JHARKHAND

CM’s vision takes shape, 543 medicine shops approved at Panchayat level

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Jharkhand is a tribal dominated state, where most of the Population resides in remote rural areas, which needs timely medical facilities as well as timely availability of essential medicines. In the absence of timely medicine, many people become seriously ill or die untimely. To deal with this situation, Chief Minister Hemant Soren has directed to set up at least one medicine shop in every village panchayat of every district of the state to make medicines easily available to the villagers. Under this, so far 543 applications have been approved for drug stores in the entire state.

So far, a total of 1593 applications have been received from all over the state for setting up medicine shops at the Gram Panchayat level. Of these, 543 applications have been approved, while 962 applications are under process. Maximum 233 applications have been received from Deoghar, 230 from Giridih, 212 from Dhanbad, 138 from Ranchi, 102 from Godda, 85 from Palamu and 75 from Hazaribagh and Bokaro respectively. On the other hand, in Chatra last days three people were given approval letters by the Chief Minister and a medicine shop was inaugurated there.

On the instructions of the Chief Minister, the presence of a pharmacist has not been made mandatory for the sale of medicines. License for medicine shop is being issued in Form 20A and 21A. If needed, all types of medicines will be made available to the villagers through the retail chemist. The aim of the Chief Minister is to provide medicines to the villagers on time and to increase the means of EMPLOYMENT and Source Of Income to the educated villagers.

On the instructions of the Chief Minister, tele-medicine and tele-consultancy facilities will be made available free of cost to the villagers of the concerned panchayat by the licensee in coordination with the departmental helpline number 104. Estimated assistance will be made available to the licensees under the Chief Minister’s Employment Guarantee Program by the Welfare Department. The Block Development Officer of the concerned block has been directed to provide assistance to the interested and eligible licensees in getting loan from the bank by establishing mutual coordination.

Jharkhand minister Jagarnath Mahto dies at Chennai hospital

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JharkhandministerJagarnath Mahto, who had earlier undergone a lung transplant, died at ahospitalin Chennai on Thursday, a senior doctor of the Health facility, where he was admitted, said. He was 57.

Mahto, the minister for school Education and Literacy, was airlifted to Chennai last month due to health complications following the transplant in November 2020, which he underwent after suffering from Covid-19.

Work begins in State to set up Krishak Pathshalas & Birsa Gram

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Under the state plan, for the current financial year 2021-22, to increase crop production and productivity in the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture sector and to demonstrate advanced agricultural technology, the has started work on the plan to develop Krishak Pathshala and Birsa Village under Integrated Birsa Development Scheme in State agricultural fields.

The Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries will train the farmers in scientific methods on capacity development and perception through Krishak Patshala which will be operationalised across the State very soon.

Director Agriculture, Nesha Oraon informed that under the State plan, work has started for the current financial year 2021-22, to increase crop production and productivity in the agriculture sector and to demonstrate advanced agricultural technology, the State Government on the plan to develop Krishak Pathshala and Birsa Village under Integrated Birsa Development Scheme in state agricultural fields.

According to the plan, in the first phase of the model of Integrated Birsa Vikas Yojana, 17 farmers’ schools will be developed in different agricultural areas of the State. Then in the next three years, 100 Krishak Pathshalas will be developed in a phased manner. In each Krishak Pathshala, 3 to 5 Birsa villages will be covered under cluster approach.

In Krishak Pathshala, farmers of Birsa village will be trained in scientific manner about 50 -100 farmers per village capacity development and sustainable farming. Supply chain, custom hearing center and market linkage facility will be made available to the produced goods through Krishak Pathshala. All the schemes run by the Government will be converged. Cluster based mulching facility, deep Irrigation, bowl, road, delivery pipe, Submersible pump, carat and other storage facilities will be provided.

New schemes, gifts, on three years of Soren govt

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On the occasion of completion of three years of JMM/ Congress alliance government, Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday transferred amount of various schemes among the farmers, girls and students of the state directly in their accounts. Chief Minister Drought Relief Scheme compensation amount was sent to the farmers of the drought affected blocks of the state. In the first phase of this scheme, Rs 2,32,36,85,000 was sent through DBT in the bank accounts of 6,63,910 beneficiary farmers. Similarly, under the Savitribai Phule Kishori Samridhi Yojana, a girl child studying in class 8 and 9 is given Rs 2,500, a girl child studying in class 10, 11 and 12 is given Rs 5,000 and a girl child aged 18-19 years is given a one-time grant of Rs 20,000. On the occasion, Rs 2,192,991,500 was transferred the account of 5,52,685 girls.

On the occasion, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that despite all the difficulties, the government has covered a successful journey of three years, but still a long way has to go.

Moreover, Rs 500 crore was transferred in the account of 25 lakh students. The government also sent funds to the accounts of selected students under pre-matric Scholarship. Under this scheme, Rs 1500 are given to the students of classes one to five for Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes. At the same time, the total amount of this scheme has now been increased to one lakh rupees. Today, Rs 500 crore was sent to the accounts of 25 lakh such selected students.

The Chief Minister also said that that after 20 years of exploitation and discrimination, changes are now chattering in Jharkhand and the state has moved on the path of development.

Centre and the State Government are once again loggerheads over formation of Tribal Advisory Council in State. The Opposition BJP has been opposing the formation of TAC in the State, with the plea that Constitutional provisions have not been followed in formation of TAC. The issue of TAC was once again raised in Lok Sabha, with Union Tribal Affairs minister Arjun Munda saying that the Jharkhand Government has ignored powers of Governor in formation of TAC. On Monday, Godda BJP MP Nishikant Dubey raised the query on the constitution of TAC in State.

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Replying to the query made by Dubey, Union Minister Munda said that he is informing the Jharkhand government that the Tribal Advisory Council should be properly constituted through the Governor. The Union Minister said that the Governor had sought information from the Law Ministry and the Union Tribal Ministry in the manner, in which the TAC was constituted. Later, the Tribal Ministry also sought the opinion of the Law Ministry in this regard.

The Minister also said that the law ministry has said in its suggestion that the Jharkhand government has neglected several powers of Governor in formation of TAC. Those subjects should be sent again to the Governor and it should be ensured through the Governor that that advisory council is properly constituted. Godda MP in Lok Sabha Nishikant Dubey said that the Jharkhand government has done unconstitutional work in the formation of TAC.

On June 4, 2021, the made a new rule of TAC, according to which the role of the Governor in the formation of TAC was abolished. The Chief Minister became the Chairman of the body. The right to approve the appointment of all the members also came to the CM. TAC was formed only with the approval of CM. The appointment of the members was also done by the CM. Earlier; the right to constitute TAC was with the Governor.

Even Governor Ramesh Bais recently had said that he was taking legal opinion on the amended Tribes Advisory Council (TAC) rules, while underlining that the Constitution provides special powers to the Governor concerning Governance in scheduled areas.

District officials ‘adopt’ schools in Jharkhand to improve standard of education post Covid

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Senior officials in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district have “adopted” 187government-run schoolsto help improve the standard of Education in the institutions in view of the disruptions caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic. Deputy Commissioner Vijaya Jadav has adopted one middle school each in Patamda, Ghatsila, Dumaria and Baharagora in the district, as part of the ‘Abua Aasdra’ (Our School) initiative.

The objective behind launching ‘Abua Aasdra’ was to achieve quality education in government-run middle schools by implementing welfare schemes, and bring about a constructive change in the Learning practices of students.

Advocating forlocal products, Union minister ArjunMundahas said it is a must for the development of the country.

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He was speaking at a function organised on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti atMangoarea ofSteel City.

After garlanding the statue of Gandhi, Munda said the need for using swadeshi goods an appeal made by Gandhi during British era is still relevant now.

The tribal affairs minister said using goods made in India will boost the entrepreneurs in the state and this will lead to creation of more jobs.

In a major milestone to empower Indias farmers and transform the farm sector practices, Jharkhand-based leading agro-technology player KissanPro has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Barakat Vegetables & Fruit Co, Dubai, UAE to facilitate market access to as far as Middle East for their agricultural produces. With this initiative, the tillers would be able to supply farm produces directly from their farm to warehouses located across India and also to the UAE and countries in Middle East. The initiative will provide dual benefit to the farmers: 1) providing direct access to the global markets and 2) removing the bottlenecks in the supply chain such as middlemen and commission agents who eat into farmers profitability while acting as a conduit between farmers and traders.

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The latest initiative from KissanPro is in sync with the New Farm Laws passed by the Government of India to help farmers get the right price for their farm produce. KissanPros farmer-centric initiative is aimed at creating an ecosystem where the farmers can enjoy the freedom of choice relating to the sale of their produce. The Central Farm Laws provide additional Marketing opportunities outside the APMC market yards and the MoU signed with the Dubai-based Barakat Vegetables & Fruit Co strives to facilitate the same.

MGNREGA plays crucial role in strengthening rural economy: CM

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The has special emphasis on strengthening the rural economy. In this context, the schemes related to MGNREGA are very important for Jharkhand. There should be strong monitoring to maintain transparency in these schemes, said Chief Minister Hemant Soren while presiding over the meeting of the Jharkhand State Rural EMPLOYMENT Guarantee Scheme today. He directed the officers to hold Jharkhand State Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme meeting every three months under the chairmanship of the Vice President, so that all the schemes can be reviewed regularly and in detail.

The CM said that in order to maintain transparency and quality in the implementation of schemes related to MGNREGA, the accountability of the beneficiaries should also be fixed. This will also help in completing the schemes within the stipulated time frame and the beneficiaries will get rid of middlemen.

The CM said that many schemes are being run by the state government under MNREGA. In such a situation, there is no dearth of labourers. He asked the officials to inform the villagers about these schemes and take initiative to connect them with these schemes. This will increase their income and there will be rapid development of the village.

Jharkhand earns Rs 180 crore in excise revenue through liquor sale during June

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The has earned excise revenue of Rs 180 crore in June, a slump of around four per cent over the previous month, an official release said.

The state has received Rs 368.29 crore as excise revenue in the past two months since the implementation of the new liquor policy on May 1.

The release said the state earned Rs 9 crore from excise duty and Rs 171 crore from excise transport duty in June.