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Ranchi, November 12 (IANS) The Jharkhand Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday approved convening the winter session of the state assembly from December 5 to December 11.
A total of 18 proposals related to infrastructure, education, administrative reforms and social welfare were approved during the cabinet meeting.
Briefing the media, Cabinet Secretary Vandana Dadel said that the Cabinet has also approved the decision to declare the native Mangur fish as the state fish of Jharkhand, with an aim to promote conservation and promote its commercial production.
In another important decision, the Cabinet approved e-evidence and e-summons model rules to facilitate implementation of three new criminal laws, which is expected to increase transparency and speed up judicial proceedings.
To strengthen science and technology education, the government decided to set up STEM laboratories in all the Chief Minister Excellence Schools in 24 districts of the state.
Among other approvals, the Cabinet approved the creation of Chief Forest Guard posts by promoting 1,315 forest guards out of 3,883 sanctioned posts in the forest department.
The Cabinet also gave the benefit of the old pension scheme to the teachers and employees of Netarhat Residential School, a premier residential institution of Jharkhand.
To boost tourism, the government approved a proposal to redevelop a hotel in Deoghar into a four-star facility on public-private partnership (PPP) model at an estimated cost of Rs 113.97 crore.
Two major road projects also got approval – Rs 133 crore for upgrading the Giridih-Jamua road to two lanes and Rs 29.76 crore for improving the Simdega-Kerasai-Odisha border road.
Additionally, Rs 37.27 crore was sanctioned from the Contingency Fund for the Setu Bandhan Project for the purpose of bridge construction and connectivity improvement.
The cabinet also approved giving 147.05 acres of land in Latehar district on lease to a private company for 30 years for the Chakla coal project.
Other decisions include amendments to the service rules of the Police Radio Department and India Reserve Battalion and regularization of contract personnel under the Polytechnic Education Project.
–IANS
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