The State Government has given the green signal to the master plan for developing site-1 of Core Capital area.
In its meeting on Tuesday, the Cabinet approved the plans for the new capital sprawling over 1902.64 acres, consisting of government offices, judicial structures and more.
The new Assembly building will be built on 39.34 acres and Jharkhand Secretariat on 67 acres. Plot measuring 90.2 acres have been reserved for new Jharkhand High Court building whereas 66.14 acres of land will house the VIPs of the State. More than 40 acres of land have been set aside for new Raj Bhawan campus and future construction.
The Cabinet also decided on strategies for improving the State of the stretch leading from Raj Bhawan to Kanta Toli chowk. “Flyovers, as needed, will be constructed along this street via Circular Road, which will require extensive land acquisitions,” said Cabinet Secretary SS Meena.
The State Government approved Rs633.88 crore for this entire scheme, out of which, Rs531.78 crore will be used for land acquisition whereas the remaining Rs102.1 crore will be utilised for development work on and along the artery, Meena said.
The process fees stipulated by the provisions of Court Fee Act, 1870 were also waived by the Cabinet to strengthen Jharkhand’s standing in Ease of Doing Business.
Creation of 77 posts of medical practitioners Cabinet OK’s core capital master plan for the newly-built trauma centres at Sadar Hospital, Hazaribagh and 101 posts for the proposed one at Pataliputra Medical College and Hospital, Dhanbad, were also sanctioned in the Cabinet meeting today.
The Cabinet agreed to spend Rs31.50 crore on Double Cropping Rice Fallow Scheme during financial year 2016-17. Under this initiative, incentives of Rs1,800 per hectare will be awarded to farmers to encourage them to plant pulses and oilseeds, using the moisture in their fields after harvesting paddy.
This move is expected to cause an increase of 800 tonne in production of pulses and oilseeds, said Meena.