The first anniversary of the coalition government in Jharkhand was celebrated in Congress Bhavan on Tuesday in presence of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) In-charge, RPN Singh and JPCC Chief, Rameshwar Oraon.
Addressing media persons at the party headquarter in the State Capital, Singh said that the coalition government fulfilled the announcement of waiving the loans of farmers. "Jharkhand ranks third in the Country in providing employment under MGNREGA. The State Government brought back migrant workers during lockdown and provided them employment in addition to food grains. Gradually, the State Government is moving fast towards fulfilling all other announcements and promises. The proposal to implement Sarna Dharma was passed by the Assembly and sent to the Central Government. The State Government has made a provision of compensation of Rs One lakh to the dependent of the deceased in the event of death in a road accident, better work is also being done in animal husbandry, power generation and other areas," he added.
The party State In-charge said that every state has something special, Jharkhand has immense potential in the field of sports and there are plans to develop Jharkhand as a sports centric State.
In response to a question, Singh said that the performance of the four ministers of the Congress Party in the Government has been good. Under the leadership of JPCC Chief Rameshwar Oraon, in the Corona era, the way grain was provided to every needy family and now ration cards are being provided to 15 lakh people, it was praised all over the Country, he added.
"At the same time, along with the leadership of the legislative party leader cum Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam, along with providing employment to the people through the rural development and MGNREGA schemes, the efforts of rural development were also made. Due to the efforts of Agriculture Minister Badal, the loan of farmers up to Rs 50 thousand was waived and now many new schemes have been started for the farmers. At the same time, under the guidance of Health Minister Banna Gupta, the Health Department worked well and overcame the Corona crisis, the facility of proper check up was provided and did not let any difficult situation arise," said Singh.
In response to a query on the attitude of the Central Government, Singh said that the attitude of the Central Government with non-BJP ruled states and especially backward states like Jharkhand was negative.