Cabinet gives more teeth to ERCP Corporation

Jaipur: The Gehlot cabinet on Wednesday met at the Chief Minister’s residence under the chairmanship of CM Ashok Gehlot and took various decisions including strengthening the East Rajasthan Canal Project meant to ensure availability of water for irrigation and drinking water in 13 districts of the state. The cabinet also decided providing reservation related exemption in state recruitment, morale of excellent sportspersons and increasing the chances of employment by increasing industrial investment in Jaisalmer. To take forward the ERCP, the cabinet decided that the unutilized land owned by Water Resources Department/CAD/IGND/ SWRPD and the properties related to the land are to be transferred free of cost to the ERCP Corporation. Also, for the financial management of the corporation, 100 percent of the income received by the departments for the management/sale/lease/other use of the transferred land is to be used for the works of corporation. The Cabinet approved the New Rajasthan Startup Policy 2022. Startups, entrepreneurial students, rural startups and institutional incubation centres will benefit from this policy.