Jharkhand: Maiya Samman Yojana amount to be enhanced from December

First assembly session from Dec 9-12, Stephen Marandi pro-tem speaker

Ranchi, November 28: Soon after taking oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Hemant Soren held a cabinet meeting.

A total of eight decisions were approved at the meeting of the Council of Ministers held under the chairmanship of Hemant Soren. It was decided to ensure payment of Rs 2500 per month to the beneficiaries of Jharkhand Mukhyamantri Mainiya Samman Yojana from December 2024.

The cabinet approved the proposal to appoint Prof Stephen Marandi as the pro tem speaker to administer the oath to the elected members of the Legislative Assembly. Also, it was decided to convene the first session of the sixth assembly from 9 December to 12 December.

In this session, CM Hemant Soren will get the vote of confidence. Stephen Marandi has been made the Protem Speaker for the special session.

Another important proposal which got the nod of the cabinet said that legal action should be initiated to recover the state government’s dues of Rs 1,36,000 crore on the Central Government / Central Undertakings. It was also decided to constitute a special cell in the Finance Department to find new sources for increasing the income of Jharkhand state, increase the old taxes applicable in the mining sector and to expedite the recovery of pending taxes in judicial cases.

Soren also instructed officials to give an honorarium of Rs 2500 to women under the Maiyaan Samman Yojana from December in any case.

The cabinet also decided to constitute a special cell in the Finance Department to find new sources of income for the state, increase the old taxes applicable in the mining sector and expedite the pending recovery in judicial cases.

The cabinet also decided to review the future examination process for police recruitment.

The cabinet also decided to form an all-party committee for Jharkhandis working in the tea gardens of Assam. The committee will submit the entire report to the government. At the same time, all the departments were instructed to work on bringing the pending amount to the central government. Instructions were given to prepare the annual calendar of the JPSC and the JSSC.