Overview

• The cabinet amended Clause 13 of the Unified Revised Instructions-2013 so that families of police personnel killed by Naxalites can take compassionate appointments in any non-police state department.
• The new guidelines remove previous constraints that confined such appointments to the deceased officer’s original department or office.
• Students from Dihari Korwa, Baghel Kshatriya, Sansari Oraon, Pabiya, Pavia, and Paviya communities will receive scholarships and stipends at par with Scheduled Tribes while Domra caste students gain benefits equivalent to Scheduled Castes.
• A draft notification for establishing the State Mineral Exploration Trust was approved to oversee systematic prospecting and infrastructure development for minor minerals.
• The cabinet greenlit the transfer of the 'JashPure' brand to state or CSIDC management to broaden marketing channels for products made by women’s self-help groups in Jashpur district.