JHARKHAND

The second wave of Covid-19, which is more fatal and steeper with new variants, saw tremendous increase in the number of cases in Jharkhand. Chief Minister Hemant Soren came forward and took the charge of providing immediate relief to the people of the State.

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He made every possible effort to meet the need for Oxygen supply for the rapidly growing infected patients in the state to safeguard human life and minimise losses.

Now, the Government is working towards setting up an oxygen bank in all the districts and setting up an oxygen plant in the Sadar hospitals across the State. As of now, there is no shortage of oxygen supply in the State and Jharkhand is heading towards becoming an oxygen surplus State.

The Oxygen Task Force was constituted to ensure the availability of oxygen to patients in need. The task force worked on a war footing to map the medical oxygen supply chain in the State and ensure uninterrupted supply of oxygen to hospitals.

It was aimed at increasing the production of oxygen, availability of oxygen cylinders and necessary equipment and uninterrupted supply to hospitals.

As of April 2021, there were 12 oxygen refilling units in the State. These units could refill 6,000 to 7,000 cylinders per day. As many as 315 tonnes of oxygen was being produced by five oxygen manufacturers operating in the State.

Giridih village gets Central award for excellent infrastructure

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Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s aim to strengthen the system is now getting stronger and its positive results have also started coming out. The proof of this is that the Kapilo Gram Panchayat located in Giridih district of the State received the Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Sustainable Development Award on Monday at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhavan.

This award has been given to three Gram Panchayats doing excellent work all over India. The award was given to the head of the Panchayat by the Union Panchayat Raj Minister.

Every year by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India, Panchayati Raj Institutions are awarded for overall implementation of development plans and performance of Panchayati Raj Institutions in local self-government. Kapilo Gram Panchayat has done excellent work in the category of Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Sustainable Development Award among various award categories.

Jharkhand CM seeks help from military docs, infra to battle Covid surge

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Chief ministerHemantSoren wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to assign doctors and paramedics, who are working in the military and central paramilitary forces deployed inJharkhand, for Covid management in the state.

A large number of central paramilitary forces like CRPF and SSB have been deployed in Jharkhand to tackle extremism and several doctors and paramedics work in these forces. There are two military hospitals in Ranchi and Ramgarh.

Agriculture Minister launched Kisan Call Center

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With the aim of getting aware of the farmers problems and suggestions of the State, the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Department of the on Wednesday launched “Kisan Call Center”. Agriculture Minister Badal launched “Kisan Call Center” online at Nepal House.

The Minister said that a new technology “BlockChain Technology” has also been inaugurated on the occasion. Through this technology, tracking of seeds can be done, so that farmers can get accurate information about the seeds to be given. The tracking of seeds can be done till the farmers’ field. This technique will bring transparency in the work and its result will be seen in the production, he added.

For the better health of the adolescent girls and boys of the State, the state government is committed to provide proper health check-up and medical services as needed. All the adolescent girls studying in government and government aided schools up to class 6-12 are not able to get health check-ups on time, due to which they have vision defects, ear related diseases, TB, anaemia, skin diseases, Goiter diseases, fluorosis etc. Diseases are not detected in time, due to which many challenges arise in their life over time.

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The total number of adolescent girls in class 6-12 of government and government aided schools of the State is 21,94,106, in which the number of adolescents is 10,15,407 and the number of adolescent girls is 11,78,699.

It is noteworthy that at present, under the National Adolescent Health Program (RKSK), distribution of blue tablets of iron and folic acid, half-yearly distribution of albendazole tablet, to school going boys and girls of class 6-12, in the schemes run by the health department for adolescent girls. Distribution of sanitary napkins, health check-up and treatment of adolescent girls under National Child Health Program and referral to higher health centers, mental health awareness under mental health program, eye examination of adolescent girls under National Blindness Control Program and distribution of spectacles as per requirement, etc is included.

The health check-up of adolescent girls can be completed in a certain time frame by running a campaign in coordination with the Education department and timely identification of diseases in children can be done so that the disease does not increase and prevention and proper treatment can be done.

UNICEF Jharkhand chief Prashant Dash and other office bearers met Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday at CMs residential office and handed over many important medical equipment to the CM to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

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On the occasion, the CM said that continuous efforts are being made by the for prevention and better treatment of infected patients. The state government has started its preparations in view of the possible third wave of corona infection. Better medical management for infection control is the priority of the Government, he said.

UNICEF Jharkhand Chief Prashant Das said that Jharkhand UNICEF is providing Oxygen concentrators to the State government to control the situation that has arisen in the State due to Covid-19. He said that cold chain equipment, RTPCR machines and masks are also being provided to the State government by UNICEF for better management and to reduce the spread of corona infection in the State. UNICEF will continue to work step by step with the State Government for epidemic control.

Govt encouraging investors to open mills

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In a bid to provide opportunity for the hardworking farmers of the State to get proper price of their produce, on the instructions of Chief Minister, Hemant Soren instructed an initiative to strengthen rice production so that farmers can get fair prices. For this, the work of encouraging investors to open new mills by providing land to rice mills at concessional rates has been started by JIADA.

Recently, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of mills in Palamu, Garhwa, Simdega, Khunti, Gumla, Latehar, West Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Bokaro and Godda. At present 16 rice mills are functioning and 1028 people have got direct EMPLOYMENT.

Jharkhand is a rich State with agricultural heritage, and the driver of its prosperity is the hardworking farmers. The continuous progress of these farmers is in the priority of the present Government

On the other hand the is working for the level of processing, creation of Infrastructure to increase exports along with farmers income, market space and Empowerment of farmers. The Government aims to connect the producer clusters to the markets through a well-equipped supply chain. At present, Rice Processing Unit- 16, Wheat Processing Unit- 16, Vegetable and Fruit Processing Unit- 4, Milk Processing- 5, Bakery Processing- 9, Other Food Processing– 16, Feed Processing- 11 units are working in the State. With the establishment of these processing units, the State’s economy is getting support and investors are getting encouragement.

The State Government is also ensuring the availability of land for promoting Investment and setting up industries. For this, 1044 acres of land is available for allotment in the industrial area across the State. For allotment of 237 acres out of 4531.99 acres of land in Adityapur, 365.45 acres of land in Ranchi for allotment of 365 acres, Bokaro for allotment of 34 acres in 1604.36 acres of land and 406 acres of land in Santhal Pargana for allotment of 4531.99 acres.

CM unveils schemes worth Rs 1,066.81 Cr in Seraikela

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In a bid to give a strong identity to the natives and tribals of Jharkhand the 1932 based Khatian and Sarna Dharma Code have been implemented. The Government has sent both the Bills to the Central Government for inclusion in the Ninth Schedule after getting them passed by the Legislative Assembly, so that the OBCs here get reservation, the natives-tribals get the identity of 1932 and Sarna Dharma Code, said Chief Minister Hemant Soren while addressing people as the chief guest at the Aapki Yojana Aapki Sarkar Aapke Dwar programme organised at Seraikela. The CM said that the government will soon start the work of providing houses to social leaders including Manki, Munda.

The Chief Minister said that the government is giving people their rights by organizing camps in every village and panchayat. Your government intends to take the work to the destination. There is an of gaiety among the people regarding Aapki Yojana Aapki Sarkar Aapke Dwar. Schemes have been made keeping in mind the tradition and culture of the indigenous tribals of the state. Jharkhand will progress if all of you take advantage of these schemes. The government wants to strengthen the rural economy.

The CM said that the middlemen have been removed from the pension scheme by the government. Now everyone is getting the benefit of Sarvajan Pension Yojana. No middleman is needed for this. The government is providing loans for self-EMPLOYMENT. Through which pave the way for your self-reliance by adopting self-employment to the needy.

Govt to construct one lakh wells to help farmers

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The will construct one lakh wells across the State to improve Irrigation facilities for the farmers. The wells construction target will be decided district wise.

For this, assistance will also be given to the beneficiaries for the construction of the well. Rs 50 thousand for boulder well construction and one lakh rupees per well for brick well construction will be given to the beneficiaries under the material item of irrigation well construction. On the instructions of Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, the draft of Birsa Irrigation Well Enhancement Scheme has been prepared, which will be worked by convergence with MGNREGA. One lakh wells will be constructed in two phases. In the first phase, 50 thousand wells will be constructed in this financial year and in the second phase in 2023-24, 50 thousand wells will be constructed.

The launch of this scheme will also help in providing 100 days work guarantee under MNREGA. Workers will be provided work as per the demand in the financial year. Workers registered with MNREGA will be engaged in construction work. Assistance will also be given in creating well construction assets, protecting the Environment, empowering rural Women and reducing Migration to cities.

Tribal designers learn to document tribal culture from worlds leading experts

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Tribal designers and photographers from Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Karnataka and , Assam, Sikkim, Manipur and Nagaland participated in two very stimulating and engaging sessions with experts from Nigeria and Cook Islands to understand the various approaches of documenting tribal communities and their culture through photography.

Nigerias first World Press Photo Award winning former Reuters photographer, Akintunde Akinleye provided insights on how the mundane and often ignored values of indigenous communities could be captured to present the realities in a very aesthetic manner. Akintunde, also a visual anthropologist, shared his approach of recording HISTORY through his work at Makoko a settlement of indigenous communities on water in the heart of Lagos, Nigeria.