Ranchi, January 10: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren chaired the government body meeting related to Covid-19 pandemic fund at Ranchi on Tuesday and approved Rs 1,14,5,97,600 billion for prevention of Covid in Jharkhand.
It was unanimously decided in the meeting that at present, a total of Rs 1 billion 14 crore 5 lakh 97 thousand 600 will be made available from the state disaster response fund for the prevention of Covid-19 by the disaster management department.
Similarly, in the first wave of Covid-19 by the Labor, Planning, Training and Skill Development Department, Jharkhand, for the operation of “Chief Minister Didi Kitchen”, a total of Rs 38 crore 74 lakh 72 thousand from the fund of Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Jharkhand Ranchi.
The meeting was attended by state finance minister Rameshwar Oraon and state health minister Banna Gupta along with host of senior bureaucrats including chief secretary Sukhdev Singh.