State capitals Birsa Munda Airport has bagged the first position in Eastern India and the fifth position in the country in customer satisfaction and basic facilities provided to passengers, airport officials said on Monday.

Airport Council International (ACI), a global body involved in improving security, safety and sustainability of the aviation , conducted the survey by seeking feedback of at least 350 passengers who travelled to or from Ranchi. At least 60 Airports across India were reviewed during the survey.

The Ranchi airport, which also bagged the first position among airports in India in Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) in 2020, currently has more than 20 flights connecting Jharkhand to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Bangalore and other important cities across India.

Govt to construct one lakh wells to help farmers

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 approval of the Departmental Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam and the Finance Department has been received on this scheme. Soon the approval of the cabinet will also be taken.

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.

In a bid to produce agricultural women entrepreneur, Dr MS Yadav, at the conclusion of the 5-day training programme organized in the Community Science Department of Birsa Agricultural University, (BAU), said that there is a lot of potential in food processing sector through better quality of products by women’s group.

Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IIAB), Garhkhatanga, Ranchi has asked to provide processing equipment to the Women group of trained women desirous of self-EMPLOYMENT.Yadav said that most of the rural women of the State are associated with agricultural work and Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture is the main source of their family livelihood.

Assembly passes 4 bills in 12 mins

Lawmakers inJharkhandassembly passed four bills in 12 minutes on the final day of the monsoon session of the assembly. If an MLA had not raised a demand for a discussion, it would have taken half the time to pass the four bills.

The bills include Jharkhand Open University Bill, 2021 which was declared pass through voice vote followed by Jharkhand State Amendment Bill, 2021, the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Amendment Bill, 2021 and Jharkhand Finance Bill, 2021, which were once again passed through voice vote.

While the first bill deals with the procedures laid down for establishment and operationalisation of open universities in the state, the finance bill aims at increasing the fee on various forms, including that used for application of pension, registration of marriage and others by which the government plans to collect an additional revenue of Rs 200 crore.

Das said, Hindi has been left out of languages. In State Government schools, Hindi is the medium of instruction and teaching. The State Government has tried to leave Hindi from compulsory paper with ulterior motives so that local students from the State face problems in clearing state competitive examinations.

The regional and tribal languages which any candidate could opt for state-level examination are – Mundari, Kharia, Ho, Santhali, Khortha, Panchpargania, Bangla, Urdu, Kurmali, Nagpuri, Kurukh and Odia.

Apart from these, the State Cabinet also cleared a proposal by the Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms for amendments in Jharkhand Secretariat Clerical Service Rules. Under this, it will be mandatory to pass 10th, 12th /Intermediate from recognized educational institutions of Jharkhand.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren participated in the inauguration programme of the three-day training organised on the subject Process of law making and responsibility of the executive in the auditorium of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. On this occasion, the CM said that “the process of law making and the responsibility of the executive” is a very important subject. This training programme will prove to be helpful in running the Vidhansabha better in the coming times. On this occasion, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Alamgir Alam, Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto, MLA Lambodar Mahto and other dignitaries were present.

Soren said that the Constitution of the country is such a wonderful mixture where different powers have been given to institutions like legislature, executive and judiciary to run the parliamentary system. Legislature does many things including passing bills for the welfare of the people of the country and the state, bringing amendment proposals, making rules and regulations, policy making. The executive works to implement these rules, policies and programs brought by the government and the judiciary works to interpret the laws and give . He said that institutions like the legislature, executive and judiciary need to work as equal partners. They should take each other along and work in the right direction so that the general public can get the full benefit of the work done by them.

The CM said that almost 23 years of Jharkhand State are going to be completed. Being a new state, the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly does not have much experience in the legislature, but now it is necessary that the legislature and the executive work with better coordination and coordination on a permanent basis. He said that we people’s representatives come after winning the Elections, form the government, but some arrangements work permanently. These permanent systems and institutions should not worry about whose government is in the state, rather there is a need to think about the systems running properly. I understand that some things go on continuously without interruption and this training program is organized for how to run these systems smoothly.

Jharkhand inducts PCV in routine vaccine programs

The Jharkhand government on Thursday inducted pneumococcal conjugatevaccine(PCV) regimen in its ongoing routine immunization programs for infants aged below five years, making it the sixth state in the country to do so.

Launching the immunization programme,Health minister Banna Guptasaid, “Scientists and experts have predicted a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic nationwide.

The PCV vaccination programme will be effective in preventing pneumonia-like complications among our children, should a third wave come.”

The PCV prevents pneumococcus, a disease caused by a bacteria named Streptococcus pneumoniae. The disease kills over 1.2 lakh infants in the country every year, according to the Union health ministry. The bacteria spread through the air and causes breathing ailments, fever, and cough among infants.

State mulls opening Yoga and AYUSH centres in tourist places

The State Health Department has sought help from the Centre in opening and AYUSH centers in the famous tourist places Netarhat and Patratu. A video conferencing meeting was held in the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education, Arun Kumar Singh with the Ministry of AYUSH (Central Government) on Monday.

Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare) gave a proposal related to this. In connection with the approval of the Annual Action Plan of Jharkhand State for the financial year 2023-24, under the chairmanship of the Secretary of the Ministry, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, many important things were discussed in this meeting.

Points were also discussed during this, 18 schemes were approved for Jharkhand AYUSH including four new schemes totalling Rs 159.36 crores. Last year also, 50 bedded Ayush Dhanwantri Hospitals in Ranchi and East Singhbhum districts were set up by the Government of India. Approval was also given for five 10 bedded Ayush Dhanwantri Hospitals in Gumla, Palamu, Deoghar, Dumka and Bokaro districts.

According to the ministry, its aim is to take AYUSH medicine to the last person in the rural areas of Jharkhand. For this, there is a target to open a total of 745 Ayush Health and Wellness Centers. Against this, 550 Ayush health and wellness centers have been opened. The remaining AYUSH Health and Wellness Centers will be opened by September, 2023. Till now, Jharkhand has received a total amount of Rs 185.38 crore from the Government of India, out of which utilization certificate for the amount of Rs 141.17 crore has been provided. During the meeting held at RCH Auditorium, Namkum, Ranchi, Campaign Director, National Health Mission Dr. Bhuvanesh Pratap Singh, Project Coordinator of AYUSH, Rajeev Kumar and Director of AYUSH, Dr. Fazlus were also present.

Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) has stepped up its fight against ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, besides ensuring increased quantity of coal to power plants in various parts of the country including Delhi. Under the leadership of CMD CCL P M Prasad and guidance of Directors, CD & CSR Department of CCL has signed MoUs with local administration amounting to about Rs. 10 Crores. The company has already transferred 6.25 Crores to the local administration and the remaining amount will be transferred shortly.

CIL and its all subsidiaries including CCL supply raw coal to more than 80 % of power Plants in the country. At the time of pandemic, it is the top priority of CCL to ensure interrupted supply of coal to the power plants.

CCL has signed eight separate MoUs with local administration of Ramgarh, Latehar, Chatra, Bokaro, Ranchi, Giridih, Palamu and Hazaribagh in respect to treatment of Covid patients as well as building in hospitals. Recently, CCL management has signed a MoU with Latehar district for setting up a 12-bed ICU with Oxygen supply pipeline at Sadar Hospital.

Also setting up PSA Oxygen Plant and strengthening of ICU facility at Sadar Hospital (Chatra district), digital covid centre and high- tech ambulance with oxygen in Bokaro district. One MoU for Medical College, Hazaribagh is related to procure 100 oxygen concentrators, 100 Jumbo cylinder, 100 B-type cylinder etc so that the Covid-affected person having respiratory issues met get proper treatment within the district itself.

In FY 2020-21, CCL contributed Rs.26 crore to the Central and State Govt. for tackling the Covid pandemic and CCL also contributed Rs.1.25 crores to the District Administration of eight districts where our mines operated including Ranchi district. There were distributions of dry food grains, mask senitizers etc amounting to Rs. 129 lakhs in last fiscal.

Adani Power starts supply to Bangladesh from Jharkhand plant

Adani Power has switched on electricity supply toBangladeshfrom its imported coal-fired power plant built atGoddainJharkhand, setting in operation the first private energy deal between the two countries.

The statement said the Godda project is the first power plant in India to start operation with 100% desulphurisation of gas and zero water discharge from day one.

The company had signed the power purchase agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board in November 2017. The project was recently in the news after Bangladesh media saidDhakahad sought tariff renegotiation in view of high coal costs. In February, top visiting Bangladesh energy officials, however, said power would flow from the project as per schedule.