The 77th Independence Day was celebrated with fervour and zeal across the State on Tuesday. Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Governor CP Radhakrishnan unfurled the national flag in Ranchi and Dumka respectively. They also headed the State ceremonies in the two cities and inspected the Independence Day parade.
On the occasion, Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced Jharkhand’s own housing scheme named ‘Abua Awas Yojna’ at a cost of Rs 15,000 crore. Under the scheme houses with three rooms will be made available to the eligible beneficiaries in the next two years.
Addressing a mammoth gathering at the historic Morhabadi Ground in Ranchi on Tuesday, the CM said his government has been constantly striving to build a strong state and making honest attempts to fulfil the promises made to the people of Jharkhand.
“As promised to the people of this state, I announce a new scheme, ‘Abua Awas Yojana’ from this stage today. Under this scheme, the state government will spend around 15,000 crores from its fund and provide houses to the needy in the next two years,” said Soren. A large number of schemes are being run in the state for the welfare of the poor and needy, he added.
The CM said that appointments to about 38,000 posts in various categories will soon begin and people, especially youths should get their benefits.
To speed up the process of recruitment in the state, the requisition has already been sent to the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission to start the recruitment process, he said. “Publication of advertisement has already been done for recruitment of 36,000 posts and the process of appointment will be completed very soon” Soren said.
The state government is making all efforts to ensure that people get their dues and the ‘Jharkhand Competitive Examination (Measures for Prevention and Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Bill, 2023’ has been passed in the Assembly to ensure a clean and transparent selection process in competitive examinations and secure the future of the youth, he added.
The CM said that ‘Mukhyamantri Sarathi Yojana’ has also been started in 80 blocks of the State for the skill development of the youth. ‘Mukhyamantri Rozgar Srijan Yojana’ is also being implemented to provide loans at cheap and subsidised rates to the tribal, dalit, backward, minority and differently-abled youth for self-employment, under which, a total loan amount of Rs 105 crore was released in the financial year 2022-23, CM said.
Counting on the achievements of the state government during the last three years, the chief minister said the universal pension scheme has been started in the state and Rs 1400 crore was given to 35 lakh beneficiaries as pension till July 2023.
Meanwhile, addressing a huge gathering at Police Line Dumka, Governor C P Radhakrishnan said that migration and unemployment are two huge problems that the state faces and multi-pronged efforts are on to strengthen the rural economy.
He said that the government is determined to ensure that development reaches the last person living in the remotest corner of Jharkhand. "Unemployment and migration have been big problems in Jharkhand. We are taking forward the process of recruitment against vacant government posts. The state government has sent a requisition to Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission for appointments to about 38,000 vacant posts, out of which advertisements for appointments to 36,000 posts are published," Radhakrishnan said.
Stating that more than 70 per cent of Jharkhand's population live in villages, the governor said that multi-pronged efforts are being made by the state government to strengthen its rural economy. Many public welfare schemes are being run by it for the development of agriculture and allied sectors.