Cabinet nod for Wayanad township tripartite deal

The Hindu

4 days ago

The Cabinet on Thursday approved a tripartite agreement for implementing the Wayanad model township project to rehabilitate the survivors of the landslides last year.
S. Suhas, who is the special officer for the township project, has been tasked with implementing the agreement between the district disaster management authority, contractors, and sponsors.
In another decision, the Cabinet decided to allow relaxation in stamp duty and registration fee to beneficiaries under the LIFE Mission for registration of land that may have been gifted to them, purchased, or received some other way for building houses. An affidavit from the District Collector or official deputed by the Collector not below the rank of tahsildar that the person who received the land is a LIFE Mission project beneficiary and that the land is intended for constructing a house under the LIFE Mission should be produced along with registration documents. The relaxation will be in effect for two years from the date of the order.
Destroyed in floods
Stamp duty and registration fee will be exempted for registration of title deed for handing over houses built by the Muthoot Pappachan Foundation for nine individuals in Chittar village, Pathanamthitta, after their houses were destroyed in the floods.
An amount of ₹95,32,500 will be released from the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund for distribution to 473 disaster-affected whose houses were destroyed or damaged in natural disasters in Pathanamthitta since 2023 January.
The Cabinet decided to set up a tribal taluk supply office at Attappady in Palakkad district and create one post each of taluk supply officer, assistant taluk supply officer, and rationing inspector. Other staff will be redeployed from the Civil Supplies department.
It decided to implement the Telecommunications (Right of Way) Rules, 2024, in the State.
The Cabinet decided to allow ₹2,86,293 spent on the treatment of literacy advocate and Padma Shri awardee K.V. Rabiya to Aarifa, one of her sisters, from the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund.
A government guarantee of ₹50 crore for five years will be allowed to Kerala State Development Corporation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Ltd. subject to conditions for taking loan from National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation.
The government guarantee for Kerala Social Security Pension Ltd. will be raised from ₹6,000 crore to ₹14,000 crore.
Reappointment
E. Baiju, former district judge, will be reappointed Kerala Lok Ayukta Registrar for a period of two years. He is a resident of Thirumala in Thiruvananthapuram.
The retirement age of employees of Kerala Feeds Ltd. under the Animal Husbandry department who come under the EPF pension limit has been enhanced from 58 to 60 years.
Karthika S. Pillai, daughter of N. Sivarama Pillai who died in 2015 while working as forest watcher under the Forest department, will be given a job as a clerk in the Forest department in Kollam under the die-in-harness scheme.
The draft of the amendment ordinance to exempt National University of Advanced Legal Studies from the purview of the Kerala Public Service Commission (Additional Functions as Respects the Services under the Universities) Act has been approved. It was decided to recommend promulgation of the ordinance to the Governor.
A year-long extension from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026, will be given to the land conservancy unit at Travancore Devaswom Board's land conservancy wing special tahsildar office that comprises six posts.