Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet on Wednesday has approved the new scheme Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana (MSPY), which is aimed at transforming nutrition outcomes of the adolescent girls (15-19 years), pregnant women & lactating mothers and severely underweight children of under 6 years of age across the state.
The scheme will be implemented over a period of five years commencing from financial year 2023-24 with a projected cost of Rs 3354.40 crore, said Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena.
Under the scheme, nutritional support such as eggs, ladoos, nutrition supplements, etc. will be provisioned for all adolescent girls in the age group of 15 -19 years across the State, he said.
Kishori Melas to be organised at the ICDS project level for screening of nutritionally at-risk adolescent girls, anaemia screening and other awareness activities.
Similarly, Shri Jena said, the State Government will provide additional take home ration in the form of nutrient rich food products, including millets, additional eggs, etc. to pregnant women & lactating mothers across the State.
Take home ration and additional eggs will be distributed to malnourished children and severely underweight children
During the last Budget Speech, the then Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari had announced the new scheme Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana (MSPY) replacing the SOPAN scheme.
The Chief Secretary further informed that the Cabinet has decided to exclude the names of the Discretionary Quota allottees, getting one plot/house/flat through fair means and by following the prescribed procedure and provisions and for transfer of such allotments in favour of the legal heirs of the original allottee, under the category of post possession transfer cases from the purview of the Task Force Report.
The Task Force in its report at Para 48(7) recommends that post possession transfers by Discretionary Quota allottees and multiple allottees should be cancelled.
However, it has been suggested in the Report that “the cancellation may not be done in respect of an allottee getting only one plot/house/flat etc. through fair means and by following the prescribed procedure and provisions for such transfer, he pointed out.
In a major decision for mineral-based industries, the Cabinet has approved a new policy namely Long Term Linkage (LTL) policy of minerals for Odisha based industries through Odisha Mining Corporation Limited (OMC) —2023.
The new policy provides long term raw material security for upcoming greenfield/brownfield projects to be setup in the State of Odisha which are approved by SLSWCA, HLCA or any other competent authority, Jena said.
For such cases, he said, the Allotment Committee constituted under this policy will determine the allotment criteria, final allocation quantity, tenure and other terms and conditions.
The parity in the existing pricing mechanism for fixation of floor prices for all the minerals governed under this policy is ensured by the new policy, he added.
Besides, the State Government has decided to exempt the incidental charges, annual ground rent and cess from the date of taking over of possession along with interest thereon in respect of Government land measuring Ac.43.050 dec. in Sitalapalli Mouza of Ganjam district handed over to Tata Steel Limited for establishment of Multi-Specialty Hospital at Sitalapalli.