In yet another move towards empowering women in Jharkhand, the State Cabinet on Tuesday gave its approval for ‘Tejaswini’ scheme to be funded by the Central Government. The Cabinet, during Tuesday’s meeting at the Project Building Secretariat in Ranchi, also sanctioned Rs80.98 crore for the construction of Jharkhand Technical University. A total of 22 proposals were passed during the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
“The 540 crore ‘Tejaswini’ Scheme will be funded by the Central Government for which it will take 70 per cent of the total amount from World Bank as soft loan,” said Additional Chief Secretary (Cabinet) NN Pandey. Rest of the 30 per cent amount will be provided by the State Government, he added.
Pandey said under Tejaswini scheme women and girls within the age group of 11-24 years will be imparted employment oriented training in 17 districts of Jharkhand so that they could be made financially and socially independent.
The cabinet also okayed a proposal for the construction of Advanced Training Institute at Sanga village under Kanke Block in Ranchi on PPP mode where 15 acres of GM (Malik) land will be made available for the purpose on lease, either free of cost or on a nominal rent of Rs1 per year. As many as 800 persons per year will be trained here per year. With this Jharkhand becomes 15th State in the Country to establish such an institute for promotion of skill development. The institute will train trainers who will impart vocational skills to youths and women across the State.
For capacity building of the newly appointed City Managers in Jharkhand, the Cabinet also gave its approval for naming Xavier labour Research Institute (XlRI) Jamshedpur as training institute on the basis of nomination. City Managers will be given human resource training at XlRI as per the plan.
A proposal for appointment on 150 posts of Deposition Typists to be appointed at various courts in Jharkhand was also approved during the Cabinet meeting. In addition to that, a proposal for Daharbati reservoir in lohardaga involving Rs4,796 lakh was also approved by the Cabinet. The cabinet also gave its approval for the proposal of increasing the number of services to 151 under Jharkhand State Service Guarantee Act- 2015.