Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon on Tuesday, the second day of ongoing winter session, presented the second supplementary budget of Rs 8,533 crore for the current financial year. The supplementary budget will be discussed in the House on Wednesday and it is all likely that it will be passed. The provision of the maximum amount in the second supplementary has been made for the Energy Department.
Department-wise provision has been made in the supplementary budget as follows: Energy Department: Rs 2733 crore, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperation Department has been sanctioned Rs 595 crore, the Food Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Department has been sanctioned Rs 197 crore, Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Department has been sanctioned Rs 434 crore this year in second supplementary budget. Home, Jail and Disaster Department: Rs 220 crore, Labor Employment Training Department: Rs 160 crore, Rural Development Department: Rs 217 crore, Urban Development and Housing Department: Rs 251 crore, ST, SC, OBC Minority Welfare Department has been Rs 1058 crore as Chief Minister Hemant Soren has initiated various welfare schemes for SC/ST promotions.
The Rural Works Department which is also directly link with people welfare has been sanctioned Rs 350 crore. Women Child Development Department which too is concerned with human development has been sanctioned Rs 1158 crores the second highest after the energy department.
On the second day of the winter session, the state government withdrew three bills amidst uproar from the side and the opposition. In which the Jharkhand Finance Bill 2021 passed by the Assembly on 9 September 2021, the Jharkhand State Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill 2022 passed by the Assembly on 24 March 2022 and resolution of arrears of Jharkhand Taxation Acts passed by the Assembly on 3 August 2022 Bill 2022 is included. Significantly, these bills were returned by the governor due to certain errors.
The winter session of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly commenced on Monday. The five-day session will conclude on December 23. There will be a question hour on the second day i.e. December 20, apart from this, the second supplementary expenditure statement for the financial year 2022-23 will be brought in the House by the government. On December 21, there will be a general vote on the second supplementary expenditure statement after debate in the House. On December 22, apart from the Question Hour, state bills and other state works will be held in the House. On December 23, after the Question Hour, members will bring a private resolution.
DPS Ranchi shines in Group Singing Competition
Students of DPS Ranchi secured Third position in National Level of Inter-School Group Singing Competition organised by Bharat Vikas Parishad at Maharana Pratap Sabhaagar, Nagar Parishad, Bhilwada, Rajasthan. Total 09 teams from Jharkhand, Punjab, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand participated at this level of competition. It is worth mentioning here that the team from DPS Ranchi had bagged the First Position in District Level and qualified for the State Level. After securing the First Position at the State Level, they qualified for Regional Level and emerged as proud qualifier for the National Level by securing First Position. The participants showcased their talent through patriotic songs delivered in Hindi and Sanskrit languages.
SC (Railways) inspects Sanki-Sidhwar section
Safety Commissioner (Railways), Eastern Circle, Kolkata, Suvomoy Mitra, on Tuesday, inspected the newly constructed Sanki-Sidhwar rail section (27 km) in the fourth and final phase under the Koderma-Ranchi New Rail Line Project. Along with this, a speedy trial was also successfully conducted by the Commissioner of Safety (Railways) with a special train. In this sequence, an in-depth review of this section was taken by the Safety Commissioner (Railways). Divisional Railway Manager and other officers of Dhanbad Division were present on the occasion. It may be noted that the 27 km long Sanki-Sidhwar railway line is a part of the Koderma-Ranchi (202 km) main project costing about Rs 3800 crore. Four tunnels, 32 curves and five major rail bridges have been constructed on the newly constructed Sanki-Sidhwar section.
SBPS shines in CBSE national adolescent summit
Everyone has the fire, but only the champions know when to ignite the spark. The students of SBPS won laurels in the CBSE National Adolescent Summit on Life Skills, Mental Health, Safety and Well Being 2022 held in Delhi. Around 800 students from 200 schools from all over the country participated in the event. The team comprising of Yash Mittal, Srijay Sinha, Ayon Sarkar and Vidhaan Ajmera bagged the outstanding award for their performance in the Pathshala Nukkad Ki - A Nukkad Natak on Diversity of India – My Pride. They were felicitated with certificates of appreciation and medals. Srijay Sinha won the Guest of Honour Award for his brilliant performance in beatboxing. A citation of honour was also awarded to the Principal of our school for the distinguished participation of the school.
AGM SER inspects Ranchi Station
A detailed inspection of Ranchi railway station of Ranchi Railway Division was done by Additional General Manager of South Eastern Railway Atulya Sinha in the presence of Divisional Railway Manager, Ranchi Pradeep Gupta and Branch Officers of Ranchi Division. During the inspection, the AGM made a detailed inspection of platform number one, foot over bridge, north entrance and passenger facilities available at the station at Ranchi Railway Station. Along with this, the works to be done under the redevelopment of Ranchi Railway Station were also reviewed. After the inspection, AGM Atulya Sinha reviewed the development works going on in the division by holding a meeting with the divisional railway manager and branch officers in the auditorium of the divisional office.