JHARKHAND

Year 2022 was full of achievements and crime control along with Naxal activities in the district. The district Police has lodged 4393 cases in the year and arrested 1801 accused. With the extreme efforts of the police, 16 accused were convicted to life imprisonment. This was stated by the Superintendent of Police Manoj Rattan Chothey in a press conference in the seminar hall. He said the district police tried to control the crime and other illegal activities in the year.

He further said that we have decided to check crime and Naxal activities in the district next year. We have prepared the master plan to implement next year. SP said that we have registered 4393 cases in the different police stations of the district and arrested 1801 persons in relation to different cases. He said Average three persons were arrested in the district.

He further said that we have registered 19 cases of Naxal activities and arrested 31 hard-core naxalities and criminal. The police has arrested 13 members of TPC, 1 MCC, 8 JJMP and 9 gangsters in this year. We have recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunitions including two INSAS, 2 carbine, and 6 rifles which was looted from the police during the different incident.

Addressing the people during the programme as the Chief Guest Patnaik said that through this way production has increased and market is also available but the price that one should get for that product is very less. If the produce is processed and sold in the market, delivered to the consumer through the Palash market, then a very good price can be found from the market. For example, in Lohardaga district, there is a lot of production of honey, but it is not processed and taken to the market. If the Women of SHGs use a flour mill instead of wheat, do packaging of flour, process tamarind, chironji, drumstick and others, then they can get a very good price and women ‘s self help group can become very strong, she added.

The Commercial Tax Secretary said that if the women of JSLPS or (SHGs) give their products to the Farms Producers Group, then they can get a very good price for it.

In a first, an industrial hygiene laboratory and demonstration centre has been set up by the for proper monitoring of the Health of workers employed in various factories dealing with chemical and hazardous processes.

The project began about seven years ago following the death of about five workers in the state due to silicosis and other industrial hazards. TheNational Human Rights Commission(NHRC) had then rapped the state government for failing to curb on-site work hazards.

These labs will be used for conducting forensic tests on various electronic gadgets such as mobile phones and computers recovered by the Police from crime scenes and help the law enforcement agency solve cybercrimes as well as crimes of other nature, officials said.

According to a source from the IT and e-Governance department, the labs will come up at Deoghar, Jamshedpur, Jamtara, Palamu, Giridih and Dhanbad. The department, according to sources, will also sign an MoU with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), an organisation involved in research and development works in the field of information technology.

The proceedings of the Assembly were adjourned for the second time in a row. As soon as the proceedings began, an for the members was presented on behalf of the Speaker, Rabindra Nath Mahto. In this, a discussion was demanded on the amendment in the recruitment policy on behalf of the BJP leaders, while the CPI ML MLA Vinod Singh demanded a discussion on large scale vacancies in the various departments.

The Speaker amidst uproar by Opposition members rejected the work Adjournment Motion alonting second half of proceedings for discussion. The BJP furious over this once again started creating ruckus entering the well of the House, later the Speaker adjourned the House.

As per the supplementary budget placed in the House, department wise the maximum allotment has been made to Home, Jail and Disaster Management department. The department has been allotted Rs 33,732.39 lakh, followed by the rural development department receiving Rs 28,434.65 lakh.

The department of drinking water and sanitation department has received Rs 17,216.00 lakh, department of Women child development and social security department getting Rs 17,331.78 lakh. The Panchayati Raj department has received Rs 4,609.20 lakh.

The department of scheduled tribe, Scheduled Caste, minority and backward class welfare department has received Rs 4,604.59 lakh.

The yatra christened as Jan Ashirwad Yatra is scheduled to begin on August 16, the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In Jharkhand, Annapurna Devi the Koderma MP and newly inducted minister in the Modi Cabinet will be the star attraction of Jan Ashirwad Yatra. Annapurna, the first time MP from Koderma has been made Minister of State for Education in the Modi Cabinet.

The outreach programme, named Jan Ashirwad Yatra, will have the 39 newly inducted Cabinet ministers cover 22 states, including 212 Parliamentary seats, and 265 districts in total.

The10th Manufacturing Conclave was organised by Confederation of Indian (CII) Eastern Region in the city with the theme of integrating Global Value Chain through Competitiveness Sustainability Technology.

Speaking at the inaugural session, Jitendra Kumar Singh, Ias Secretary, Department of Industries, Government of Jharkhand briefed about the integral role played by the manufacturing sector in the economy of India.

The industry sector holds a prominent position in the country, contributing 30 percent in the overall GVA of the country reflecting a resilient Growth in the present years. He said that the share of the industry sector has been 48 percent of the GSDP of Jharkhand in 2021-22. The mining industry is among the leading industries in the state. Besides this, he said, Jharkhand is coming out with its new pharmaceutical policy, ethanol production policy and the solar policy. 40 percent of natural mineral stocks of the country belong to the state. Jharkhand can contribute majorly in the GVC exports of India with an upgradation in the Infrastructure of the state mentioned here about the Amritsar- Kolkata industrial corridor.

Improvement in air quality index (AQI), particularly in terms of reducing the PM2.5 level can improve the life expectancy in all 24 districts ofJharkhand.

A study conducted by theEnergy Policy Institute, University of Chicago (EPIC), has found that by adhering toWorld Health Organisation(WHO) prescribed standards of PM2.5 concentration, theaverage life expectancyof a person can be improved by 6.8 years inDhanbadand 5.4 years in Ranchi.

AQLI links research work with satellite data of PM2.5 concentration and plot life expectancy graph as every 10 micro gram per metre cube increase in PM2.5 concentration reduced life expectancy by 0.64 years.

The idea of corelating historical research data with satellite observation of pollutants is further useful in case of states like Jharkhand which lacks real-time monitoring of ambient air quality.