The State Government has called the Monsoon Session of Assembly from August 1. The House would be run till August 6 which would have five sittings. This would be 14th session of Jharkhand Assembly. Decision in this regard was taken in Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
This apart the Cabinet also decided to bring ‘Jharkhand Amity University Bill’ in the Assembly. One of the largest private universities of the country Amity University would be fourth in the State. “With the decision Amity University can now be established in the State,” said Cabinet Secretary JB Tubid.
The Cabinet also gave its nod for setting four new blocks. Bargarh of Garhwa district has been separated from erstwhile Bhandaria while new block Ramgarh has been made by dividing Chainpur of Palamau. Nirsa block has been divided into two other blocks namely, Egarkund and Kaliasole.
The Cabinet decided to hike compensation for those killed in Uttarakhand tragedy from the State last year. The Government has identified 40 persons who would be paid Rs 1.5 lakh per head. This apart, Jasiyas caste of the State has been inducted into the Backward Class-II category.
Keeping in mind the cases of man-animal conflict, the Cabinet has raised monetary compensation for those killed or injured in such incidents. Now onwards compensation for death would be Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh for those below 18 years. For getting permanently injured the person affected would get Rs 1.5 lakh instead of Rs 75,000 earlier. Rs 75,000 would be paid for damaged house and Rs 1000 for every quintal of destroyed grains with maximum Rs 5000.
Rs 10,000 would be paid in case any domestic animal is killed and Rs 10,000 for every hectare of crop destroyed. Upper limit for this segment has been kept at Rs 25,000.
Out of 20,858 teachers in Government Middle School 7,926 have been upgraded as graduate trained teachers. The Cabinet also passed several roads in Palamau, Dumka, Sahibgunj, Garhwa, Deoghar, Giridih, Simdega and few others.