New dairy plant in Jamshedpur, 4G network for ePoS machine in PDS approved
Ranchi, February 23: Champai Soren led Jharkhand cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to increase the limit of free electricity from the existing 100 units per month to 125 units per month for domestic consumers, an official said.
Chief Minister Champai Soren had said the cap would be hiked, days after he assumed office.
Cabinet Secretary Ajoy Kumar Singh said the move would benefit an additional 7.43 lakh consumers.
Currently, as many as 21,72,331 consumers are availing the benefit of 100 units of free electricity. Now, the number of beneficiaries would increase to 29,15,951,” he said.
A total of 29 proposals were cleared by the cabinet on Friday, including setting up of dairy plants in Giridih and Jamshedpur, and replacing all 2G network-based e-PoS (point of sale) machines with 4G devices in fair-price shops, officials said.
Speaking about the replacement of e-PoS machines in around 27,000 fair-price shops, Singh said the cabinet approved Rs 63.72 crore for purchase of the devices and Rs 28.67 crore for their annual maintenance.
Under the State Plan, a total of Rs 320 crore has been sanctioned through Jharkhand Milk Federation for the establishment of new dairy plants in Giridih and Jamshedpur and milk powder plant and milk product plant in Hotwar, Ranchi. Administrative approval of the RIDF-supported project under NABARD and a total expenditure of Rs 16019.00 lakh (One billion sixty crore nineteen lakh rupees) in the financial year 2023-24 was given.
Under the Public Distribution System Computerization (End-to-End Computerization of PDS) scheme in the state, 4G Network based Electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) machines are being used in place of 2G Network based Electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) machines being used for Aadhaar based biometric authentication in the food grain distribution system. Approval given for installation of Point of Sale (ePoS) machines.
Approval was given to implement The High Court of Jharkhand Guidelines for Recording Evidence of Vulnerable Witness 2024.
