Doctors of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) will now get non-practicing allowance (NPA) for not doing practice outside the hospital. The Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval for the much awaited demand made by RIMS doctors along with 39 other proposals. A decision was also taken by the cabinet to regularize the jobs of 367 nurses, out of 516 sanctioned posts, serving at RIMS. The RIMS administration however, will make fresh recruitments for the rest of 149 nurses.
“A decision was also taken by the cabinet to investigate the irregularities done by the former Vice Chancellor of Birsa Agricultural University MP Pandey by a single member team of a retired High Court Judge Justice Vikramaditya Prasad,” said Cabinet Secretary JB Tubid.The cabinet also categorized the distribution of funds of MlAs and Chief Minister’s Development Programme in case elections are held in between a financial year. The decision was supposedly done in order to avoid clash after the elections are over in Jharkhand scheduled to be conducted in the month of November.
“In case elections are held within three months of the financial year, the sitting MlA will not get anything from it but in case elections are held within a period of 3 to 9 months of the financial year, he will be entitled for 50 per cent of the funds; if it is held within a period of more than 9 months, the MlA will be entitlement for 100 per cent of the funds,” said the Cabinet Secretary.
Tubid further added that the travelling allowance of the dumb and deaf employees of the state government has been doubled. In addition to that, 2.3 acres of land have been allotted to the Indian Oil Corporation limited at Haldipokhar in Jamshedpur for storage purposes. The cabinet also gave its approval for the deputation of Jharkhand State Industrial Security Force at banks, business and industrial units across the state, said Tubid.
Besides, the cabinet also gave its approval for widening and repair work of six roads in Ranchi, Manoharpur, Jamtara, Chaibasa, Dumka, and Deoghar along with the execution of Domni Nala Barrage freezing the time bound for completion of the project.