Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC), the public recruitment body, will have four members instead of eight. The Governor’s Advisory Council, in a meeting held on June 12, approved the proposal mooted by the personnel department.
In yet another decision, the council, which held a meeting on June 21, has made the use of UID number mandatory in all Government transactions and services. The cabinet coordination department released the decisions of both the meetings to the media today. According to Cabinet Secretary J B Tubid, the council okayed the proposal to sack Dr Amitabh Trigunayat for his unauthorised absence from service for the last 17 years.
The council had also approved Rs 76.64 crore for GNM (Nursing) school alongwith a hostel in five districts, including Hazaribagh, Dumka, Palamau, Ranchi and West Singhbhum. Mukhya Mantri Gram Setu Yojana, which is now being implemented by the Rural works department will get Rs 66.80 crore from the State contingency fund. Birsa Agriculture University will get Rs 26.50 crore as grant from the agriculture department during the current fiscal. The council has also approved reorganisation of the Jharkhand State Rural Employment Guarantee council.
It has approved the proposal to transfer to the rural elected bodies some of powers being exercised by the Industries, Drinking water and sanitation, and water resources departments. The council further approved finance department’s proposal to get Rs 35 crore as loan from HUDCO to construct buildings of office of the Jagannathour Sub Divisional officer, court building in Koderma, conference hall at Project Building and residential quarters at Doranda and Booty More. It has also allowed the finance department to get another Rs 47.85 crore loan from HUDCO for water supply schemes at Chas and Deoghar and Rs 205 crore for similar project in Dhanbad.
The council has also approved the food and civil supplies department’s proposal to get Rs 159.41 crore for end-to-end computerisation of the public distribution system. It also okayed withdrawal of Rs 5 crore from the State contingency fund to help victims of the natural disaster in Uttarakhand.
The council has also given the go ahead to the Industries department to continue various sops to the industrial units like industrial loan, seed money loan and interest free one time settlement scheme.