Eggs round the week for children at Anganwadi centres in Jharkhand
Ranchi, August 24: Children between three to six will now get one boiled egg along with meals at least six days a week at anganwadi centres across Jharkhand under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) of the Centre, the state cabinet decided on Tuesday.
So far, children were provided eggs three days a week at the over 30,000 anganwadi centres run across the state, officials from the Women, Child Development and Social Security department of Jharkhand said, adding that the cabinet move would help the state fight malnutrition among children in rural Jharkhand and address the protein deficit in their daily diet.
Under the ICDS, children between six months to six years and pregnant and lactating mothers are provided dry ration, supplements and meals at Anganwadi centres to meet their daily nutritional needs to combat malnutrition, which has been a growing concern in the Jharkhand hinterland.
All anganwadi centres in Jharkhand have remained closed as a precautionary measure against Covid-19. However, children and mothers are being provided food at home during this period, the government claims.
The cabinet in a bid to encourage easy and accessible higher education, the Cabinet approved setting up an open university in the state, said the Cabinet Secretary. Through this open university, working professionals will also be able to pursue higher studies without having to attend in-person classes, sources said.
The Cabinet also hiked the House Rent Allowance (HRA) and Dearness Allowance (DA) of state government employees under fifth pay commission, seventh pay commission and those under unrevised pay grade.
“In the light of the recommendation of the Seventh Pay Commission, approval has been given to amend the Finance Department Resolution of March 27, 2018 regarding the applicability of various allowances to government servants. With effect from July 1, 2021, the rates of house rent allowance for X, Y and Z category cities will be revised to 27%, 18% and 9% of the basic pay respectively, if dearness allowance to state government employees exceeds 25%. estimated on the basis of This proposal will result in an estimated additional annual expenditure burden of Rs.116 crore on the exchequer,” said anofficial.
Approval has been given to increase the rates of dearness allowance to the employees of the state government in the unrevised pay scale (sixth central pay scale) with effect from July 1, 2021. Approval was given to increase the rates of dearness relief to the state government pensioners/family pensioners in the revised pay scale (6th central pay scale) with effect from July 1, 2021. Approval was given to increase the rates of dearness allowance to the employees of the state government in the unrevised pay scale (fifth pay scale) with effect from July 1, 2021.*
Jharkhand Cabinet on Tuesday also approved several road construction projects worth over Rs 150 crore in various districts of the state, Cabinet Secretary Vandana Dadel said.
The Cabinet gave its approval for setting up a Pharma Park at Bijupara in Barhi worth over 34.94 crore. The Pharma Park will be a hub of various pharmaceutical companies, officials said.
Besides, in a bid to encourage easy and accessible higher education, the Cabinet approved setting up an open university in the state, said the Cabinet Secretary. Through this open university, working professionals will also be able to pursue higher studies without having to attend in-person classes, sources said.
The Cabinet also approved recruitment of professors and assistant professors for the government medical colleges in Jharkhand to address the shortage of teachers in the medical colleges.
Approval of Contract Based Appointment Rules, 2021 has been given on vacant posts of Professors and Associate Professors in Government Medical Colleges of Jharkhand State was also granted by the cabinet wile
Approval was given to modify pay scale/grade pay for the post of Principal Probation Officer of Probation Service under Home, Work and Disaster Management Department with effect from January 1, 2006.
Approval was given for the formation of Sido-Kanho Agriculture and Forest Produce State Government Union Limited and Sido-Kanho Agriculture and Forest Produce District Co-operative Union Limited.*
Players recommended under the Jharkhand Players (Direct Appointment) Rules, 2014 K.H. Approval was given to relax the prescribed qualifications for the appointment of former international archer Bhagyavati Chanu to the post of Group “B”.*
