The State Government has approved the proposal to install electronic weighing machines, GPS-fitted trucks carrying food grains and online ordering by the PDS shops to check pilferages
present in the system.
Now, all the fair price shops would have to install the electronic weighing machines which cannot be altered with to cheat the beneficiaries. “The Cabinet has also okayed GPS-fitted vehicles so that the items transported cannot be diverted. Electronic weighing machines would be installed at godowns as well as at PDS shops. Aadhaar-enabled handheld devices to be in place and panchayati raj institutions would be empowered,” said SS Meena, Cabinet Secretary after the meeting on Tuesday.
This apart, the Cabinet also amended the previous system in which making one kg packet of sugar was mandatory for distribution. As the provision was costing Rs 750 more per quintal, the item can now be brought in sacks to be weighed on the electronic machines before distribution.
Also, the Cabinet has decided to replace iodised salt with double fortified salt having iron as well as iodine for distribution. Every kg of double fortified salt would be sold for Rs 1 to the Antyodya families. The Government would spend Rs 55.44 crore during this
financial year.
In another important decision which is going to benefit the residents of the capital city, the Cabinet cleared the proposal to built two flyovers in Ranchi. “A flyover from Raj Bhawan to Harmu River would be built at the cost of Rs 330.07 crore of which Rs 166 crore would be spent on building it and 163.9 crore on acquiring land for the purpose. Similarly, another flyover would come up at Kanta Toli Chowk costing Rs 192.18 crore of which Rs 140 crore has been kept for land acquisition,” added Meena. DPR for both the flyovers would be prepared by NHAI.
The Cabinet also approved amalgamation of seven Cooperative Banks in the State situated at Ranchi, Khunti, Gumla, Simdega, Dumka, Jamtara and Giridih. As per the regulations of the RBI meant to maintain CRR, Rs 44.2 crore has been approved for the next five year.
“The Government has also decided to form a SPV named as Jharkhand Communication Network ltd in order to
provide high speed internet connection up to villages. It would help in taking forward internet access, e-governance and mobile-governance to the rural masses. Also, three more Division level Panchayat Training Institutes at Hazaribagh, Chaibasa and Palamu would be opened,” said Meena.
The Cabinet has also approved inking MoU with multinationals Cisco and Oracle to provide skill training to the students of engineering and polytechnic colleges of the State. The companies would provide the service under CSR to be taken up by technical institutions functioning in the State.
This apart, the Cabinet has decided to allocate one clerk each to the 20 MPs coming from the State. The staff would be getting pay scale of Rs 5200-20200 and grade pay of Rs 1900.