In a major decision taken by the Hemant Soren led coalition government, which claims to begin an appointment spree in the State, the State Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to creation of 50,000 new posts of teachers at primary and middle schools in Jharkhand.
The Government's decision to create new teachers’ posts is a big step of the Soren government, as it addresses the shortage of vacant posts of teachers at government schools. As per the Cabinet decision, 20,825 posts of teachers will be created at primary schools, while at middle schools the new posts will be 29,175.
“The cabinet approved creation of 20,825 new posts of intermediate trained assistant teachers for primary schools and 29,175 new posts of trained graduate teachers for middle schools,” said Jharkhand Cabinet Secretary Vandana Dadel.
Apart from creation of teachers’ posts at government schools, the Cabinet also gave its nod to 87 teachers’ posts each at new degree colleges to be set up at Ranchi University and Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University Dhanbad.
The Cabinet also gave its approval for sanctioning Rs 36 crore for free distribution of food grains among the poor till September 2022.
Dadel further informed that the cabinet sanctioned Rs 36 crore for the free distribution of five kilograms of foodgrains from April 2022 to September 2022 among the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKY).
Decision for revision of the amount of pre-matric scholarships for the students of reserved categories (SC/ST/OBC) in government schools was also made in today’s Cabinet meeting. Students of class one to six will now get Rs 1,500, seven and eight Rs 2,500 and nine and ten Rs 4,500 on yearly as part of scholarship.
Cabinet approval for changing the name of Mukhya Mantri Sukanya Yojana to Savitribai Phule Kishori Samridhi Yojana was also made. The Sukanya Yojana is a scheme for providing financial assistance to girls under which girls of class eight and nine will get Rs 2,500, those of class 10-12 will get Rs 5,000 and those of 18-19 years will get a lump sum amount of Rs 20,000,” the Principal Secretary said.
Approval for creation of 1,990 new posts for para medical staff and doctors for 134 new primary health centres was also given.
Further, IIT Madras has been nominated as the technical partner of the state transport department for studying and drafting the standard operating procedures to reduce road accidents in the state.
In the road construction department, the Cabinet gave its approval for the construction of 26 kms of road between Gomia and Dumri Bihar at a cost of Rs 83 crore. It also sanctioned about Rs 212 crore for construction of 6.9 kms of road at Chandaghasi ring road near Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi.
North Karanpura Thermal Power Station has been granted a 30-year lease of 1.49 acre land at Nirsa block in Dhanbad for Rs 90,24,245 for setting up a substation.
Another cabinet decision was to change the rules for guarantors for availing business loans for self-employment and setting up businesses for people of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Castes communities.
“Earlier, only income tax payers and government employees could become guarantors. But now even the elected and formerly elected public representatives and private employees can be guarantors,” Dadel said.