Hemant Soren

Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government on March 12 approved an employment policy to reserve 75% private sector jobs, up to a salary of Rs 30,000, for locals. However, few modalities are likely to be announced on March 17. Notably, Jharkhand will become the second state to have announced such policy after Haryana. As per a minister, the local employment policy will be based on the definition of "Jharkhandi" that will be devised by a 3-member… read-more

The Jharkhand government on January 3 approved the Good Samaritan Policy that aims to encourage individuals to help road accident victims. The policy provisions for monetary reward of Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 for those who carry a victim to a hospital within an hour of an accident. It also mandates that the identity of a Samaritan will not be disclosed, as well as s/he will not be burdened in the investigation process.

Jharkhand has a "substantially inferior" pupil-teacher ratio with over 2/3rd vacant seats for teachers in primary and upper primary schools, revealed a data. Reportedly, 70,000 additional teachers should be employed for 34 lakh students in 33,000 schools. Similarly, in middle school education, only 14,099 teachers were sanctioned with 16,680 vacant slots. One of the officials said, “New cadre will allow us to add 30,000 primary and upper… read-more