To discourage under graduate (UG) and post graduate (PG) students from shifting to Medical Colleges outside the State leaving their courses in mid - session, the State Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to raise the fine up to Rs 20 lakh and 30 lakh respectively.
Talking to the media persons, Health Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi after the Cabinet meeting at Project Building in Ranchi, also added that medical students taking admission in PG courses will also have to ensure that they serve in the State for at least three years after completing the course.
The Cabinet approved 12 proposals related to different departments including the decision of increasing the budget for the breakfast in Anganwari Centers from Rs 4.5 to Rs 6.
“It has been noticed that students after taking admission in the medical colleges of the State keeps on trying in other states also, and if they get a chance shift there, leaving the course in the middle of the session ultimately blocking the seat on which other students could have got an opportunity,” said the Minister.
To prevent them from leaving the course in the mid of the session, fine for UG students have been increased from 10 to 15 lakh while for PG students it has been increased from 15 to 30 lakh, he added.
In addition to that, PG students taking admission in State Medical Colleges will also have to serve inside the State for at least 3 years after completion of their course. Earlier, it was one year.
“To make the rules stringent, the students taking admission in UG and PG courses will have to submit their original certificates to the college authorities which will handed over to them after fulfilling the conditions,” said Chandravashi.
If PG students fail to serve inside the State for at least three years inside the State, they will also have to pay Rs 30 lakh as fine, he added.
Chandravanshi said that the condition would not apply to the students, if the State Government fails to absorb them with a period of six months.
In another important decision, the Cabinet also gave its approval for ‘Jharkhand Revenue Services Cadre Recruitment and Promotion Clause Manual 2018, under which names of Revenue Staff will be changed to Revenue Sub-Inspector.
Different posts of Revenue Sub-Inspectors, Circle Inspector, Assistant Settlement Officer, Circle Officer, District land Acquisition Officer, Deputy Collector (land Reforms), Kolhan Superintendent, Assistant Director (land Acqisition), land Record Scale Directorate and Deputy Director (land Acquisition) have been created under the service.
“Under this rule, 25 per cent of the Circle Inspectors could be promoted to Circle Officers directly,” said Cabinet Secretary SKG Rahate.
The Cabinet of Wednesday also Okayed the proposal of dismissal of 2003 batch Officer of State Public Services Commission and the then Circle Officer of Chas in Bokaro Nirmal Kumar Toppo who was currently s suspension.
To prepare memorandum for the demands to be made before 15th Finance Commission, the State Cabinet gave its approval for taking services from ‘Ernst and Young’ on the basis of nomination for taking technical help from the company for Rs 57 lakh.
In a separate decision, the Cabinet also gave its approval for absorbing the teaching and non-teaching staffs of all Project Girl’s High Schools appointed on or before January 1989.