Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Seceretary, Planning cum Finance Department Amit Khare on Tuesday said that as per the directives of Ministry of Finance, Government of India the State Government has issued instructions that farmers can use Rs 500 old notes for byuing seeds from lAMPS and PACS.
Holding a meeting on the issue Khare said that the farmers will have to produce an identification card such as Aadhar or any other card for buying seeds from lAMPS and PACS using Rs 500 old notes. Only Rs 500 old notes can be used by the farmers for the purpose. Agriculture Seceretary NM Kulkarni said on the occasion that lAMPS and PACS were seperately being directed across the State.
Khare also said that old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 can be used for paying pending and current electricty bills. This exemption is ony for indivudual and domestic connections and no advance payments can be done. He said that the old
currency notes can also be used for paying dues of civic bodies.
The Development Commissioner informed that Deputy Commissioners of various distrcits have begun distribution of cash through mobile vans in different distrcits. Rs 5.59 lakh has been distrubuted among 416 person in Dhanbad, while Rs 4.90 lakh has been distributed among 250 persons in Bokaro district.
JBVNl MD Rahul Purwar informed in the meeting that between November 9 and November 22, electricity bills worth Rs 30.71 Crore have been paid out of which Rs 13.06 crore have been paid in Ranchi andRs 6 crore have been paid in Dhanbad distrcit.
The government has also taken two decisions that the pensioners can submit their life Certificate by January 15, 2017. Secondly, an approval has been given to sanction Rs 10,000 as advance against the salary of November, 2016 for all employees of the State Government and government owned institutions.