CM Raghubar Das chaired a high level meeting ahead of Budget making excercise for 2017-18 with Chief Secretary, principal secretaries and Secretaries here on Wednesday. During the meeting he directed to bring in necessary provisions for incorporation of pre-Budget suggestions received in the Gram Sabhas of different divisions.
Financial Year 2017-18 has been announced as Poor Welfare Year by the Government. Separate budget will be made for SC and ST people. Schemes and funds to be given under different heads will be mentioned in that.
laying stress on connecting BPl families with Aajivika, the CM said that sakhi mandals adept in cottage industries, lac, silk and handloom production should be selected. Sakhi mandals are being connected with urban wards, health insurance and purchase of dress. Women will be trained in auto driving and provided with loan through MUDRA bank. Rehabilitation centers in Ranchi and Gumla are being opened for victim women of trafficking.
As per the suggestion received in Gram Sabha, the CM directed to make platform for drying paddy. Panchayats have been asked to start Kanji house and make dung bank in every village to serve agricultural as well as electricity purposes. Hostels will be made for working women.
Regarding starting smart education in high schools, he said that it is being started in the next financial year. Schools in the line of Netarhat are being opened in other divisions. lPG will be provided for cooking in schools. Commercial educations are being started in middle schools. Separate funds will be allotted to schools for sanitation.
The CM directed to arrange drinking water, toilets and signage along the highways. He said to establish trauma centers on important places out of 35 identified spots.
Manpower will be increased in the jail. All 43 jammers installed in the jail of the state are working. The formation of Schedule Tribe Battalion is in the last phase.
A list of rural markets should be made and clean drinking water should be provided as well as toilets should be constructed. Cold storage will be opened in all districts. Pilot projects have been started in Ranchi and Ramgarh to provide fertilizers through DBT. Dairy plants are being opened in Jamshedpur and Giridih and agricultural university is being opened in Dumka.
The PDS department is starting PTG postman scheme. It will provide packed food grain sack to the schedule and primitive tribe people. Sacks will be made by sakhi mandals.
Mobile Daal Bhat schemes will be started in 260 blocks. It has been directed to park the mobile van in the block offices, hospitals and bus stands.
Maluti Mahotsav will be celebrated by Tourism Dept. which will be state festival. It will increase tourists in Maluti. Deoghar airport construction is in progress and minibus police is being prepared for the local youths.