In a major policy decision, the state Cabinet has decided to fill up nearly 50,000 posts in all the government departments in the backward Hyderabad-Karnataka region and complete the process of recruitment by the end of June 2015.
Briefing media persons after the sixth Cabinet meeting held in Kalaburagi city on Friday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the large scale vacancies has been the bane of the Hyderabad Karnataka region and this has been one of the major reason for the backwardness of the region. This had also come in the way of the departments utilising the funds provided by the government for various development activities.
Mr Siddaramaiah said 25 per cent of the total 1.94 lakh posts vacant in the government departments were in Hyderabad Karnataka region and the Cabinet had taken stock of the situation and decided to fill up all these vacancies providing the reservation as per the provisions of the Article 371 (J) and those who are recruited to fill up these vacancies would not be eligible for transfers to other parts of the state.
He said that directions would be issued to all the departments to prepare the list of vacancies in the Hyderabad Karnataka region before the end of December 31 this year and complete the process of recruitment for these vacant posts by the end of June 2015.
Mr Siddaramaiah said that the Cabinet had also decided to establish the second Abdul Nazir Sab Institute of Rural Development in Kalaburagi City and had given an administrative approval for Rs 7.50 Crore to establish the institute. A decision was also taken to hand over 6.38 hectares of land in Hutti village in Koppal taluk to the Hutti Gold Mines in Raichur District for the exploration of Gold.
The Chief Minister said that the Cabinet sanctioned a slew of development projects together worth Rs 756.93 Crore to beneft the Hyderabad Karnataka region. Mr Siddaramaiah said that the cabinet also took a decision to enhance the allocation to the Hyderabad Karnataka Regional Development Board from Rs 600 Crore for the current year to Rs 1000 Crore.
The cabinet also gave its approval to the micro irrigation project in the Singatalur Lift Irrigation Project at a cost of Rs 2,500 Crores for the optimum utilisation of the water. Utilising 17 TMCFT of water, the project envisages to provide irrigation facility through micro irrigation projects to 2.65 lakh hectares of land in Gadag, Koppal and Bellary districts. Originally the project was designed to provide irrigation facilities only to 1.70 lakh hectares. But with the adoption of the micro irrigation the command area has been increased to 2.65 lakh hectares.
