In Old Age Pension, Widow Pension, Hemant Soren Jharkhand, now every aged poor will get pension. Cabinet approves the proposal to include everyone in the Chief Minister State Old Age Pension Scheme for the helpless of 60 years or more. The government has started work on the action plan to provide pension to about three lakh 65 thousand additional elders in the state. Subsequent approval of 100 percent disallowance of the eligible persons under the Chief Minister State Pension Scheme operated under the State Plan was given in the meeting of the Council of Ministers. After this approval, seven lakh 30 thousand old people of the state will get the benefit of the pension scheme.
Read here other decisions of Jharkhand cabinet
- Approval was given to destroy educational qualification for appointment on compassionate grounds of Nandlal Birhor, father-self Chhota Sukkar Birhor, Bhoothaparva Ann Bhandar, member of primitive tribe
- To promote self-employment and entrepreneurship development in the rural and urban areas of the state, under the loan-cum-grant scheme to the youth of Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Minorities Backward Classes and Divyang Classes, under Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Department Operating Jharkhand State Tribal Cooperative Development Corporation / Jharkhand State Scheduled Caste Co-operative Development Corporation / Jharkhand State Minority Finance and Development Corporation / Jharkhand State Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation facilitates loans at affordable and affordable rates from the budgetary provision available under State Plan head and The provision for grant of 40 percent grant or maximum grant of only Rs 5 lakh (Rs five lakh) in loan and change of name of loan-cum-grant scheme to Chief Minister Employment Generation Scheme was approved post-partum.
- In light of the provision contained in the Revised Rehabilitation Policy, 2012, it was approved to set up rules for appointment of posts of class three under the Department of Water Resources.
- Neeri has been given the responsibility of preparing the DPR on nomination basis for the prevention of sewage flowing from identified drains in the urban areas of Chas, Ranchi and Mango municipal bodies.
- After the approval of the Chief Minister’s Advisor (Civil Aviation), Jharkhand, fixation of salary allowance and other facilities was given. – Approval was given to constitute the Municipal Undertaking Sub-Divisional Court under Garhwa District.
- The then executive magistrate cum in-charge of the District Welfare Officer, Chatra, Ashutosh Kumar, Jharkhand Administrative Service (fourth limited batch, Home District-Pakur), was suspended and allowed to be dismissed from service.
- Approval has been given to engineer engineering college Gola (Ramgarh) in place of the name of the newly constructed Women’s Engineering College at Gola under Ramgarh district.
- In Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited (a Government of Jharkhand undertaking), post-sanction for loss of educational qualification (matriculation) was given to the dependents of the deceased workers on compassionate grounds.
- – Based on nomination from GAIL India Limited under Rule 245 of the Finance Manual and Rule 158 of the Public Works Code, by relaxing Rule 235 of the Jharkhand Finance Rules for the processing of biodegradable urban solid waste under the Solid Waste Management Scheme of Ranchi City. Approval for receiving services was granted.
- Out of 1400 government buildings, Jareda has been allowed to spend 87 crore rupees from the provision of the budget for the financial year 2018-19 for installing about 7.0 MW grid connected rooftop solar power plant in the remaining 606 government buildings.
- In the year 2020-21, for providing subsidy to various categories of electricity consumers, the budget provision of Rs 1000 crore was approved to be released to Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited.
