Guv orders action against ex-JPSC officials
Governor Jharkhand Syed Ahmed has ordered immediate suspension and also sanctioned disciplinary actions against former JPSC Chairman, Dilip Prasad and former member Shanti Devi. While Prasad is presently working as Reader, Animal Science department, Ranchi College, Devi is contributing as a lecturer at Hindi Department at Ramlakhan Singh Yadav College.
RIMS students call on CM
Students of RIMS on Monday met CM Raghubar Das at the official residence and apprised the CM about the ongoing controversy at the college campus. Das emphasized on better environment at the medical college premises and said students to create a better environment for education and render their services to people living in remote areas. CM said Ranchi will become medical hub and medical tourism will be promoted in Jharkhand.
Nathwani raises TPDS issue in RS
In the last three years and the current year the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution allocated 19.27-crore ton food-grains (rice and wheat) under Targeted Public Distribution System (TDPS), of which various states lifted 16.90-crore ton. Jharkhand’s foodgrains off-take remained at 38.09 lakh ton against total allocation of 51.87 lakh ton under TPDS in last four years since 2011-12. Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Raosaheb Patil Danve, stated in Rajya Sabha on February 27 in reply to the question raised by member of Rajya Sabha Parimal Nathwani.
‘Forex for you’ programme at JSIA
A ‘Customer Service Meet and an awareness programme— ‘Forex for you’—was organized by Foreign Exchange department of RBI in association with JSIA at Ranchi. The programmes were attended by Regional Director, RBI, Bihar & Jharkhand, MK Verma; GM, O-I-C, RBI, Ranchi, Patrick Barla; GM, Foreign Exchange, RBI, Patna, JP Tirkey, convener of SlBC, Jain Bhushan and president JSIA, Sharad Poddar.