NEW DELHI: The Bihar cabinet on Wednesday approved acquisition of 2627 acres of land at Rs 812 crore for development of five new industrial areas in the state.
The highest 991 acres of land will be acquired for Rs 351 crore in the Begusarai district, while 500 acres of land will be acquired for Rs 219 crore in the Patna district, additional chief secretary (ACS) S Siddharth said in a post cabinet briefing in Patna.
Infrastructure Development Authority (IDA), Patna, will carry out the land acquisition for the development of all the five industrial areas in the state, he said.
Similarly, 167.34 acres of land would be acquired in Siwan at Rs 113 crore, 420.62 acres in the Saharsa district at Rs 88.01 crore, and 548.87 acres in the Madhepura district at Rs 41.26 crore, Siddharth added.
The cabinet also gave nod for acquisition of 1300 acres of land for the Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) under the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Project at Dobhi in the Gaya Ji district.
A total of 30 decisions were taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Rs 35 crore private investment for Gaya
In another important decision, the cabinet gave its approval for a Rs 35.14 crore factory to manufacture textile items like, polar fleece, blanket cover, bed sheet, casements etc in Gaya.
The factory would be set up in the industrial area at Guraru in Gaya Ji with 600 MTPA capacity to manufacture textiles, the ACS said adding that the investment would generate direct and indirect employment for 237 skilled and unskilled people of the state.
OLS survey for 6 airports
In order to develop and expand the airport network in the state, the cabinet also approved a proposal to carry out Obstacle Limitation Surfaces (OLS) survey for six greenfield airports at Birpur (Supaul), Munger, Valmikinagar (West Champaran), Muzaffarpur, Saharsa and Bhagalpur. Rs 290.91 crore have been sanctioned for payment to Airport Authority of India (AAI) for the purpose.
It also sanctioned Rs 137.17 crore for acquisition of 18 acres of land for expansion of Gaya Ji airport to install “CAT I Light” to facilitate the landing of aircraft even during bad weather like fog, smog and low visibility. With the installation of the facility, Gaya Ji airport will be included in “all weather airport”.
JP Samman pension hiked
People- christened as JP Senani who participated in the JP movement and subsequent emergency period between March 18, 1974 and March 21, 1977- will get double the amount as “samman pension” now. Those who spent one to six months during emergency in jail will get Rs 15,000 while those who spent more than six months will get Rs 30,000 as pension. Earlier, they were getting Rs 7500 and Rs 15,000 respectively.
There are altogether 3354 JP Senani who are currently receiving pension.
Funds for Punpun bridge; flyover connecting Mithapur-Chiraiyatanad flyovers
The cabinet also sanctioned a revised estimate of Rs 82.99 crore for construction of cable suspension bridge to be built over river Punpun in Patna.
Similarly, it also sanctioned a revised estimate of Rs 292.74 crore to connect the two flyovers of Mithapur and Chiraiyatand in the state capital.
MLA/MLCs' phone bill
The cabinet gave its nod to amend rule 14 (telephone facility) of Bihar Legislature (salary, allowance and pension of members) Rules 2006 as per which members of state legislature will not have to furnish bill of Rs 8,300 per month towards telephone, internet. Members will now get the amount without furnishing any bills for telephone, internet.
Scrap policy
It also approved the transport department’s proposal as per which people- who have BS-I and BS-II vehicles both LMV/HMV- will get 50 per cent discount for registration of new vehicle if they present “certificate of deposit” of scrap done through registered scrapper.
Honorarium hiked for BLO supervisors, BLOs
The cabinet hiked annual honorariums of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and BLO Supervisors. Now, the BLOs will get Rs 14,000 against the existing annual honorarium of Rs 10,000 while the BLO Supervisors will get Rs 18,000 against existing honorarium to Rs 15,000, with Rs 38.75 crore sanctioned for the purpose.
The highest 991 acres of land will be acquired for Rs 351 crore in the Begusarai district, while 500 acres of land will be acquired for Rs 219 crore in the Patna district, additional chief secretary (ACS) S Siddharth said in a post cabinet briefing in Patna.
Infrastructure Development Authority (IDA), Patna, will carry out the land acquisition for the development of all the five industrial areas in the state, he said.
Similarly, 167.34 acres of land would be acquired in Siwan at Rs 113 crore, 420.62 acres in the Saharsa district at Rs 88.01 crore, and 548.87 acres in the Madhepura district at Rs 41.26 crore, Siddharth added.
The cabinet also gave nod for acquisition of 1300 acres of land for the Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) under the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Project at Dobhi in the Gaya Ji district.
A total of 30 decisions were taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Rs 35 crore private investment for Gaya
In another important decision, the cabinet gave its approval for a Rs 35.14 crore factory to manufacture textile items like, polar fleece, blanket cover, bed sheet, casements etc in Gaya.
The factory would be set up in the industrial area at Guraru in Gaya Ji with 600 MTPA capacity to manufacture textiles, the ACS said adding that the investment would generate direct and indirect employment for 237 skilled and unskilled people of the state.
OLS survey for 6 airports
In order to develop and expand the airport network in the state, the cabinet also approved a proposal to carry out Obstacle Limitation Surfaces (OLS) survey for six greenfield airports at Birpur (Supaul), Munger, Valmikinagar (West Champaran), Muzaffarpur, Saharsa and Bhagalpur. Rs 290.91 crore have been sanctioned for payment to Airport Authority of India (AAI) for the purpose.
It also sanctioned Rs 137.17 crore for acquisition of 18 acres of land for expansion of Gaya Ji airport to install “CAT I Light” to facilitate the landing of aircraft even during bad weather like fog, smog and low visibility. With the installation of the facility, Gaya Ji airport will be included in “all weather airport”.
JP Samman pension hiked
People- christened as JP Senani who participated in the JP movement and subsequent emergency period between March 18, 1974 and March 21, 1977- will get double the amount as “samman pension” now. Those who spent one to six months during emergency in jail will get Rs 15,000 while those who spent more than six months will get Rs 30,000 as pension. Earlier, they were getting Rs 7500 and Rs 15,000 respectively.
There are altogether 3354 JP Senani who are currently receiving pension.
Funds for Punpun bridge; flyover connecting Mithapur-Chiraiyatanad flyovers
The cabinet also sanctioned a revised estimate of Rs 82.99 crore for construction of cable suspension bridge to be built over river Punpun in Patna.
Similarly, it also sanctioned a revised estimate of Rs 292.74 crore to connect the two flyovers of Mithapur and Chiraiyatand in the state capital.
MLA/MLCs' phone bill
The cabinet gave its nod to amend rule 14 (telephone facility) of Bihar Legislature (salary, allowance and pension of members) Rules 2006 as per which members of state legislature will not have to furnish bill of Rs 8,300 per month towards telephone, internet. Members will now get the amount without furnishing any bills for telephone, internet.
Scrap policy
It also approved the transport department’s proposal as per which people- who have BS-I and BS-II vehicles both LMV/HMV- will get 50 per cent discount for registration of new vehicle if they present “certificate of deposit” of scrap done through registered scrapper.
Honorarium hiked for BLO supervisors, BLOs
The cabinet hiked annual honorariums of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and BLO Supervisors. Now, the BLOs will get Rs 14,000 against the existing annual honorarium of Rs 10,000 while the BLO Supervisors will get Rs 18,000 against existing honorarium to Rs 15,000, with Rs 38.75 crore sanctioned for the purpose.
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