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In the light of continuing schemes and programmes related to developmental initiatives the Government has decided to form a permanent social audit directorate. The decision has been taken as extension of the audits that have to be conducted for 1500 gram panchayats in the process of being declared open defecation free (ODF) recently.
Informing about the decision taken on Tuesday by the Cabinet, Principal Secretary SKG Rahate said that the ODF programme being run under the Swachchh Bharat Mission at present would be audited through the cell already in place with the Rural Development Department.
“The Social Audit Cell is already in place with the Department which would take up the task to examine 1500 gram panchayats who have declared ODF or are in the process of getting the tag. Rs 241.50 lakh has been sanctioned for this. Also, a directorate would be set up to conduct social audits of such schemes in future,” said the official after the Cabinet meeting.
Govt to set up directorate for social audit of scheme being declared ODF so far. Besides, 47 blocks, 965 gram panchayats and 7200 village panchayats have either being given the tag officially or are in the process of acquiring it. As per the guideline the tag has to be verified through social audits.
In another important decision the Cabinet amended rule 3.14 of the Jharkhand Municipality Elected Representative (Discipline and Appeal) Rule, 2017. The rules are for holding any elected representative disqualified due to certain reasons.
“The existing guideline sets cut-off date as 31 December, 2017 after which any one getting additional child than two alive children has to be disqualified as elected representative in UlBs. Now the amended provision has put the date as one year after the Jharkhand Municipality Act, 2011 came into force. Means anyone having more than two children till one year of the Act coming into force, then he or she would be not disqualified,” added SKG Rahate.
Relief has also come for the employees of the State Government getting benefits of the 7th pay commission came into force in Jharkhand since January 1, 2016. The Cabinet has decided to hike the dearness allowance by one per cent from existing 4 per cent. The revised rate would be applicable from July 1, 2017. This is expected to cost Rs 107 crore annually on the exchequer.
Also six posts including of Vice Chancellor, Registrar, two Assistant Registrars, one Controller of Examination and one Financial Officer at the newly carved out Shayama Prasad University from the Ranchi University have been created. Notably the Government had decided to upgrade Ranchi College under the Ranchi University as a separate University about a year back naming it after the BJP ideologue.
Similarly, two gazetted and 36 non-gazetted posts have been created in ITI at Madhupur and Women ITI, Deoghar. Rs 39.28 crore has been sanctioned for AIDIA for developing infrastructure in the industrial area. 50 per cent of the amount would be given as aid from the State Government which the Authority would chip in with the rest.