Overview

• The state cabinet approved a compassionate, 'special case' appointment of Sneha Girepunje as Deputy Superintendent of Police after her husband, Additional SP Akash Rao Girepunje, was killed on June 9 during an anti-Maoist operation in Sukma.
• A government press note confirmed the decision and cited the circumstances of the officer’s death, noting he stepped on an IED while inspecting a quarry targeted by Maoists.
• The cabinet amended the Solar Energy Policy to run until 2030, granting solar projects priority industry status with benefits including interest subsidies, GST reimbursement, capital cost support for micro units, and land-bank assistance.
• Rita Shandilya was approved as full-time chairperson of the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission, elevating her from acting chair.
• Measures included special incentives for SC, ST, PwD, senior and third gender entrepreneurs, employment-linked subsidies and mega-project packages, and a doubling of the monthly pension for retired journalists from ₹10,000 under the Senior Media Personnel Samman Nidhi scheme.