Six districts having considerable population of tribals and standing backward on most of the growth parameters would be getting special package for three years. The package would be in the tune of Rs 50 crore every year to each of the district identified.
Informing about the decision taken by the Cabinet on Tuesday, Additional Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh said that two committees would work out and implement schemes in the districts.
“The Cabinet has decided to allocate untied fund of Rs 50 crore for a year to Khunti, Gumla, West Singhbhum, Pakur, Sahibganj and Simdega. The first three have tribal population as much as 65 per cent, 68 per cent, 69 per cent respectively while Simdega has 70 per cent tribals. On the other, Pakur and Sahibganj are among the most backward districts. The fund would be given for three years’ period,” said Singh.
He explained that a committee headed by concerned DCs would identify schemes to be implemented over there which would further be sent to another committee in the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary at the State level for final approval. Once cleared,. the DCs would execute the schemes meant for overall development of the districts.
This apart, the Cabinet, in another important decision, approved Ordinances for setting up two private universities in the State. “Chaudhary Charan Singh Educational Trust Society has given proposal to set up Capital University at Koderma. Ramakrishna Dharmarth Foundation under the Ayushmati Education and Social Society based in Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh has also proposed to setup a university,” he added.
The Cabinet, in the light of the Center stopping fund for developing queue complex coming up at Deoghar after releasing just Rs 11.85 crore out of its total share Rs 23.71 crore, has decided to bear the remaining cost from the State fund. Total cost of the complex is Rs 31.12 crore. Also, 23 police outposts and 14 traffic outposts would be setup ahead of upcoming Shrawani Mela in the temple town.
In a policy shift, the Government has scrapped its own Special Economic Zone rules that came into force in 2003 and decided to adopt the Centre’s SEZ policy of 2005 and rules framed in 2006, said Singh. Also, the decision taken in October 2014 to provide pension to teachers of Madarsas and Sanskrit schools has been dumped due to technicalities which prevented the schemes from taking off till now.