Hemant Soren hands over appointment letter to brother of martyr Agniveer
Hemant Soren has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand for the fourth time and has started working as soon as he took over as CM. He took oath as CM at 4 pm on Thursday and then announced that starting December, Rs 2,500 will be deposited every month in the bank account of each beneficiary of the Mainiyan Samman Yojana. Currently, the government is providing financial assistance of Rs 1,000 to women between the ages of 18 and 50 under this scheme. Apart from this, he also handed over the appointment letter to Agniveer’s brother who lost his life in an encounter.
“We had already decided that financial assistance of Rs 2,500 would be provided to each woman beneficiary of the scheme from December,” Soren told reporters after his government’s first cabinet meeting. This amount will now be deposited into the bank accounts of the beneficiary women every month starting in December. Although the Chief Minister said that this decision was taken in the “Cabinet meeting”, no minister took oath during the day. Later, a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Secretariat also stated that this decision was taken in the cabinet meeting.
The plan began in August of this year.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led government launched the scheme in August this year, benefiting over 50 lakh women in the state. According to election analysts, Mainiyan Samman Yojana played an important role in ensuring the victory of the ‘India’ alliance in the recent Jharkhand Assembly elections. The Cabinet approved formation of an all-party delegation to study the condition of tribal groups of Jharkhand origin working in the tea gardens of Assam and the facilities to be provided to them in future. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Vishwa Sharma had repeatedly raised the issue of the “plight” of the tribal community in Jharkhand due to alleged large-scale infiltration of Muslims from Bangladesh. Sharma was the BJP’s co-electoral officer in Jharkhand.
Taxes will increase in the mining sector
Briefing the media about the decisions of his first cabinet meeting, Soren said, “The tribals of Jharkhand are being marginalized in Assam. A large number of natives of Jharkhand live there. We have decided that an all-party delegation will study the situation on the ground there. The delegation will submit its report to the Jharkhand government.” The Cabinet also approved the proposal to create a special cell in the Finance Department to find new sources to increase the state’s revenue and increase the old taxes applicable. in the mining sector.
Hemant Soren becomes Jharkhand CM for the fourth time
The Hemant Soren-led Cabinet also decided to review the future examination process for police recruitment and directed the JPSC, JSSC and other authorities to release an examination schedule by January 2025 for appointment to all vacant posts. Hemant Soren took oath as the 14th Chief Minister of the state in a grand ceremony here on Thursday. On this occasion, many leaders of the ‘India’ alliance (National Inclusive Alliance for India’s Development) including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi were present. JMM leader Hemant Soren (49) has become chief minister of the state for a record fourth time. The JMM-led alliance maintained its majority by winning 56 seats in the 81-member assembly, while the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 24 seats.
Appointment letter given to Agniveer’s brother who lost his life in the encounter
Soon after taking oath as the 14th Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Hemant Soren handed over the appointment letter to Agniveer’s brother Arjun Mahato, who lost his life in an encounter on November 22 in Silchar, Assam. Along with this, Soren also handed over a check of Rs 10 lakh to Mahato’s mother Hulasi Devi as part of the ex-gratia amount given by the state government to Agniveer Arjun Mahato’s family. Arjun Mahato, a resident of Chandankiyari in Bokaro district, was serving in the Indian Army under the Agniveer scheme. Soren said his government had already decided to give an ex-gratia amount of Rs 10 lakh and a government job to the family members of Agniveer soldiers from Jharkhand who lost their lives in the line of duty or in military operations.
Appointment to fourth class position in Collectorate
“As per our commitment, we have provided an ex-gratia amount of Rs 10 lakh to the family of martyr Agniveer Arjun Mahato,” Soren told reporters at the state secretariat. The appointment letter was also handed over to his brother Balram Mahato, who has been appointed to the Class IV post in Bokaro Collectorate.” He assured that Mahato’s family will get the benefits of various welfare schemes of the government. He said, “Our government had already taken a political decision to provide an ex-gratia amount of Rs 10 lakh and a government job to a dependent of martyr Agniveer. The previous state cabinet had approved this proposal on August 29 and in this regard , TO”. The circular was issued on September 9. (PTI input-language)
