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Indian Express
4 days ago
- Business
- Indian Express
Maharashtra Cabinet okays recruitment of 15,000 police personnel
The Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday approved the recruitment of around 15,000 police personnel in the state police force. The decision follows the announcement by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who heads the Home Department, during the monsoon session of the Assembly that a recruitment drive for the police department is underway. The initiative is part of a 150-day programme aimed at restructuring the police department, updating rules, ensuring compassionate appointments, and identifying vacancies. CM Fadnavis had said that the state government has already recruited 38,802 police personnel between 2022 and 2025, and a proposal for recruiting an additional 13,560 police posts has also been submitted. The Cabinet also cleared the decision to increase the margins of ration shopkeepers in the state. Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Chhagan Bhujbal said that the Cabinet gave the approval to increase the margin amount of ration shopkeepers who provide food grain to eligible beneficiaries of the National Food Security Scheme (Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority Households) under the state's public distribution system. Bhujbal said, 'The margin rate currently being given to the fair price shopkeepers for distribution of food grains to ration card holders through e-POS machines under the public distribution system in the state has been increased by Rs 20 per quintal (Rs 200 per metric tonne). This will result in an estimated annual additional financial burden of Rs 92.71 crore on the State Exchequer.' In other decisions, the Cabinet also decided to provide viability gap funding for Solapur-Pune-Mumbai air travel. The government also gave approval to relax the guarantor conditions in various loan schemes implemented by corporations under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social Justice and Special Assistance. The government guarantee has been extended for five years.
Hans India
4 days ago
- Business
- Hans India
Maha cabinet clears recruitment of 15,000 cops, hikes margin for fair price shopkeepers
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Tuesday approved the recruitment of around 15,000 police personnel in the state's force, and also increased the margins for fair price shopkeepers. CM Fadnavis, during the Monsoon session, had told the state legislature that a major recruitment drive for the police department had been undertaken. This initiative is part of a 150-day programme aimed at restructuring the department, updating rules, ensuring compassionate appointments, and identifying vacancies. He further said that the state government has already recruited 38,802 police personnel between 2022 and 2025. A proposal for recruiting an additional 13,560 police posts has also been submitted. The cabinet also cleared an increase in margins for the fair price shopkeepers in the state. The government distributes foodgrains to ration card holders under the public distribution system. Minister of Food and Civil Supply Chhagan Bhujbal said the cabinet gave approval to increase the margin amount of fair price shopkeepers distributing foodgrains (ration) to eligible beneficiaries of the National Food Security Scheme (Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority Families) under the state's public distribution. Minister Bhujbal said, 'The margin rate currently being given to the fair price shopkeepers for distribution of foodgrains to ration card holders through e-POS machines under the public distribution system in the state has been increased by Rs 20 per quintal (Rs 200 per metric ton) to Rs 170 per quintal (Rs 1700 per metric ton). This will result in an estimated annual additional financial burden of Rs 92.71 crore on the state exchequer.' He said that for the past several days, there has been a demand for an increase in the margin of the fair price shopkeepers. Many meetings were also held in this regard. 'The government was positive about the demands of the fair price shopkeepers, so today the cabinet has decided to increase the margin of the fair price shopkeepers,' he added. Further, the cabinet also decided to provide viability gap funding for Solapur-Pune-Mumbai air travel. The cabinet also gave approval to relax the guarantor conditions in various loan schemes implemented by corporations under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social Justice and Special Assistance. The government guarantee extended for five years.
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Business Standard
08-07-2025
- General
- Business Standard
Jaipur ranks first in Rajasthan's 'Give Up' national food security drive
The 'Give Up' campaign targets families in the exclusion category - those with a government or semi-government jobholder, pension above ₹1 lakh per year and a total family income over ₹1 lakh Jaipur Listen to This Article Jaipur district ranks first in Rajasthan in the number of ineligible beneficiaries voluntarily giving up their benefits under the National Food Security Scheme, as part of the state's 'Give Up' campaign launched in November last year, a government official said. According to available data, over 192,000 ineligible persons have so far opted for the 'Give Up' initiative in the district. District civil supplies officer Trilokchand Meena said notices have been issued to 1,536 ineligible people in Jaipur to voluntarily remove their names from the food security list, on the orders of the District Collector Dr Jitendra Kumar Soni.
Time of India
20-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Flying squad to inspect PDS in H'bag
1 2 Hazaribag: The district administration on Friday formed a flying squad to inspect public distribution shops (PDS) across the district to check for irregularities in the distribution of food grains, dhoti-saree, salt and sugar. The squad will comprise block development officer, circle officer and other officials. and will inspect the e-POS machines, weighing machines and their register maintenance, food grain stocks, distribution process and information boards at the shops. The team will also listen to the grievances of the beneficiaries. District authorities said the team will also inspect the warehouses of the State Food Corporation and their storage systems, operations as per the SOP, stock verification as well as lifting process of food grains. "This initiative aims to ensure that all beneficiaries under the National Food Security Scheme get ration regularly as per the standards," the DC said.
New Indian Express
13-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Odisha CM Majhi comes to the aid of blind person, ensures welfare benefits
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday announced welfare benefits including housing assistance and disability pension for a visually-impaired person of Jajpur district. Upon learning from media reports that 41-year-old Prafulla Kumar Das, a resident of Andhari village in Korai block of Jajpur district is 100 per cent visually impaired, Majhi directed the district administration to provide him a house under the Antyodaya Gruha Yojana, a monthly disability pension of `3,500 and 5 kg rice under the National Food Security Scheme. Das will also be provided `5,000 from the Red Cross fund. He has been provided a white cane to assist him in his mobility. The chief minister further announced that the government will bear the education expenses of the children of Santosh Parida, who died in the communal clash in Bhadrak district. He had announced an ex gratia of `10 lakh from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to the family of Santosh along with government job for a family member.
