In a bid to boost the investment scenario in Jharkhand, Chief Secretary Rajeev Gauba reviewed Ease of Doing Business with the officials here on Thursday. Gauba also announced that the Global Investment Summit will be conducted in September in Jharkhand. There will be road shows organised from February itself in different industrial cities of the nation to attract investment.
In the meeting, officers also discussed the road shows and investment promotional events. The CS also said that the State has received a special invitation to take part in the ‘Make in India Week’ scheduled to be held from February 13 to 18. Hence, he directed the labour, Exchange & Training Department to complete work on all the points by January 31 and start process of digital signature.
Gauba also directed the law Department to take guidance from the High Court to sort out commercial disputes.
Meanwhile, in another meeting held by the Chief Secretary Rajiv Gauba directed the Deputy Commissioners (DC) to complete the process of land acquisition for women’s and model colleges in their respective districts by January 15.
The CS, during the review meeting with all DCs on the issue of execution of various Government schemes and programmes being undertaken across the State through video conferencing, also said that keeping the coming summer season into mind the State Disaster Management Department (SDMD) will be releasing a fund of Rs 50 crore for the repair of hand-pumps across the State.
The Chief Secretary also directed DCs to complete construction of toilets in their districts by March 31 under Clean India Mission. “A scheme was formulated by the centre to free each of the blocks from open defecation, which must be completed by March 31 at any cost,” said Gauba.
He asked to expedite the work in the districts where execution of work was not being undertaken in the stipulated time frame.
Gauba during the meeting also directed the MGNREGA Commissioner to submit weekly report where there was no progress in work. He also asked all municipal bodies to indentify land for solid waste management.
In order to avert water crisis in districts, the Chief Secretary directed the DCs send proposals in this regard, prepare a list of all dysfunctional hand pumps and send report after examining the status of water tanks in the districts.
“Monitoring of repair of dysfunctional hand pumps will be done by the DCs themselves,” he said. The CS also directed the DCs to remove all fake degree holders from their jobs and also establish coordination with the banks to ensure that bank account of 25 lakh children are opened by January 25.
Reviewing Food, Supply and Consumer Affairs Department, Gauba directed the DCs to complete the distribution of ration cards immediately where it has not been completed yet and also to implement procurement system more effectively where it has not yet been affected.
According to Chef Secretary Rajeev Gauba, as the State Government is to put its report card before the house before the budget session of Jharkhand Assembly, it must get satisfied that the execution of schemes and programmes announced by it has actually been executed or not.