34398 /Fdated 23.11.2017 27. Fisheries & ARD Proposal for amendment of the existing provisions under 22.02.2017 Yes.vide Notification No. sub-clause (i) in clause (f) of Rule 6 of the Odisha 4395/FARD duly published in the Veterinary Technical Service, Group ‘C’ (Recruitment and Odisha Gazette on 11.04.2017 Conditions of Service) Rules, 1983.

28. Food Supplies & Food and Procurement Policy for the Kharif Marketing 05.09.2017 Yes, 01.10.2017 Consumer Welfare Season (KMS) 2017-18.

29. Forest and Restructuring the Cadre strength of Odisha Forest 29.03.2017 Yes, vide Resolution No. 6958 Environment Service Group –A (Junior Branch) & (Senior Branch). dated 06.04.2017

30. Forest and Proposal for enactment of a special legislation to provide 25.07.2017 No. under process Environment for the regulation of fishing and management of fishery resources in Chilika. 31. Forest and Proposal for waiver of penal interest levied against M/S, 05.09.2017 Yes Environment Kerala Dinesh Beedi Workers Central Co-operative Society Ltd.

32. Forest and Proposal for amendment of the Wildlife (Protection) 22.11.2017 Yes, vide Gazettee Notification No. Environment (Odisha) Rules, 1974 for enhancement of compassionate 2087 dated. 01.12.2017 payment to the legal heir of the victims killed by wild animals.

33. General Proposal for merger of “Public Grievances And Pension 05.04.2017 Yes, Date: 06.04.2017. Notification Administration Administration Department” with “General Administration no.73581& Notification no.22390 Department” and renaming “ General Administration dated 18.10.2017 Department” as “General Administration & Public Grievances Department”.

34. General Proposal for transfer of RWS & S related Subjects of 05.04.2017 Yes, Date: 06.04.2017. Notification Administration Rural Development Department to Panchayati Raj no.7355 Department and renaming of “Panchayati Raj Department” as Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department”.

35. General Proposal regarding renaming of the “Women and Child 05.04.2017 Yes, Date: 06.04.2017. Notification Administration Development Department” as Department of Women & no.7352 Child Development and Mission Shakti”.

36. General Reduction of VAT on ATF under RCS-UDAN in the Civil 25.07.2017 Yes,Date:22.08.2017 Administration and Aviation Policy of Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of Public Grievance .

37. General Amendment of Contractual Appointment Rules, i.e. the 05.09.2017 Yes, Date: 12.09.2017. Notification Administration & Odisha Group–B Posts (Contractual Appointment) no.12569 & Notification no.19574 Public Grievance Rules,2013 and the Odisha Group-C and Group-D Posts dated 12.09.2017 (Contractual Appointment) Rules,2013.

38. General Restructuring of the cadre of the Odisha Administrative 21.09.2017 Yes, Date: 25.09.2017. Notification Administration & Service (OAS). no.21134 Public Grievance

39. Handlooms, Proposal to amend the Orissa Textiles & Sericulture 02.08.2017 Yes, Date: 04.09.2017. Notification Textiles & (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) no.3833/HT&H Handicrafts Rules,1993. 40. Handlooms, Proposal for establishment of Handlooms & Handicrafts 21.09.2017 Yes, Date: 27.11.2017. Resolution Textiles & Development and Promotion Council in the State. no.5157 Handicrafts

41. Health and Family Framing of Odisha Medical and Health Services (Method 25.07.2017 Yes. Date: 09.08.2017 vide Welfare of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules,2017 to Notification no.20211/H dated regulate the method of recruitment, promotion and 09.08.2017 conditions of service of the Medical Officers appointed to the Odisha Medical and Health Services Cadre.

42. Health & Family Proposal for awarding financial incentives to the Medical 02.08.2017 Yes. Date: 17.08.2017 vide Welfare College Teachers working in the New Medical College & Notification no.2070/H dated Hospitals located in KBK, KBK plus and other areas, but 17.08.2017 at least 100 km away from the Government Medical Colleges established prior to the year 2017. 43. Higher Education Proposal for Promulgation of Ordinance for establishment 25.07.2017 Yes, 17.10.2017 of a Council for Higher Education in the State of Odisha.

44. Higher Education Proposal for modification of Interest Subvention 02.08.2017 Yes, Corrigendum No. 20285/HE Scheme ‘Kalinga Sikhya Sathi Yojana. dated 04.08.2017 45. Higher Education World Bank funded ODISHA HIGHER EDUCATION 22.11.2017 Yes PROJECT ON EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY [OHEPEE].

46. Home Report of the Commission of Inquiry consisting of 11.05.2017 Yes,14.12.2017 Shri Justice (Retd.) P. K. Mohanty enquiring into the Police Firing Incident which occurred at Kalinga Nagar in the District of on 02.01.2006. 47. Home Framing of Odisha Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Rules, 21.09.2017 Yes,16.09.2017 2017.

48. Proposal for announcement of Odisha Real Estate 22.02.2017 Yes, Rules notified in the Gazette Housing and (Regulation & Development) Rules, 2017. on 25.02.2017 Urban

Development

49. Housing and Urban Proposal for amendment of the Odisha Municipal 25.07.2017 No. The file has been endorsed to Development Corporation Act, 2003. the Law Department for preparation of the amendment Bill

50. Approval of Tender for the work “Development of Water 25.07.2017 Yes,03.11.2017 Housing and Urban Supply Infrastructure in , , & Development ” to be executed under EPC mode.

51. Housing and 25.07.2017 Yes Urban Approval of Tender - “Construction of Sewerage System Dist-I: 27.07.2017 Development for Sewerage District I and Bhubaneswar Dist-III: 27.07.2017 Sewerage District III on EPC mode of Contract. 52. Housing and Urban Proposal for enactment of a separate legislation by 08.08.2017 Yes. Date: 10.08.2017. Notification Development way of promulgation of Ordinance under article no.8449 213(1) of the Constitution of India to provide for assigning land rights to the slum dwellers, for redevelopment, rehabilitation and upgradation of slums and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

53. Housing and Urban Proposal for amendment of the Odisha Municipal 08.08.2017 Yes. Date: 10.08.2017. Notification Development Corporation Act, 2003 by way of promulgation of no.8482 Ordinance under article 213(1) of the Constitution of India to provide for assigning property rights to the slum dwellers, for redevelopment, rehabilitation and upgradation of slums and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 54. Housing and Urban Approval of the tender for the work “Implementation of 22.11.2017 Yes Development Municipal Solid Waste Management of Municipal Corporation (BeMC) on Design, Build, Operate and Transfer (DBOT) basis covering Secondary Transportation, Treatment and Scientific Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste in Service Area of Berhampur Municipal Corporation”.

55. Housing and Urban Tender for the work “Construction of Sewerage System 23.10.2017 Yes, 15.11.2017 Development for Bhubaneswar Sewerage District II on EPC mode of Contract”.

56. Housing and Urban Proposal for amendment of the Odisha Municipal 22.11.2017 Yes Development Act,1950 (Odisha Act 23 of 1950) and Odisha Municipal Corporation Act,2003 (Odisha Act 11 of 2003).

57. Law Proposal for framing of recruitment rules for the post of 25.07.2017 Yes. Date: 18.08.2017 vide Librarian, Assistant Librarian and other staff of the Library Gazettee Notification no.1310 of the Law Department under the proviso to article 309 of dated 18.08.2017 the Constitution. 58. Law Proposal for framing of revised recruitment rules for 02.08.2017 Yes, 21.08.2017 the Legislative Wing of Law Department in supersession of the Odisha Secretariat Legal Service Recruitment Rules,1977. 59. MSME 29.03.2017 Yes. Date: 31.03.2017 vide Amendment in Odisha Startup Policy-2016. Notification no.2014 dated

31.03.2017 60. MSME Amendment of Odisha Food Processing Policy,2016. 25.07.2017 Yes. Date: 31.07.2017 vide Notification no.4652 / MSME dated 31.07.2017 61. MSME Amendment of MSME Development Policy,2016. 25.07.2017 Yes. Date: 31.07.2017 vide Notification no.4661/MSME dated 31.07.2017 62. Panchayati Raj & Formulation of Cadre Rules of the Odisha Panchayati Raj 25.07.2017 Yes. Date: 01.09.2017 vide Drinking Water Engineering Service (Methods of Recruitment and Notification no.16778 dated Conditions of Service) Rules, 2017. 01.09.2017 63. Parliamentary Proposal for amendment of the Odisha Legislative 13.09.2017 Yes Affairs Assembly Members’ Salary, Allowances and Pension Act,1954 (Odisha Act 19 of 1954), the Odisha Ministers’ Salaries and Allowances Act,1952 (Odisha Act 20 of 1952), the Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker’s Salary and Allowances Act,1960 (Odisha Act 24 of 1960) and the Odisha Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker’s Salary and Allowances Act,1959 (Odisha Act 25 of 1959) and relevant Rules made thereunder. 64. Planning & Proposal for establishment of Special Development 26.07.2017 Yes. vide Resolution no.12060 Convergence Councils for tribal dominated districts of Odisha- dated 21.09.2017 and Resolution Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Kandhamal, no.12121 dated 22.09.2017 Gajapati, Koraput, Rayagada, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur. 65. Revenue & Disaster Application of provisions of Right to Fair Compensation 22.02.2017 No. Action is under process Management and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and Amendment to Odisha Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy,2006. 66. Revenue & Disaster Proposal for reduction of fees for registration of re- 29.03.2017 Yes. vide Notification no.10776 Management conveyance of Equitable Mortgage Deed for non- dated 30.03.2017 agriculture loan. 67. Revenue & Disaster Lease of Government land measuring Ac.51.00 in 29.03.2017 Yes, Intimated to Collector , Management village–Arilo and Govindpur under Barang Sadar Tahasil vide Letter No. 11066 of free of premium and incidental charges dated 03.04.2017 but on payment of annual ground rent and cess in favour of Odisha Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Limited (OMFED), Bhubaneswar for setting up of a new fully automated 5 lakh litre per day capacity (LLPD) LPD Diary Plant. 68. Revenue & Disaster Alienation of government land on free of premium and all 29.03.2017 Yes, Intimated to all Collector , Management other charges including annual ground rent, cess and vide Letter No. 11111 dated incidental charges in favour of National Highways 03.04.2017 Authority of India (NHAI) for construction of National Highways in the State. 69. Revenue & Disaster Sanction of lease of Govt. land measuring Ac.200.435 05.04.2017 Yes, Intimated to Collector , Management dec in favour of Director, Indian Institute of Science Ganjam vide Letter No. 11548 Education and Research (IISER), Berhampur for dated 06 .04.2017 establishment of permanent campus of IISER, Berhampur, at Laudigam under Konisi Tahasil and to develop a policy for charging annual ground rent at concessional institutional rate of Rs.100/- per acre per annum in respect of lands allotted in favour of Central Government scientific and educational institutions.

70. Revenue and Proposal for remission of Stamp Duty and Registration 11.05.2017 Yes. vide Notification no.16604 Disaster fees on lease deeds for the Government land in respect and 16610 dated 22.05.2017 Management of eleven Railway Projects in the State of Odisha. 71. Revenue & Disaster Allotment of government land measuring an area of 02.08.2017 Yes. vide G.O no.26207 /R& DM Management Ac.0.500 decs. in Mouza- Alkar under Jatni Tahasil of dated 08.08.2017 district in favour of ‘SAHAYA’, a social organization for establishment of home for destitute patients and school for deaf, dumb, blind and mentally retarded children at concessional premium and free of incidental charges. 72. Revenue & Disaster Grant of permission for use of rivers, canals, Nala, 02.08.2017 Yes. vide G.O no.26316/R& DM Management Mahara, road etc. for construction of over-bridges by dated 09.08.2017 railway authorities in the State on free of premium and free of incidental charges basis but subject to payment of capitalized value of land revenue 73. Revenue & Disaster Proposal for amendment of Odisha Revenue Service 22.11.2017 Yes, the file has been endorsed to Management (Recruitment) Rules,2011, regarding. His Excellency, The Governor of Odisha 74. Rural Development 25.07.2017 Yes. Date: 26.07.2017 vide Odisha Rural Roads Maintenance Policy, 2017. Gazette Notification no.1241 dated 26.07.2017 75. School & Mass Approval of Upgradation of 742 Nos. of T.M./T.I. Posts to 25.07.2017 Yes. vide letter no.18306/SME Education T.G.T. Posts. dated 23.09.2017 76. Science & Renaming of Odisha State Data Policy (OSDP)-2015 as 25.07.2017 Yes,Date:04.08.2017 Technology Odisha Spatial Data Policy-2015. 77. Skill Development Amendment of Odisha Technical Education and Training 11.05.2017 Yes,Date:01.06.2017 and Technical Service Rules (OTE&TS), 1985 in order to introduce the Education written examination for direct recruitment of Lectures in Government Engineering Schools/ Polytechnics under Odisha Technical Education and Training Service (OTE&TS). 78. Sports & Youth Odisha Sports Services (Recruitment and Conditions of 22.02.2017 Yes,Date:08.03.2017 Services Services) Amendment Rules,2016.

79. 18.07.2017 Yes,Date:19.07.2017 Proposal for declaration of “Paika Bidroha” (1817) as the Tourism & Culture first war of Independence in the history of India. (Culture) 80. Water Resources Proposal for settlement of outstanding industrial water 05.04.2017 Yes, date:27.04.2017 Resolution rate dues over Coal Field Ltd. (MCL). No. 10066/WR

81. Proposal for validating Legislation to regularize the 05.04.2017 Yes, date:25.11.2017 Gazette Water Resources adhoc appointment of Sri Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Assistant Notification No. 2035 Engineer (Civil) working under Department of Water Resources.

82 Water Resources Approval of Bijepur Lift Irrigation Project. 23.10.2017 Yes, date:02.11.2017 Resolution No. VBT-131/17-259/27/WR 83 Revival of Lost Ayacut & Extension of Ayacut in Major, 22.11.2017 Yes, date:05.12.2017 Resolution Water Resources Medium & Minor Irrigation Projects through Extension, No. VBT-121/17-29312/WR Renovation & Modernisation (ERM) Activities.”

84 Women and Child Proposal for Odisha Social Welfare Service Group-B 22.11.2017 Development and (Method of Recruitment and Condition of Service) Mission Shakti Amendment Rules,2017.

85. Works Proposal for approval of tender for the work “Construction 25.07.2017 of 100 Seated Government Medical College & Teaching Hospital at Keonjhar on Turnkey Basis in the State of Odisha.”