JHARKHAND

As per the vision of the CM, almost 5,000 government-run schools will be transformed into modern Education facilities. Given this, the education department has already come into action and the work is being done on war footing. It is aimed that by the start of the 2022-23 academic session, 80 district-level schools of excellence would be ready to cater to almost 2,00,000 students from across the state.

The government has planned to develop a world-class education in all the Schools of Excellence. The schools will be equipped with an uninterrupted electricity supply, the installation of eye-friendly lights and a clean Atmosphere. The classrooms will be equipped with smart board facilities where students can learn through the virtual and 3D representation of subject material.

The development of these schools is being planned on the model of private schools and will ensure that a child from the marginalized sections of the Society gets quality education which is at par with private schools. Given this, separate labs, libraries, and STEM Labs will be established in each school.

The governments target is to operationalise 80 district level schools of excellence before the start of the session 2022-23, 329 block schools before the session of 2023-24 and more than 4,000 Panchayat level schools before the session of 2024-25.

Even as the country is committed to achieving zero Carbon Emission by 2070, theJharkhandgovernment has not come up with its long-term plan to achieve the objective, said BJP MP and former Union ministerJayant Sinha.

About Jharkhand, Sinha stressed that the should make policy changes for setting up of EV and their battery manufacturing factories in the state which has the mineral Resources required for the purpose. The MP said the EV factories would also generate EMPLOYMENT and added the Jharkhand government should promote EV charging networks in the state.

Sinha stated that even though the coal reserve of the state can last for 200 years the state government should start reducing its coal consumption and eventually eliminate it in the long term.

The MP said the state government should also come up with a white paper on achieving zero emission. He said Jharkhand has the resources and also the experts for transformation to green energy but the state Leadership lacks vision and commitment toward this end.

Jharkhandwitnessed a sharp rise in incidents of rape in 2021 with 1,608 cases compared to 1,373 in 2020, according to data available with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and Jharkhand Police websites.

The figures revealed that the state has witnessed around 17% increase in cases last year compared to 2020. On an Average, 114 cases of rape were registered in 2020 every month against 134 cases per month in 2021.

The figures between August 2021 and February 2022, however, show a decline in cases with 94 incidents being reported in this February against 150 in August last year. In the six months between September 2021 and February 2022, 123 rape cases were registered per month.
The overall figures of crime against Women was 7,083 cases in 2018, 8,760 in 2019 and 7,630 cases in 2020 in Jharkhand, stated the NCRB.

The Cabinet paved the way for floating solar panels to tap alternative sources of energy. Floating solar panels are placed on water bodies and panels are connected to the supply grid. The Cabinet approved a proposal of the energy department to set up a 100 MW capacity floating solar plant in the Geltasud reservoir of Ranchi in the first phase under 2010.

Jharkhand has been known as a mineral-wealth, but now we are continuously moving forward in the direction of giving a different identity to this state in the form of tourism. Protecting and developing tourist places. In this episode, a circuit of religious places of the state will be made. All the major religious places will be connected to it, so that we can provide better facilities to the devotees and tourists. It is our endeavour to give a separate identity to Jharkhand on the tourism map of the world, said Chief Minister Hemant Soren while inaugurating the two-day State Shri Bansidhar Mahotsav at Bansidhar Nagar, Garhwa on Wednesday. He said that this year Shri Banshidhar Mahotsav has got the status of a state festival and we will work to give more grandeur to this festival in the coming years.

The CM said that we have to strengthen our art-culture and tradition so much that no one can break it even in adverse circumstances. With this thinking, plans are being made continuously to develop religious places. More than 14 crore rupees are being spent on the development of Tapovan temple in the capital Ranchi, while a plan of 7 crore rupees has been made for the development of the historic Diuri temple located at Tamar in Ranchi. Very soon the foundation stone for the development and beautification of this temple will be laid

The statecabinet amended the building by-laws and made it mandatory to install rainwaterharvestingstructures in all new buildings. The cabinet also approved a proposed amendment in the by-laws which will now enable construction of high rise buildings in plots which measure less than 1,000 square meters (10,000 square feet).

The 11-member ministerial council also approved a proposal whereby employees of the can avail post-retirement and death benefits of the new National Pension Scheme in retrospective effective from December 1, 2004. Earlier, the schemes benefits were for those who retired after July 8, 2019.

The cabinet also approved allocation of Rs 28.81 crore for Saubhagya Yojana, which aims to illuminate 213 villages in remote parts of the state through solar panels.

The cabinet also approved a proposal to revise the cost of Swarnarekha Multi Purpose Project to Rs 12,849 crore. The project cost was last revised to Rs 6,613 crore in October 2010.

Apart from mango , other fruit bearing Plants like guava, lemon, pear, custard apple, ber, jackfruit, drumstick horticulture have to be promoted. Horticulture of mixed fruit plants is to be encouraged. Under MGNREGA, mango horticulture, guava horticulture, shady tree plantation will be done through Birsa Green Village Scheme.

It was decided in the meeting that Didi Bagiya Yojana, run by the sisters of SHG, training and other assistance should be provided to the entrepreneurs to prepare fruit plants so that quality plants can be produced in the nursery. It was also decided to consider getting the nurseries established under the Didi Bagiya scheme registered with the National Horticulture Board through JSLPS.

It is necessary to train Horticulture Sakhis for the purpose of timely capacity building and to make them technically more capable, as continuous technical advice is given by them in the horticulture being done by the beneficiaries. Therefore, after training them, timely payment of wages should be ensured in lieu of the work done by them under horticulture.

It was decided to provide Irrigation“>Drip Irrigation facility in horticulture through JSLPS under convergence under Birsa Harit Gram Yojana. Work should be done to connect the institutions to which the members of the advisory committee are associated with the horticulture scheme being implemented in their work areas/districts so that the current status of the plants can be monitored during field visits from time to time and technical advice can also be given to them. Can be given Along with this, technical cells will be formed in the state and district.

Under the Birsa Green Village Scheme, besides mango plants, other fruits like pear, orange, lemon, guava, jackfruit, dates, custard apple, etc., which can be grown according to Jharkhand’s Climate, have also agreed to include bamboo, drumstick. Along with this, it was also decided that mixed fruit horticulture should be ensured in at least 25 percent of the total horticulture area under each district in the financial year 2023-24.

Themagathbandhan governmentin the state tabled a Rs 1,01,101 crore budget for 2022-23 fiscal during the ongoing budget session.

Tabled by finance ministerRameshwar Oraon, the budget saw an increase in volume by 11% from last year and proposed a of 59% to create assets. Last year, theHemant Sorengovernment had presented a budget of Rs 91,277 crore.

All private firms operating inJharkhandwith a workforce of 10 or more staff, incuding those which are agencies for central and state PSUs, have to register themselves with the government portal

The website, which was launched by CMHemant Sorenhere on Friday, aims at reserving 75% of the jobs with salaries up to Rs 40,000 in the companies for the locals.

While registering with the website, the companies must include details of all such positions with salaries up to Rs 40,000 per month each.

There has been a massive increase in Budget Grant for railways in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha in 2023-24. Addressing a press meet through video conferencing from New Delhi, RAILWAY MinisterAshwini Vaishnawsaid that there has been complete transformation of Railways in the last 8 years andhighlighted budget grants pertaining to railways in different States for the current financial year.

In this current budget, the total outlay for railways modernization and expansion in Jharkhand is Rs.5,271 crores against the Average outlay of RS.457 crores during 2009 to 2014. In Jharkhand and Odisha 57 stations each will be re-developed.

Apart from these 15 railway stations including Daltonganj, Nagar Untari is going to change. Under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, the Central Government has made a provision in the budget to change the appearance, beautify and increase passenger facilities of major railway stations of the country. Under this scheme, the face of Nagar Untari railway station is going to change.