Along with this, in the interest of the youth of the state, the government expects all the employers, while discharging their social and moral responsibility towards the state, to voluntarily ensure 75 per cent local participation in the private sector EMPLOYMENT of Jharkhand state. Comply with the Employment of Local Candidates Act 2021 in the private sector.
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Tata Steel adds laurels in the area of safety practices
Tata Steels Raw Materials Division won 12 National Safety Awards under various categories for the year 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 for excellence in safety practices. Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Labour and EMPLOYMENT, Environment, Forest and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change, Government of India was the chief guest along with Rameshwar Teli, Union Minister of State Labour and Employment, Government of India (Guest of Honour).The award ceremony was orgniased at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
In National Safety Awards (Mines) Contest Year 2018, Joda West Iron & Manganese Mine was declared runners-up in the Longest Accident Free Period category. Joda West Iron & Manganese Mine was again declared runners up Metal Mines-Mechanised Opencast with a man-shift of less than 50,000 category.
Cabinet nod to Budget Session of Assembly
The State Cabinet today gave its nod to the Budget Session of Assembly to be commenced on February 27, while the budget will be tabled in the House on March 3. Finance Secretary Ajoy Kumar Singh, who is at present in charge of cabinet coordination, informed this after the meeting saying nod to the budget session was one of the 25 proposals approved in the Cabinet meeting.
The month-long budget session will have 17 working days. There will also be a holiday for Holi in the middle of the session. During the budget session, the government will also bring many important Bills. Before the budget, the third supplementary budget will also be brought for the current financial year. The first day will set the tone for the rest of the session. The Governors address will be held on the first day of the session.
Asian Water Birds Census 2022 conducted at Lalmatia Dam
The census of Asian water birds was carried out under the Asian Waterbird Census 2022 by the Forest Department at Lalmatia Dam in Latehar district on Saturday. Deputy Commissioner Abu Imran was present in the programme as the chief guest. In the programme organized by the Forest Department, mainly local water birds and migratory birds were identified and counted.
Photography of birds was done by the team of Forest Department. Imran said on this occasion that there are beautiful birds of different species besides forests, Mountains, waterfalls to see in Latehar district. Migratory birds make their shelter in the water bodies of Latehar district. He said that there is a lot of potential for bird watching and eco-tourism in Latehar district and organizing Asian Waterbirds Census in Latehar is a very good initiative.
State to set up women help desks at all police stations
The Hemant Soren Government has decided to set up Women Help Desks (WHD) at all Police stations across 24 districts of the state to tackle cases of crime against women. In the first phase, WHD will be set up at 300 selected police stations across Jharkhand. All police stations of the Ranchi district will have WHD in the first phase. These will be opened with the financial assistance of the Nirbhaya Fund.
To run WHD smoothly, 300 computer tablets will be purchased for which a technical committee has been formed by the ADG of CID Prashant Singh which will decide on the issue of purchase. The CID SP Kartik S has been appointed as the head of the technical committee who will be assisted by DSP (CID) Mahendra Singh Munda, NIC technical expert Ashok Kumar and Prem Kumar of the state data center. Other infrastructural facilities will be also arranged simultaneously.
WHD is likely to be opened by February and necessary training will be imparted to female cops and officials deployed for this. The state DGP Neeraj Kumar Sinha on November 2 last year, had reminded the Department of Home, prison and the Disaster Management about the pending proposal to set up an exclusive help desk for women.
In June 2020, Jharkhand Police had approved the proposal to set up 300 WHD. But due to Covid-19 pandemic, it could not be taken up further.
The Nirbhaya fund was set up in 2013 in response to a heinous rape case in Delhi where the victim died after brutal gang rape and assault. So far Rs 6212 Crore has been deposited to this fund exclusively to fund projects related to the safety and security of women.
Jkhand to roll out smart agro village scheme soon
The state Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department is soon going to launch smart agro village scheme to develop several pockets into model agri-centres which will promote latest farming techniques and boost farmers income.
Local MLAs have been asked to recommend sites for the scheme in their respective constituencies.
State agriculture ministerBadal Patralekhsaid, In the first phase, we have planned to set up 100 smart agro villages inJharkhand, a first of its kind by the here. This scheme is approved in this years budget too and we have funds ready for it. We are waiting for recommendations from the MLAs.
Jharkhand has 81 MLAs of which the minister said that so far they have received recommendations from 36 law makers.
Tourists paradise Goa is slowly emerging as the new destination of labourers of Jharkhand as labourers feel that there is employment opportunity for them in Goa, which is not crowded unlike other metro cities, besides, they get the right wage for their skill.
Although, the State Labour, EMPLOYMENT, Training & Skill development department still doesnt have comprehensive data of the Migration of labourers from Jharkhand to other states but officials admitted Goa is the preferred destination of many labourers.
Last year when the nationwide lockdown was imposed to stop the outbreak of Covid 19; the Jharkhand Government had made special arrangements for the safe return of labourers back to their Home in Jharkhand.
Anganwadi and other workers working at the grass root level were involved in the survey. But the survey ended with less than a lakh people having migrated to other States as people were hesitant to divulge details of their family members working outside of Jharkhand.
DVC to erect 4500 MW Renewable Energy units in State, WB
In its efforts to expand its involvement in power generation, transmission, and distribution activities, DVC is prepared to invest Rs 60,000 crore. The organization has planned to establish Thermal, Solar, and Pump Storage units throughout the country, aiming to produce an additional 8,000 MW of electricity.
Singh stated that they presently possess a power generation capacity of 7,000 MW and have outlined an estimated of Rs 60,000 crore to generate the additional power through Thermal and RENEWABLE ENERGY units across the nation.
According to Singh, this plan entails the development of 3,720 MW of Thermal units solely through Brownfield projects, including 1,320 MW at Raghunathpur, 1,600 MW at Koderma, and 800 MW at Durgapur. He further added, “In addition, we will establish 4,500 MW of Renewable energy units, comprising 2,000 MW of Solar units (both Ground mounts and Floating) and 3,500 MW Pump Storage units (1,500 MW at Lugu Pahari and 1,000 MW at Panchet in Jharkhand).”
Jharkhand fares poorly in nation-wide education survey
Jharkhandis lagging in performances in all subjects at both primary and senior level since 2017, the findings of the National Achievement Survey 2021 show.
The survey was conducted for students of Class III, V, VIII and X across the state. A total of 3,453 schools and 1,13,509 students participated in the statewide survey. The last NAS survey was done in 2017 after which it was held in 2021, the final report of which was released by the Education department recently.
The Unionministry of educationconducted the survey in schools across the state to collect data on the academic achievement and performance of students. The NAS is a system-level assessment that summarises student performance at the national, state and district levels. According to the report, there has been a decline in children’s Learning ability.
Class III, Class V, Class VIII and Class X students were divided into four sections for the survey. The survey for Classes III and V students focussed on language, mathematics and environmental science. That of Class VIII focused on math, science, english and social science, while the class X curriculum included math, science, English, social science and Modern India Language.
Vegetable farming most efficient tool to boost farmers income: BAU VC
Birsa Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture University (BAU) Vice Chancellor, ON Singh on Thursday said that vegetable production is the most efficient medium in increasing the income of farmers and latest vegetable production technology has an important contribution in doubling the income of farmers in the Country. The scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) will have to make the farmers aware of the importance of off-season vegetable production and proper and timely use of advanced techniques in profitable farming of horticultural crops, he added.
Singh said this on the occasion of the conclusion of four-day training programme organized on ‘Doubling farmers’ income from technology’.
Special attention should be paid to the revival of mother plant nurseries in every KVK and to plant material and nursery production. Tissue Culture technology should be improved. To accelerate the development of the garden area at the district level, take cooperation from the local Harp Palandu and scientists of the Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology.