A meeting of the Jharkhand Cabinet (Council of Ministers) was held in Project Bhawan on Tuesday under the chairmanship of CM Hemant Soren. 18 proposals were approved in this. The proposal for a health insurance scheme for state employees and creation of posts for various hospitals in the state has been approved.
The scheme aims to provide health insurance benefits to working and retired state employees and officials. Previously, due to certain errors, state employees were unable to benefit from the scheme. However, the Health Department has now fully resolved these issues, and the scheme will soon be implemented across Jharkhand.
The scheme, with Cabinet approval, intends to provide healthcare protection for staff members and their families, reducing their medical expenditure. The Cabinet also gave its nod for setting up a special court in Chatra. The cabinet has approved the supplementary budget after deduction. Finance Minister Radhakrishna Kishore, Minister Ramdas Soren, Deepak Birua, Irfan Ansari, Sanjay Prasad Yadav and others were present in the meeting.
The Jharkhand Cabinet has approved the proposal of MoU with AIA for regular flights from Dumka Airport. Case IO (researcher) will be given a mobile. Rs 12 crore has been approved for Jharkhand Advocate Welfare Fund. Under the Gyanodya Yojana, the proposal for computer education in middle schools has also been approved.
Approval has been given for the formation of Jharkhand Para Medical District Level Cadre (Appointment, Promotion and Other Service Conditions) Rules 2025 under the Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare. Approval was given to abolish the penalty of stopping one salary increment of the then Block Development Officer of Tamar, Kumkum Prasad. Approval was given to cancel the resolution regarding employing a highly skilled professional as Advisor cum Special Secretary on contract basis.
The state government will provide mobile phones to all police Investigating Officers (IO), with the proposal from the Home Department receiving approval in the cabinet. Mobile phones valued up to 25,000 rupees will be distributed.
Additionally, a financial allocation of 94 crore 50 lakh rupees has been sanctioned for computer education in secondary schools for the period from 2024-25 to 2029-30.
An advance of 12 crore 10 lakh rupees has been approved from the state’s contingency fund for the Jharkhand Advocate Welfare Fund Trust Committee, which was formed by the High Court for the financial year 2024-25.
The approval has also been granted to annul the salary increase penalty of Kumkum Prasad, the then Block Development Officer of Tamar.
Additionally, the resolution to appoint a highly skilled professional consultant on a contractual basis to the position of Special Secretary has been annulled.
Under the CT-MIS project, approval has been granted for the one-year extension of the consultancy services provided by TCS.
The creation of senior hospital management positions has been approved for state medical colleges, district hospitals, sub-divisional hospitals, and community health centers.