Farmers’ help centre set up
Farmers' help center has been set up in the city under the directions of Ranchi Deputy Commissioner, Rai Mahimapat Ray. Under the Chief Minister's Krishi Ashirwad Yojana, eligible farmers can now avail 100 per cent benefits of the help centres. The Farmer Support Centre is installed in the meeting room of the District Agriculture Office. And any complaint related to CMKAY can be lodged in the register of Kisan Bhai Sahayya Kendra.
Seth meets Nitin Gadkari
BJP MP from Ranchi Sanjay Seth on Thursday met Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari and placed his demand for strengthening highway projects in State. Seth’s demand included construction of Piska ROB, development of elevated corridor on Ratu Road to ease out traffic movements on NH, construction and widening of Ratu Road, completion of four lane projects Ranchi Chandil on NH 23, completion of ring road section from Vikas Vidyalaya to Namkum and other projects.
Dalmia Cement at Shravani Mela
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited has been participating at one of the most significant annual holy festival in Jharkhand called ‘Shrawani Mela’ for over four years now. Keeping in mind the devotion of the pilgrims and their participation, Dalmia Cement has developed a 15 feet tall cut out of Lord Shiva and two 5 feet tall Kanwars at Shivganga route. This holy pool at Shivaganga will have 4 changing rooms to aid devotees taking a dip before entering the temple and will cater to the requirements of 3,00,000 devotees on a daily basis.
Public Meeting at Lohardaga
A public meeting chaired by Lohardaga Deputy Commissioner was held in Bhandra block to hear out public’s grievances. The DC distributed assets associated with various schemes. Attended by around 1,000 people, 39 received old age pension, 7 received widow pension and 41 were benefitted under the PM’s Housing Scheme. Zonal office distributed grains among 98 people. 12 people were given irrigation pump set. 78 people received free gas stoves and cylinders under PM’s Ujjwala Scheme. Deputy Development CommissionerR. Roneta, Upper Collector Anjani Mishra, DRDA Director Akhouri Shashank Mishra. Subdivision officer Jyoti Jha was also present in the meeting.
SBPS students shine
The students of SBPS participated in the Inter- school competitions organised by the Income Tax Department to celebrate the completion of 150 years of income tax Levy in India. The students participated in the Painting, Essay Writing, Slogan Writing, Debate and Quiz competitions and presented their talent in an immaculate manner. Kumari Sonali Priya of grade X was successful in bagging the 1st position in the Hindi Slogan Writing competition. Kanak Khaitan of grade IX Secured the 1st runner-up position in the English essay writing competition on the topic ‘The Role of Income Tax in Nation Building’. Kushaldeep Singh of grade XII debated in a highly appreciable way on the topic ‘Taxation is a way of redistribution of wealth’ and propitiously grabbed the 1st runner up position.
Interactive Session at DPS
The Class XIth and XIIth Commerce students of DPS Ranchi get an opportunity to attend an interactive session which was conducted by ICSI (Institute of Company Secretaries of India). The dignitaries present at the session were Arun Kumar, Vinod Bakshi, Aditya Mohan Khanelwal, and Tanvir. The session was concluded with felicitation of Olympiad winners. Ayush Aditya received a cash prize of Rs. 5000, along with a gold medal for getting zonal rank 02. Other zonal rankers who also got felicitated.
'We the BITians' held
The event “We The BITians” was organised by the News and Publication Society of Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra on Thursday. The event was graced by the presence of the faculty advisor of the organizing club, Dr. Vijay Nath. The event was a panel discussion wherein the panelists were the 2016 batch students of BIT Mesra. Students were briefed about placements and internships. The panelists were students who had secured a good internship or a pre placement offer. They guided the upcoming batch with the ‘do's and dont's' of the same. Besides this, the audience was also instructed on the procedure to apply into reputed companies such as Goldmann Sachs, PwC, Microsoft, Tata Autocomp, Walmart, Microland, Amdocs, Tata Steel, HIL Limited, Hero MotoCorp, Reliance, ISWPL.
MSC strengthens women
MicroSave Consulting (MSC) in collaboration with the Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS) organised a programme for women. A total of 67 per cent of participants in the treatment group had a better awareness of various financial products and services and in areas like usage and protection ATM cards, compared to 23% in the comparison group. MSC is an international consulting firm that works in the area of economic, social, and financial inclusion.
MicroSave Consulting (MSC) in collaboration with the Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS), is currently running the next phase of the program across Jharkhand. The participants in the program were divided into two groups – treatment and comparison groups–with similar attributes based on specific parameters.