Working in the direction of a better budget management and planning in future, the Government has approved the proposal amalgamating plan and non-plan segments into one. The Cabinet, on Friday, okayed the idea which is already into operation at the Centre.
“The Cabinet has approved the proposal for merging plan and non-plan segments of the annual budget from the financial year 2017-18. This would leave just capital and revenue expenditures defined into it which would be for developmental schemes as well as for the cost coming on establishment like salary and pension etc,” said Cabinet Secretary SS Meena after the meeting.
The Cabinet also waived stamp duty and registration fee on the plots allotted to ace international archer Deepika Kumari and to the wife of martyr Sankalp Kumar. Deepika has been allotted 4500 sq feet of plot while the martyr’s family has got 2250 sq feet plot at Harmu Housing Society from the State Government. The waiver would be in the tune of Rs 6,92,860 and Rs 3,46,000, respectively.
In another decision, the Cabinet has appointed on nomination basis noted sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar to carve out Swami Vivekananda statue to be set up at Ranchi lake. The artist has shaped more than fifty monumental sculptures in his career spanning over 40 years that include notable works like the 45 feet Chambal monument at the Gandhi Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh.
He had also designed ‘Statue of Unity’, the tallest statue of the world currently under construction at Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat. Sutar has earlier been conferred with Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution in the field of art.
Meena said that the Cabinet approved and sanctioned fund for building power grid sub-stations and transmission lines. This include Godda sub-station along with Godda-lalmatia and Godda-Dumka transmission lines costing Rs 179.5 crore, Bahragora sub-station along with Bahragora-Dhalbhumgarh line at Rs 79 crore, Chandankiyari sub-station and Chandankiyari-Jaina More and Chandankiyari-Gobindpur line costing Rs 106 crore. Jamtara sub-station along with Giridih-Jamtara line costing Rs 72.5 crore has also got the approval. Also, lands required for building power stations in future would be allocated free of cost to the transmission company with approval of DCs.
“The Cabinet, after a discussion, decided to purchase all the shares of Hotel Ashoka in Ranchi from the ITDC and Bihar Government. 51 per cent shares of the Hotel were with ITDC and 36.75 per cent with Bihar that means the State Government would have to purchase 87.75 per cent shares. The other 12.25 per cent shares are already with Jharkhand,” added the Cabinet Secretary.
The Cabinet also approved the DPR prepared by Tata Motors for building Institute of Driving, Training and Research that would cost Rs 189925000. Rs 17 crore would come as grant from the Centre while the State would chip in with Rs 1 crore. The rest would be borne by Tata Motors.
The Government has reset the commission paid to all the boards, corporations and societies for providing services for any project uniformly. 7 per cent would be charged for the projects costing Rs 10 crore where from 5 per cent would be paid as commission for projects between Rs 10 and Rs 100 crore. One per cent commission would be paid for every one crore after Rs 100 crore.
The Government abiding by the High Court order has recommended to the JPSC to add one more seat under Divyang quota for the 6th Civil Services to be held next. The HC had while hearing the petition of Vivek Kumar Singh ordered in his favour.