The Jharkhand Tribal Advisory Committee today discussed point-wise to bring clarity in the definition of police station area under Section 46 of the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act. It was decided unanimously that the Revenue Registration and Land Reforms Department should prepare and submit a proposal for the implementation of the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act on the basis of the determined police station area of 1938 and a consensus was reached on the formation of a commission in relation to the above. The commission will study all aspects within 6 months and submit a report to the committee.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren chaired the meeting of Jharkhand Tribal Advisory Council (TAC) in the presence of members and officials here on Wednesday. After thorough deliberations on the proposals of the Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Minority and Backward Classes Welfare Department in the meeting, several important decisions were taken by the TAC for the protection of tribal interests in the state, preservation of civilization-culture and their all-round development.
After thorough deliberations and discussions on Rule 20 (iii) of the proposed notification draft related to the formation of Jharkhand Excise (Settlement and Operation of Shops for Retail Sale of Liquor) Rules, 2025, such Gram Panchayats of tribal dominated areas within the state, which have 50% or more tribal population and if the site is declared as a tourist place of international importance, national importance, state importance and local importance (except places of religious recognition) by various notifications of the Tourism, Art Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Department of the Government of Jharkhand, then for promotion of tourism, revenue interest and illegal In order to control liquor, the proposal for setting up retail product shops of off-premium nature in the said area was agreed upon.
The document related to the formation of Jharkhand Product Hotel, Restaurant, Bar and Club (Licensing and Operation) (Amendment) Rules, 2025 and Rule 21 of Clause-2 of the proposed notification format were agreed upon. In those Gram Panchayats of tribal dominated areas, which have 50% or more tribal population and if such places are declared as tourist places of international importance, national importance, state importance and local importance (except places of religious significance) by various notifications of Tourism, Art Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Department of Jharkhand Government, then with the objective of promoting tourism, revenue interest and controlling illegal liquor, consensus was reached on approving the license of hotel, restaurant and bar/restaurant and bar/club in the said area in excise form 8, 9 and 10/9 and 10/7 'A' respectively.
Discussion was held on resuming the construction work of proposed Icha Dam in Kharkai River in West Singhbhum district under Subarnarekha Multipurpose Project. After thorough deliberations of the Jharkhand Tribal Advisory Committee, it was agreed to prepare an investigation report with photos, videos and present it through a Power Point Presentation (PPT) after physically verifying the current status of the affected villages regarding the impact on the displaced tribal community and other persons due to the Icha Kharkai dam. Further action will be decided in the light of the said report.
After discussing the implementation of the "Abua Bir Dishom" campaign under the Forest Rights Scheme, it was decided that this "Abua Bir Dishom" should be run continuously on a wide scale. It should be ensured that forest patta is distributed compulsorily every 2 months. It was agreed to complete the approval process without delay by reviewing the updated status of the applications received for forest patta.
Also, discussion was held regarding the work being done by DVC on the hydroelectric project at the tribal religious place Laguburu in Lalpania of Bokaro district. In this regard, the members were informed that the State Government has informed DVC and the Government of India about the intention of preserving the tribal religious place Laguburu. The State Government has already decided to postpone this project of DVC.
The problems or difficulties arising in issuing residential and caste certificates to students and children of forest-covered families should be resolved.
Minister-cum-Vice-Chairman TAC Chamra Linda of Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste, Minority and Backward Class Welfare Department, MLA-cum-Member TAC Prof. Stephen Marandi, Louise Marandi, Sonaram Sinku, Dashrath Gagarai, Rajesh Kachhap, Naman Vixal Kongadi, Jiga Susaran Horo, Sanjeev Sardar, Alok Kumar Soren, Sudeep Gudiya, Jagat Manjhi, Ram Surya Munda, Ramchandra Singh and nominated members of TAC Narayan Oraon and Josai Mardi were present in the meeting.