Much talked about State Development Council (SDC) would come into existence for the first time in Jharkhand. Framed in the lines of the Centre's NITI Ayog, the SDC will be chaired by the Chief Minister and have a fleet of members from different walks of life.
The Chief Minister would nominate an eminent personality having vast experience in the field of industry, management, administration, economy or social sector as fulltime deputy chairperson of the Council. This apart, Cabinet Ministers, all the Members of Parliament from the State would chip in as members while 20 per cent of the MlAs of the House would contribute for one-year tenure and would be replaced next year with another group of 20 per cent. The Speaker would nominate the MlAs for the council.
"The SDC would also have five chairpersons of district councils on rotation basis for one year who would be nominated by the Panchayati Raj Department. Similarly, five chairpersons of municipal corporations would also serve for one year in the SDC and would be nominated by the Urban Development Department," said Cabinet Secretary NN Pandey on Tuesday.
This apart, the Chief Secretary, the Development Commissioner and all the Secretaries of the different departments would be the members of the Council. Secretary of Planning-cum-Finance Department would act as Member Secretary of the SDC.
Explaining the purpose the group of elected and administrative individuals would serve, NN Pandey said that the SDC would propose long-term plan for overall development of the State.
"The idea is to serve the common man better and use the existing resources for setting up trend of development in the State. It would suggest long-term plan strategy for five years, focus on special areas such as poverty alleviation, irrigation, small and cottage industries, setting up new industries, uses of land resources, youth affairs and skill development and cleanliness," added he.
The Cabinet also set up State plan assessment committee headed by the Development Commissioner. Secretary of Planning-cum- Finance and related heads of the related departments would be its members.
The Cabinet also took a decision to designate Inspector rank official as in-charge in 46 urban police stations from Ranchi, Dumka, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Bokaro and Hazaribagh. In Ranchi total 16 police stations namely Sukhdeo Nagar, lower Bazar, lalpur, Sadar, Bariatu, Jagannathpur, Chutia, Gonda, Argora, Namkum, Ratu, Ormanjhi, Kanke, Hindpiri, Daily Market and Tatisilwai would now be manned by Inspector rank officials. Also, law and order and investigation works would be separated from each other for better policing.
The Government also gave its nod to maintain rural roads under PMGSY and others through its own expenses following the maintenance clause ends after five years. The roads have been kept in category-A connecting district headquarters to sub-division and subsequently from sub-division to block and panchayat headquarters. Roads connecting railway stations and bus stands would come under this.
While in category-B, the rural roads connecting one panchayat headquarter to another would be maintained. Routine, periodic and emergency repairs taking care of potholes, flanks, black toppings or damages caused by flood etc would be taken care of. Special maintenance for the damages by heavy vehicles would also be repaired by the Government.