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 Odisha 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 Paradeep 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”.