Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each from CM Discretionary Funds to dependents of four farmers who allegedly committed suicide in recent days in the State. During the second 20-Point Programme Executive Committee meeting here, the CM also warned those trying to dent communal harmony in the State of dire consequences in future, and those trying to get into illegal trade of banned meat.
“The 20-Sutri State level committee will be committee of commitment. The Government wants to bring the marginalised and poor people of State in the mainstream of development,” said the CM during the meeting which was scheduled in the last week of June, but was postponed to Wednesday for some unavoidable circumstances.
The CM stressed upon accountability of officials in the system and said that governance and administration should be completely accountable. He also said that the lacuna in the governance would be sorted out and system strengthened at the earliest.
The CM also directed the labour Department to form a task force and inspect throughout the State to know whether labourers were being paid the minimum wages or not. “During current calendar year, more than 50,000 appointment letters have been distributed apart from connecting youth with skill development programmes which will see them standing up and becoming self dependent soon. There are ample opportunities in the textile industry. Jharkhand is the largest silk producer state in the world. He appealed to the committee members to change their outlook and join hands for the development of the state,” said the CM.
He added that the government wouldn’t tolerate any dent to communal harmony that prevailed in our society. He also warned those caught smuggling of the animals and banned meat, as slaughter houses of the State remained sealed. He said that officers –in –charge will be dismissed in any of such cases. The Committee also discussed unpleasant events of cow vigilante and mob-lynching in recent days and stressed upon requirement of preparedness of thwarting any possible event in future.
He said that civil societies and civil defense should be formed in towns and they should work with the administration and government. “The state has to be made ODF and hence people should be made aware of it. People should take part in plantation drive of 2.66 Crores of plants.
Development Commissioner Amit Khare said on the occasion that block level meeting will be conducted all over the State on August 21 and followed district level meetings on 24, 30 and 31 same month. The MPs and Samiti members also gave some suggestions including lift irrigation on panchayat level, sorting out the problems of making the land revenue records online, establishment of gram kuthcery, need of strong observation on district and block level, better storing capacity of grains in districts, employment and discrepancy in health services regarding rates between Ranchi and Delhi.
The meeting was coordinated by Deputy Chairperson Rakesh Prasad in which Ministers Nilkanth Singh Munda, louis Marandi, CP Singh, Amar Kumar Bauri and Neera Yadav, MPs BD Ram, PN Singh, Ravindra Rai, Sunil Singh and Mahesh Poddar, Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, Additional Chief Secretaries Amit Khare, Sudhir Tripathi and NN Sinha, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of, members of the Committe, and members of political and social organizations were also present.