The Cabinet has okayed musical group run by noted singer and composer Kailash Kher to perform on the occasion of Jharkhand foundation day on November 15.
Informing about the approval Cabinet Secretary SKG Rahate said that the Rs 35 lakh has been sanctioned for this purpose. “The Government is of the opinion that Kailash Kher has special attraction among youths and has been associated with several similar projects with the Centre and the UNDP for jingles. His appearance would also help Jharkhand in the field of tourism. Rs 35 lakh has been approved for in addition to taxes, expenses coming on travelling and stay etc would be addition to that,” said the official on Wednesday.
Also, the Cabinet approved the proposal to raise upper age limit for ‘Divyangs’ in direct recruitment in Government jobs. The decision now sets the limit up to 45 years for General Category applicants, 47 years for Backward Classes and OBCs and 48 years for women from the section while puts it 50 years for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
The Cabinet also sanctioned Rs 46.32 crore for constructing six cold storages of 5000 MT capacity in different districts. Jharkhand Building Construction Corporation Limited would be paid Rs 2.78 crore in addition to that as user agency charge. The warehouses would come up at Lohardaga, Bokaro, Chatra, East Singhbhum, Palamu and Sahibgunj.
GM land measuring 8.334 acre at Nirsa block of Dhanbad has been transferred to Rail Ministry for dedicated freight corridor on the payment of Rs 10.62 crore. The Cabinet also allocated work for developing urban water supply system at Khunti to Shriram EPC Limited Chennai for 59.54 crore as per Procurement regulations of the World Bank. The firm had emerged as single qualified bidder for the project. Also, Rs 30 crore has been sanctioned for the organic certification and promotion of organic manure production scheme meant to generate and utilise organic manure from farm residues.