Ranchi; “BREWING RICE” beer at home and selling it at the local market; facing the taunts of unruly customers; struggling to feed her family of six, and finally running into losses.

This was the life of Sushila Devi for seven years. Today, she is the owner of a small grocery shop near home in Upperkonki village of Ranchi district, earning enough to save some money on the side.

The 45-year-old says her search for a “respectable life” is finally over.

Devi is one of the 15,456 women identified by the Jharkhand government for its Phoolo-Jhano Ashirwad Abhiyan, which was launched last September to rehabilitate women selling unregulated liquor and counsel them to adopt an alternative business source, with the provision of interest-free loans up to Rs 10,000.

These women were picked after a statewide survey by Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS), which functions under the Rural Development Department. Officials say the JSLPS has so far helped 13,456 women with loans through self-help groups and counselling to adopt alternative micro-enterprises — from agro-based activities to animal husbandry, sale of forest produce, sericulture and poultry. Devi said that she got the loan of Rs 10,000 to start her shop from a local self-help group. “I will return it in time,” she said. She further said “There is a turnover of more than Rs 3,000 per month and it has started giving some profit. At least, I don’t have to sit in the market listening to all the nonsense after men get drunk.”

About 110 km away, 26-year-old Kalawati Kumari has started a “pakora shop” in Satanpur panchayat of Bokaro, after selling homemade liquor for over three years. “Earlier, I used to sell liquor for around Rs 2,000 per month. It was a very difficult process… mixing Mahua flowers, jaggery. Sometimes, it used to get sour, and the entire stock would go to waste. Then, there was the issue of dealing with men getting drunk. It was just trouble all the time,” she said.

According to Kumari, the pakora business earns her about Rs 6,000 per month. “Initially, I was not convinced and it took me some time to get in. But now, I have realised that this is much better work.”

(Agencies)

Ranchi; Rohit, a resident of Ranchi, has made such a indigenous smart watch which is similar to foreign companies but not as expensive. Rohit’s Desi Smart Watch will also act as an oximeter and pulse measuring machine and will inform you about the oxygen and pulse levels in your body varying from time to time. Actually, Rohit is a final year student of engineering, and while completing a project, along with some of his colleagues, he has designed a home-made device.

Not only this, but Rohit has also developed a smart phone, which will send alert messages to your chosen four people in case of medical emergency. They have also prepared a medicine box that will tell you which medicine to take when. Discussions of this exploit of Rohit are happening across the country. Today his entire family is not blown away by the fame Rohit is getting.

Rohit claims that all these electronic medical devices will be so cheap that even an ordinary person can buy it. Rohit has done this feat at a time when its need is being felt passionately.

(Agencies)

Ranchi, Leader of legislature wing of BJP Babulal Marandi has written a letter to Jharkhand DGP pointing out to the discrimination being made in filing of cases against the leaders and workers of the BJP.
He said that recently police has registered cases against leaders and workers of the BJP who had protested in the fields over the issues of the farmers in which state BJP president Deepak Prakash and Kanke MLA Samri Lal have been named as accused.
He said that the actions are a clear reflection that the parties in power are making use of police to suppress the voice of opposition and is also exposing their dual faced. He said that when on one hand the parties in power including Congress and RJD do some event or agitation the police keeps silence.

Babulal Marandi pointed to the recent examples of agitation staged by the Congress party on June 11 over rising prices of petrol and diesel, celebration of birthday of Lalu Prasad Yadav by Minister Satyanand Bhokat in Chatra on June 11, celebration of birthday of Rahul Gandhi on June 19 etc.
He further wrote that prior to all these Congress had staged an agitation before the Raj Bhawan in support of farmers agitation in which all Covid guidelines were set aside but unfortunately in none of these programme police took any action. Babulal said that dual face of the police is not good for the interest of the state and demanded that the DGP should take self cognisance of these cases and take appropriate action.

(Agencies)

Ranchi, The Jharkhand Government declared Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) as epidemic in the state.
A decision in this regard was taken in the meeting of the state cabinet which was chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren at the project building here.

In the meeting, it was decided to give approval from retrospective effect to give extension to the panel of teachers appointed in PG departments of the universities and in the constituent colleges till September 30, 2021.

The cabinet agreed to make minor amendments in provisions related to appointment of retired army personnel and JCOs as Special Auxiliary Police. It was decided to transfer 2.05 acres of land on Mudma of Nagdi to NTPC at payment of Rs 4,04,94,778 for building office of NTPC.

Further another area of 1.03 acres will be given to NHAI in Mudma of Nagdi to build their regional office. It was decided to implement SVAMITVA, a scheme of the Union Panchayati Raj Ministry (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) in Jharkhand.

In an important decision, the government has also decided to give service extension to doctors part of Jharkhand Medical Services in teaching and non teaching category who were due to retire by March 2022 by a period of six months from the date of their retirement.

The government has also decided to form statutes on minimum qualification for appointment of teachers and other academic staff in universities and colleges and measures for maintenance of standards in Higher education 2021 in pursuance to UGC Regulations.

It was also agreed to transfer free of land in Badapahad of Ghatshila Circle area of West Singhbhum district measuring 07.94 acres to set up a Kendriye Vidyalay to MHRD Government of India.

It was decided to make an advance withdrawal of Rs 8.49 crore from Jharkhand Contingency Funds as part of money provided by centre to tackle Coronavirus.

Approval from retrospective effect was also given to a proposal worth Rs 3.85 crore to build new residential homes as per requirements in 83 blocks offices of the state.

A sum of Rs 56.69 crore was also approved for transportation and distribution of food grains which will be provided to the beneficiaries of Pradhanmantri Garib Kalyan Yojana under NFSA for the period May 2021 to June 2021.

(EW News Desk)