JHARKHAND

S K Behera, vice chairman and managing director of RSB Transmission, one of the leading manufacturers of automotive components, has commended Jharkhand’s Industrial Policy, emphasizing the need for robust development to further bolster the state’s industrial Growth. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, he expressed his appreciation for the State Government‘s initiatives and highlighted the potential for economic advancement in the region.

Jharkhand’s Industrial Policy, formulated with the aim of promoting industrialization and attracting investments, has gained recognition from various business entities operating within the state. RSB Transmission, a prominent player in the automotive sector, has benefited from the supportive policies, which have created a favourable business Environment for companies to thrive.

Beheras remarks resonate with the broader sentiments of the business community in Jharkhand, who have long emphasized the Importance of Infrastructure development to unlock the full potential of the state’s Industrial Sector. The government’s continued focus on creating a conducive business environment and prioritizing Infrastructure Development is expected to attract more investments and pave the way for sustained economic growth.

More than 35,000 government schools inJharkhandare set for a fresh coat of paint in green-and-white shades, colours associated with the rulingJMMs party flag.

While the ruling dispensation claimed the colours were selected based on experts recommendations as green is soothing for eyes and white symbolises cleanliness, the oppositionBJPcried foul alleging the shades were chosen to send out a political message.
At present, school buildings are painted pink and toilets blue.

As per an order issued by theJharkhand Education Project Councilto all district education officers, the walls of the school buildings will be painted in swan, angora or coconut white, while frosted green or mehndi green will be used for borders and projections of the walls. The doors and windows, and also the toilets will be painted in deep green.

Another Jharkhand district, Simdega bagged the fourth position in overall performance and eight in Health and Nutrition under the ADS programme, the annual stated in its annual 2020-21 report released recently. Simdega also bagged the fourth position in Financial Inclusion & Skill development.

Palamu stood fourth among the 112 aspirational districts in terms of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture & Resources“>Water Resources. However, no Jharkhand district managed to make it to the list of top 10 best performing districts in terms of Education under the programme.

According to the website, Health & Nutrition, Education, Agriculture & Water Resources, Financial Inclusion & Skill Development, and Basic Infrastructure are this programmes core areas of focus. After several rounds of consultations with various stakeholders, 49 key performance indicators have been chosen to measure progress of the districts.

At least 19 of 24 districts in Jharkhand are among the 112 districts selected for the programme. As per a report submitted by the Niti Aayog to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), most of the 112 districts selected for the ADP were underdeveloped and some affected by LWE.

The Niti Aayog, as per its annual report, sanctioned comprehensive projects to reduce anaemia and Malnutrition in five Jharkhand districts and equip schools with smart classrooms in 19 districts of the tribal state.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), if the prevalence of anaemia in a Population is 40 per cent or higher it is categorized as a severe public health problem. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) highlights that around 70 per cent of children in the age bracket of 6-59 months, 62.6 per cent of pregnant Women and 65.2 per cent of women in the reproductive age are anaemic in Jharkhand.

Launched in January 2018 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the ADP has been lauded by several foreign organisations, including the UNDP, which recently stated that the ADP should serve as best practice for other countries where regional disparities in development status persist for many reasons.

The ground assessment has confirmed that during the lockdown when Jharkhand witnessed a mass reverse Migration, the job loss on national level; MGNREGA proved crucial to financially sustain the poor rural Population.

So far in fiscal year 2021-2022 corresponding with the second and lethal wave of Covid 19, the Jharkhand government has provided job cards to 33,000 families that will benefit 51,000 people. So far 228 lakh man-days have been created with 13.80 lakh people getting EMPLOYMENT out of different MGNREGA schemes. To locally generate employment opportunities for job seekers under MGNREGA scheme District Administration and rural development department have been asked to start at least five to six construction works at each village.

The has further directed that rural works can be selected under different schemes like Nilambar-Pitambar Jal Samridhi Yojana, Birsa Harti Gram Yojana, Veer Poto Ho Khel Yojana, Didi Badi Yojana and others. Schemes related to water conservation and forestations too have been added under MGNREGA.

So far, 47,242 schemes have been completed and the work is under progress in 9.42 lakh schemes.

Notably, 81 per cent of the total allotted budget has been spent on schemes related to natural resource conservation.

Currently, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture related schemes constitute 94.33 per cent of the total schemes approved under MGNREGA.

In fact the Jharkhand Government realised that during tough times like this MGNREGA can be the life saver if schemes are properly managed. In the previous fiscal year over 14 lakh new job cards were issued when there was a nationwide lockdown. Similarly, 11 crore man-days were created under MGNREGA. The result remained satisfactory as almost all households got jobs for a minimum of 46 days whereas 3.56 per cent of the total households got full 100 days jobs.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren on the launch of the app and chatboat said that many effective arrangements have been made to curb Coronavirus infection in the State. In this sequence, one more step has been taken through Amrit Vahini.

Though Amrit Vahini App or website one can get all information about the availability of hospital beds and even book one for himself or anybody else online. The bed booked by the person will be kept reserved for him for the next two hours. If the person, who has made the booking, fails to turn up, it will be transferred to another person.

School Education and Literacy Department should end the recognition of all private schools which deprive enrollment of 2,588 Dalit tribal natives of BPL category and other economically weak Swarna Samaj children from the Right to Education Act, otherwise agitation will be held, said Central President of Jharkhandi Information Rights Forum, Central Vice President of Adivasi Moolvasi Jan Adhikar Manch, Bhai Vijay Shankar Nayak here on Tuesday.

Nayak also said that in the financial year 2022-2023, the enrollment of Dalit tribal natives of BPL category and children of economically weak Swarna Samaj was sure to be done on a total of 9,974 seats in recognized private schools of the state, but only 4,386 children were enrolled. In private schools2,588 children were not enrolled which is the subject of investigation under what circumstances children of these categories were denied enrollment.

The launched Didi Bagiya Yojna in 2021 under MGNREGA intending to prepare farmers of the State as entrepreneurs due to this the Government demanded saplings under the MGNREGA scheme and the State was not able to get enough quality saplings for the plantation.

Under this scheme, the trained farmers of the State got an opportunity to grow saplings and the Government ensured the purchase of saplings through MGNREGA. Once the farmers received training provided by the State Government and were involved in seedling production. Soon after, their produce was immediately acquired by the Government. This instilled a sense of trust among farmers and they started producing Amrapali, Malda, Mallika Mango and other seedlings including Timber Plants like Shisam, Gamhar and Teak.

Michael Ekka along with other farmers of the State was trained in Horticulture and sapling preparation. He has grown more than 8000 saplings of Shisam, Gamhar, Teak and Mango in his nursery through Didi Bagiya Yojna in the year 2021-22. These plants were procured by the Government for the implementation of Birsa Harit Gram Yojna, a scheme run by the State Government. With this, Michael earned an income of Rs 25,000. This was an additional means of livelihood for Michael Ekka through the Didi Bgiya Yojna, which is helping him to meet the needs of his family.

Rs 461 crore has been allocated to all the districts under the Chief Minister’s Drought Relief Scheme. The department is going to give its visiting card to the farmer so that he can be assured that the is with him.

Badal said to make the concept of Smart Village a reality, there is a need to make co-ordination with all the concerned departments. He asked the office bearers to cooperate with those farmers who are not able to reach the Pragya Kendra and are not getting the benefit of the scheme by taking cooperation from Kisan Mitra. Talking about linking the deprived farmers with the schemes, he said that a list of such farmers should be prepared so that the benefits of the schemes could reach them. In 3 years of Government, we are reaching 30 lakh farmer families of the State, this is a big achievement, but the target is to reach 5800000 farmers and ensure the contribution up to 20 per cent in the GDP of the State, he added .

The Minister said that more than five lakh new members have joined the cooperative, monitoring should also be done to see how active the new members are in the cooperative. While addressing 129 new officers, he said that the Government has high hopes from them and the senior officials should share their experience so that they can perform better in the field of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture. He said that the commitment in the department should be visible from top to bottom, so that we can play our role honestly in fulfilling the dreams of Birsa farmers.