JHARKHAND

The result of the system is that at present no one migrates from Kudlum Panchayat under Karra Block of Khunti District and there is no Unemployment. Most of the villagers here are living a self-sufficient life so that the Panchayat of Khunti has been nominated for the Panchayat Award for Governance“>Good Governance under the National Panchayat Award given by the Government of India.

The Director said that the people of all castes, religions and communities live in Sonmer village. Here the temple, Sarna Sthal and Church house are located in the same premises. This is an example of unity in diversity. People of all communities had equal cooperation in the construction of Sonmer temple. The construction work of the temple has been done by donating labor by the Gram Sabha itself. Every day 15-20 villagers are engaged in the temple for law and order, its routine is decided by the Gram Sabha. Due to the construction of the temple, today unemployment in the village has completely gone away. Shop of worship material, tea snacks and toy shop in the temple premises, all this belongs to the residents of Sonmer village only. The entry of outsiders into the business here is strictly prohibited. The Pahan of the village is appointed by the Gram Sabha to conduct ritual in the temple and he is paid an honorarium of Rs.350 per day. Today the Gram Sabha is supreme here, she added.

The findings of a recent survey by the Adityapur-based regional office of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has revealed that Subarnarekha, the lifeline river of the state, is getting polluted in areas in and around Jamshedpur. The board has expressed concern over rising industrial effluents being dumped.The findings suggested a rise in pH value, dissolved Oxygen content and lead content.

Subarnarekha is one of the principal rivers of Jamshedpur. Subarnarekha is the smallest of the inter-state river basins of India. The river covers a drainage area of 1.93 million hectares. Raru, Kharkai, Sankh, Garra, Kanchi and Karkari are some of the tributaries of Subarnarekha which drain the region of Jamshedpur.

Subarnarekha is a rain-fed river that originates about 15 kilometers from the southern part of Ranchi. Before entering the Bay of Bengal, Subarnarekha flows through the states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha. The total length of Subarnarekha is estimated to be about 450 kilometers.

Jharkhandhas started receiving solar power from Gujarat through the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) as part of the Renewable (Energy) Purchase Obligation (RPO).
The 200MW solar power received from PGCIL will ensure an uninterrupted power supply in areas under the Jharkhand Urja SancharanNigam LImited(JUSNL).

Notably, the state discom Jharkhand Bidyut Viratan Nigam Limited (JBVL) had signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for 25 years with the Corporation of India(SECI) in July 2018 for 700MW of solar power. The solar power is purchased at Rs 2.5 per unit fromSECIs solar Plants in Gujarat.

Currently, the state is experiencing a power crisis in the DVC command area over the past several months over outstanding bills. The solar power receive will, however, be not supplied to the DVC command area.

With Giridih gearing up to become the state’s first solar city, theJharkhandgovernment has set an ambitious target of equipping 1,000 villages with solar lights across the state under Jharkhand State Solar Policy 2022 of which 200 villages will be solarised in the first phase by 2023.
Chief minister Hemant Soren’s office in a communique said the move will boost to rural economy, improve the quality and reliability of solar power, enhance rural income generation, strengthen Education and Health Services and provide a host of EMPLOYMENT opportunities by integrating solar power into the rural economy.

As a first step, Giridih is being developed as a solar city. Here, a total of 17 MW capacity units are being set up for domestic consumers, 5 MW for commercial sector rooftop power Plants, 1 MW for solar street lights and 18 MW for ground-mounted solar power plants. In the first phase, the process of installing 5 MW rooftop panels for domestic consumers is on.”

The Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) on Sunday begun trial of (AI) based predictivemonitoringsystem.BSL, a unit of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), is on the verge of digital transformation for more transparency, productivity and efficiency in core steel production process.

BSL has collaborated with Hyderabad-based company M/S MINTO AI for enhancing predictive system. Under this trial, current based smart sensors have been installed at equipments such as cold screen motor of Sinter Plant, rotation motor for material distribution in blast furnace and crane main hoist motors at Hot Strip Mill, which work on the spidersense, an Industrial Internet on Things (IOT) platform of M/S MINTO AI.

In Swachh Sarvekshan 2022, Jharkhand has been awarded the second topper award along with some other cities in various categories. Chaibasa has been awarded for Best Citizen Feedback in the Municipal Bodies of Eastern Zone having Population of 50000 to 100000. Bundu has been awarded for Best Citizen Feedback in the Municipal Bodies of Eastern Zone having population of 15,000 to 25,000.

With increase in awareness, drop invaccinehesitancy and streamlining of vaccine supply, around 60% of the eligible Population in the state has received at least the first dose.
But despite the feat, the Percentage of vaccinated population is as low as 22.9.

According to the projections of the National Commission on Population (NCP),Jharkhandis estimated to have a population of 3.74 crore out of which those eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine (above the age of 18 years) is 2.47 crore which is 66% of the population. Out of the eligible category 60.2% people corresponding to 85,69,939 people have got at least their first dose (around 19 lakh among them getting both doses). Experts believe that since Vaccines for all age groups are not yet available, it was necessary to achieve a close to cent per cent vaccination target for effective protection against the virus.

Apart from regular supply, awareness among people has also helped the state pep up its drive in urban and rural areas.

A survey on millet cultivation in three districts of Jharkhands Santhal Pargana region revealed the challenges faced by marginal farmers during the production and sale of the crop.

The survey was conducted by an NGO, SwitchOn Foundation, in association with Empowering Energy-Water-Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture nexus (a Network of NGOs) among 488 farmers in three districts of Dumka, Pakur and Sahibganj in Santhal Pargana region between September 2022 and March 2023.

It assumes significance with the government of India proposing to the United Nations for declaring 2023 as the International Year of to create domestic and global demand and to provide nutritional food to the people. The United Nations General Assembly in 2021 declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets.

Nearly half of the farmers interviewed were observed to be earning between Rs 1,000 and Rs 3,000 as their monthly income from agricultural activities which puts them in the category of low economic groups, the survey points out.