The Government has called six-day-long Monsoon Session of the Assembly starting from July 22. The Cabinet, in its meeting, gave nod to invite the session that would continue till July 29.
Informing about this, Cabinet Secretary SS Meena said on Tuesday that host of Bills and other legislative exercises would take place during the session. “The Cabinet has finalised a provisional session for the Assembly which would be sent to the Speaker for taking a final call. As of now ‘Jharkhand Building Construction Act-2011’ for which there was a decision to bring an Ordinance, would now be tabled as a Bill before the House besides, other businesses getting transacted,” he said.
The Cabinet, which in total passed 18 proposals, also decided to merge Mal Paharia, Kumarbhag Paharia and Sauria Paharia into one. The members of the primitive tribal groups would now be notified only as Paharia at the 23rd position in the list of STs for the State.
In another important decision, three per cent seats in Government jobs and education institutions would be reserved for persons with disabilities. “The Cabinet has under the provisions of Disabled Act-1995 has decided to give three per cent reservation horizontally in jobs and admissions for the persons with disabilities,” added Meena.
This apart, the employees of Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (BSRTC), who have to be accommodated in different Departments in Jharkhand, would be given several monetary benefits starting from August 14, 2011; the date when the High Court had decided the case in their favour. However, before issuing notification in this regard opinion of the law Department would be taken into account.
244 different posts have been created in the Anti-Corruption Bureau keeping in mind the growing need after the Vigilance Bureau came into its present shape. 23 different types of positions have been created. 132 posts have been created for this financial year while 112 other for 2017-18.
The Cabinet has also decided to relax clause 261 (B) of the Treasury Act and allowed universities to keep the grants given in bank accounts for this year only. Similar permission has also been given to the Jharkhand State Rural Roadways Development Authority which gets fund as Centre-State share under the PMGSY.