JHARKHAND

The Minister also lauded the working system and progress of the milk federation and assured that the will provide all possible help to the federation. Earlier, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Managing Director of Jharkhand Milk Federation welcomed the minister and showed him the work done by the federation so far, the status of three Dairy Plants being built and future goals.

Jharkhand State Milk Federation which is popularly known as Medha brand is following the lessons of continuous progress in efficient management of National Dairy Development Board since last six years. Presently about 40,000 milk producing families are associated with the Milk Federation from 18 districts of the state which are supplying about 1.30 lakh litres of milk per day.

At present four dairy plants under Milk Federation (Hotwar, Koderma, Latehar and Deoghar) are running with a processing capacity of 1.40 lakh litres while additional three new plants namely Sarath-Deoghar, Sahiganj, Palamu are in the final stages of construction and production will soon begin there. Apart from this, a Cattle Feed Plant, Mineral Mixer Plant, Bypass Feed and Cold Breeding Plant is also being established and operated by the federation in Medha Dairy premises located at Hotwar with the aim of reducing the production cost of milk producers and increasing the quality of milk.

The is Banking on formulation of newpoliciesand setting up new Infrastructure for boostingJharkhands manufacturing and Industrial Sector in the coming weeks.

While the final draft of the new Jharkhand Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (JIPP) is due to be tabled before the state cabinet for its approval, the stateindustriesdepartment is currently formulating four new sector-specific policies in an attempt to draw investments.

Besides the JIPP, at least four new policies – Jharkhand Industrial Park Policy, Jharkhand Purchase Policy, Jharkhand Auto and Electronic Vehicles Policy and Jharkhand Food Processing Industries Policy are currently being drafted. Apart from that, as many as three policies, which were approved during the tenure of former chief minister Raghubar Das, will be revisited.

For https://exam.pscnotes.com/good-Governance“>Good Governance, it is necessary that the schemes are completed on time. Quality should be taken full care of in the plans. In particular, the budgetary provisions made for various departments in the budget should speed up the works. For this, the officers will have to work with full accountability and seriousness, said Chief Minister Hemant Soren while reviewing the schemes uploaded on the Johar project portal in a high-level meeting with the Principal Secretaries / Secretaries of the departments in the Ministry of Jharkhand.

He said that the first review of the Johar project portal took place today. Many changes need to be made in this. Ministers will also be present in the meeting that will be held in this regard, so that a detailed review can be done at every level. He said that many schemes run by the government are related to many departments. In such a situation, there should be better coordination between different departments, so that it can be implemented in a better way. He told the departmental secretaries to do proper monitoring of all the schemes, so that if there is any kind of hindrance or problem in it, its solution can be found. This will have the advantage that the schemes will be completed on time.

The CM asked the departmental secretaries to assess the schemes run by their respective departments and review them in detail, so that they are implemented properly and everything can move forward smoothly. There should be constant monitoring of the schemes, he said.

The CM said that there will be live verification of whether the schemes are being implemented or not, at what stage is the progress of the plans, quality work is being done or not. It is being arranged with the help of information technology. Under this, information about the progress of all the schemes will be taken from the site. All of you officers should complete your preparations for this.

The CM directed the officers to fix the timeline of all the schemes. Under this, time should be fixed for preparing DPR regarding the schemes, starting the process of tender, starting the work and its completion. If there is a delay in the schemes, then at what level, how much delay has taken place, its outline should also be decided. He also asked the officers to change their working style and ensure their actions with full accountability.

Pockets like Hansada, Saherbera, Somadih, Dangdum, Lailam, Koira and Dangardih among others which form part of the 192 sqkm forest area of the sanctuary will be covered under the plantation drive.

According to foresters, the addition of bamboo saplings in the drive is to check incidents of wildelephantsentering into human habitation. They said the drive would be conducted during the pandemic when no visitors would arrive at the sanctuary.

JharkhandBijli Vitaran Nigam Ltd.(JBVNL), the state-owned power distribution company, on Monday sought to assure its 12.5 lakh-plus consumers and Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) that it was poised to make a dramatic turnaround in the next two to three years, ensure reliable power to consumers and reward all loyal consumers who have been regularly clearing their power bills on time, each month.

At a state advisory committee meeting meet called by Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) in Ranchi on Monday to discuss tariff proposals submitted by the state-owned power discom for the years 2021-2022 to 2025-2026, K KVerma, managing director, JBVNL, pointed out that after two years of Covid pandemic, which had disrupted business and normal life alike, an action plan to reduce fiscal losses, increase operating efficiency, cut down on transmission and distribution losses and improve customer confidence is already under various stages of implementation.

The bill will deal with shops, institutions, mines, businesses, industries, companies, associations, trusts, Limited Liability PARTNERSHIP firms, and anyone who employs ten or more people as private sectors and entities.

Every employer is required to register employees on the designated portal. The monthly salary or total wages of these employees do not exceed 30,000 rupees (or notified by the government from time to time), within three months after the bill takes effect.

If not registered on the designated portal, any local candidate is not eligible for 75% of the rights.

The bill defines local candidates as persons who belong to Jharkhand and are registered on the designated portal.

If there are not enough local candidates with the required skill qualifications or proficiency, the employer can request an exemption.

On the second day of the on-going budget session of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon tabled the supplementary budget of Rs 2,698 crore. Mondays budget is the third supplementary budget of the of the current fiscal. The State Government will table the annual budget for financial year 2022-23 on March 3.

Meanwhile, despite strong demands from several quarters, the Jharkhand Government today once again ruled out any possibility of liquor Prohibition in the State. On the second day of the on-going budget session of Jharkhand Assembly, Congress MLA from Mahagama Deepika Pandey Singh raised the issue of liquor prohibition in the State.

Raising the issue, Pandey said that due to use of alcohol domestic violence against Women and atrocities against women has gone up. She further said that as use of alcohol is socially evil, the state government should introduce liquor prohibition in the State which will check domestic violence and atrocities against women. Replying to the query raised by Congress legislators, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that at present the matter of prohibition is not under consideration with the State Government.

Soren said that the government is working on to curb domestic violence, but to say that women are being harassed or domestic violence has increased due to alcohol alone, is not appropriate. There are several other factors behind this; the state government to remove the inequality among women is running various schemes focusing on Empowerment of women. Soren said that the government is also working to make women self-reliant. Under the Phoolo Jhano scheme, 25 thousand women have been linked to self-EMPLOYMENT. All these women used to sell liquor earlier.

The Chief Minister rejecting the proposal for liquor prohibition assumes importance as from April this year, State will get a new liquor policy, after which the system of retail sale of liquor will change in Jharkhand. As per the new excise policy, a private agency will open liquor shops across the State. It will have its own godown in all the five divisions. The agency will order and sell the liquor. The State Government has recently appointed Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Limited (CSMCL) as a consultant by the Jharkhand government. This company has suggested running the shop by private agency on the lines of Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The company says that without increasing the price of liquor, it will get revenue of Rs 2500 crores instead of Rs 1900 crores being available now. However, the expenditure on Infrastructure will have to be borne by the state government. At the same time, the Jharkhand Retail Liquor Vendor Association said that after the implementation of the new product policy, liquor of well-known brands will become expensive.

CII Jharkhand organised a session on Build Jharkhand: Growth. Sustainability. Technology. where eminent speakers deliberated on their vision of Emerging Jharkhand that thrives towards creating more opportunities for sector-based industrial development and the opportunities and the current challenges in Jharkhand. Overall discussions on the PARTNERSHIP between government, , and Society coming together, thinking together and working together to drive the development process to achieve a developed Jharkhand took place during the session.

Highco Engineers Pvt Ltd said Jharkhand needs to play a crucial role in India being ready to become a $5 trillion economy by 2025-26 and Industry will remain the primary growth engine for this endeavor. Jharkhand has the capability and capacity to not only contribute but also drive Indias growth. With proactive government policies and favourable Investment Climate, Jharkhand is coming up fast in the investment space. This is evident from the fact that in recent times Jharkhand has been constantly ranked high in the DIPP ranking of Ease of Doing Business. A strategy also needs to be created for sustainability in the RENEWABLE ENERGY footprint, mitigation and conservation strategies and resource efficiency.

In a move to become tech savvy and inculcate Leadership qualities among its personnel, theJharkhand Police signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with four top educational insitutions located in the state.

The institutions are the Indian Institute Of Management (IIM)-Ranchi, the XLRI/ Xaviers School of Management-Jamshedpur, the Birla Institute of Technology (BIT)-Mesra and the National institute of technology (NIT)- Jamshedpur.

Police said the MoUs would be effective for a period of five years and that it would be reviewed bi-annually.

The scope of the MoUs is work-based collaborations, Software and hardware development, joint research incybercrimeaffected belts and exchange visits.

Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais has said that the Jharkhand government won appreciation for the dedication with which it tackled the crisis emerging out of the Covid 19 pandemic and the way a new variant of the virus has posed a threat the government is prepared to tackle challenges.

Bais said this during his Republic Day address at Morabadi ground on Wednesday where he hoisted the and received the guard of the owner also. Elaborate arrangements were made for the Republic Day ceremony under the Covid protocols.

The Governor highlighted achievements and initiatives of the State Government in the past two years and said that the Hemant Soren government is committed to provide EMPLOYMENT to youths. He said that the year 2021was declared as recruitment year, and necessary changes were made in the recruitment bylaws and the process of recruitment has been started.

He informed that the government started a 1000 days Nutrition programme for people covering all sections of Society to improve their Health. The government has also launched multi-prong programmes to improve the quality of Education. In the first phase, the government has identified around 4500 schools to be developed on the line of state of art schools.

The Governor also talked about recently enacted legislation against mob lynching in Jharkhand and said that the government is committed to safeguarding life and limb of people. He said that law and order is the special priority of the government and action is taken against mafias and criminal Elements in the state.

As Jharkhand has the potential to be a tourist hub, the Governor said that the government has implemented a new tourism policy to give impetus to the tourism sector. He said that the government is fulfilling the dream of the houseless people for a house. Under the BR Ambedkar housing project, the construction of 7000 new houses has been sanctioned whereas 17500 houses were constructed in the past. Besides, under the PM Housing project, the construction of 7.5 lakh houses in rural areas has been sanctioned.

He said that to empower poor rural Women who earn their livelihood by selling liquor, the government launched Phulo Jhano Ashirvad Yojana. Under this scheme, an interest-free loan worth Rs 10000 is given to such women so that they start their own business. So far under the scheme, more than 14000 women have been benefited.

To promote Entrepreneurship among women, the government has launched the Palash Brand for women to sell their food products. The Governor also decorated Ranchi SSP SSP Surendra Kumar Jha and 12 other officials with Police medals.