State Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to Dearness Allowance hike of 10 per cent from 154 per cent to 164 per cent to the State government employees, pensioners and family pensioners who have been getting their remuneration under unrevised pay scale as per Sixth Pay Commission. The hike is effective from July 1, 2019.
Similarly, the Cabinet also allowed a DA hike of 17 per cent from 295 per cent to 312 per cent for the State Government employees who have been getting their remuneration under unrevised pay scale as per Fifth Pay Commission.
The State Cabinet today cleared 25 proposals of various departments including action for creation of 22 posts of District Judge level temporarily for 1 year for 22 Fast Track Special Courts temporarily constituted for 1 year in the State of Jharkhand for speedy hearing and execution of pending cases under the Rape and POSCO Act.
The Cabinet also gave its nod ex-post facto to creation of 154 non gazetted posts of class-III and class-IV in each court for the smooth functioning of administrative establishment of 22 fast-track special courts of district and additional sessions judge level in the state of Jharkhand for speedy hearing and execution of pending promises under the Rape and POSCO Act.
Approval was given for the formation of the Jharkhand State Physiotherapy Council Bill-2020 and the draft of Jharkhand Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was approved by the Cabinet.
The Council of Ministers headed by the CM also approved the project of constructions of remaining work of new Jharkhand High Court building at Dhurwa, Ranchi at the cost of Rs 106.21 Crore. It also gave its nod to creation of 24 Court Managers posts in Jharkhand based courts.
Ex-post facto approval of the third supplementary expenditure statement for the financial year 2019-20 was also given along with the approval for second supplementary expenditure statement for the financial year 2019-20. The Cabinet also approved the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Amendment) Bill, 2019.
In the current financial year 2019-20 from the amount of budgetary provision received for the establishment expenditure of the Home Guard Cops Headquarters, the payment of duty allowance etc. of the deputies deputed in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, increase in honorarium amount of the Home Guards and contingency Rs 32.6 crore from the Jharkhand Contingency Fund for the payment of the pending duty allowance of the home guards deputed in duty.