Not letting the lack of assistance coming from the Centre in covering all the 260 blocks on the State with Kasturba Gandhi Valika Vidyalayas (KGVB) in the way, the State Government has gone ahead with opening similar schools of its own. The Cabinet on Tuesday decided to allocate funds for 57 such schools for all the blocks earlier left out of the scheme.
“The Government would open girl’s residential schools in rest 57 blocks those were left out from the Centrally funded KGVB in the State. We had requested for the complete coverage but our demand was not met. There are 203 KGVB in the State and the Government has decided to open girl’s residential schools in the rest 57 blocks of its own cost. `30.90 crore has been issued for the FY 2015-16 for the purpose,” said Cabinet Secretary NN Pandey.
The schools run by the State Government would have similar facilities and of same standards said the Cabinet Secretary. This apart, the Cabinet also designated FCI for procuring paddy in N Chottanagpur, Palamu and Kolhan region while Jharkhand State Food and Civil Supplies Nigam would be nodal agency for the purchases in South Chottanagpur and Santhal Pargana through lAMPS/PCAS and different cooperatives.
Also, a Food Commission for the State has been approved that would have a chairperson, five members and one member secretary of not below the Joint Secretary rank official. Two members would be female while one each would be from SC and ST community.
“The Cabinet also laid down guidelines for MlA and CM Schemes under which only 50 per cent of the fund can be granted till six months of any FY. DC bill for 80 per cent amount of previous FY should be submitted ahead of new FY,” added NN Pandey.
The Cabinet also approved rules for State fairs and fixed aid for those. A committee headed by the DC at district level would recommend to the State Committee for the aid under State Fair scheme. `15 lakh of grant would be given for international fairs like Deoghar while `10 lakh for national fair and `5 lakh for the others. The State would also make recommendation to the Centre for their share.