In its effort to promote quality education at a higher level, the state government has announced the Jharkhand State Higher Education Award Scheme. Under the scheme teachers, students, administrators and even institutions doing commendable work in the field of higher education in the state will be honoured. The decision to this effect was taken at today’s cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Under the scheme those students who achieve remarkable achievement in higher education will be honoured by the state government, at the same time those teachers who provide quality education too will be honoured.
Sources said that this scheme has been introduced to promote and provide quality education in the State. In today's cabinet meeting six agendas were given nod.
Additionally, the cabinet sanctioned the creation of two shadow posts for Assistant Teachers at Doranda Girls High School, a non-government-aided linguistic minority institution in Ranchi. These posts will be valid for the period from February 26, 2009, to December 31, 2017.
The Jharkhand cabinet has approved the dismissal of Matias Vijay Toppo, a Jharkhand Administrative Service officer, for his involvement in the illegal transfer of land during his tenure as the Special Regulation Officer in Ranchi. He is currently serving as the Director of Accounts Administration and Self-Employment at the District Rural Development Agency in Hazaribagh. The state government step is seen as an attempt by the government towards strict action against corruption.
The cabinet also approved the regularization and confirmation of service for retired postman Raj Kumar Ram, along with the provision of his estimated financial benefits. Similarly, the service of Vijay Kumar Thakur, a retired Senior Instructor at the Handicraft Resource-cum-Development Center in Jamshedpur (retired on April 30, 2024), was regularized, and his pensionary benefits were granted.
In light of the increase in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate for construction work (raised from 12% to 18%), the cabinet approved a procedure for determining and settling the differential amount liability in work contracts under the Urban Development and Housing Department.