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Jharkhand Jharkhand to set up skill development centres in 30 colleges. The state higher education and technical department listed 12 trades for students who have completed their Plus Two level of education this year and selected 30 colleges across the state to set up skill development centres. Among 30 colleges selected, 11 are women’s colleges where students who … Read more 10.07.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) current affairs
Jharkhand · Jharkhand govt to avert floods by releasing water from Tenughat dam The state government along with West Bengal’s government have jointly asked Tenughat dam(damodar Valley Corporation) officials to keep releasing water constantly to avoid reaching the danger mark and flood like situations due to incessant rainfall. This step was taken by the Damodar Valley Reservoir … Read more 09.07.17 Jharkhand current affairs
Horticulture Plantation and Horticulture sector is one of the important sub sectors agriculture, having ample scope for expansion in the State of Jharkhand. The total area. occupied by various Plantation and Hoticulture (P&H) crop in the State is about 2.57 lakh ha., with an estimated total production of 37.85 lakh tones The share of P&H … Read more Horticulture and Irrigation of Jharkhand
Agriculture Pattern of Land utilization : Area for Land utilization NA, Forests NA. Not available for cultivation NA. Permanent pastures and other grazing lands NA. Land under misc. Tree crops and groves NA. culturable waste land NA. Fallow lands other than current fallows NA. current fallows NA. Net area sown NA. Area sown … Read more Jharkhand Agriculture Part 2
Jharkhand IL&FS Eng Services bags Rs 236.76cr contract from JBVNL IL&FS Engineering Services has bagged contracts worth Rs 236.76 crore from Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam (JBVNL) for urban electrification works in the state. The company has received two Letters of Intents (LoIs) from JBVNL under the Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) for urban electrification works of Dhanbad and Dumka-Sahibganj electric … Read more 08.07.17 Jharkhand current affairs
Jharkhand Jharkhand to set up dialysis units across districts The state health, health education and family welfare department has planned to set up dialysis units in district hospitals across the state. In the first phase, eight district hospitals are to get a unit each by the end of 2017. Initially proposed in the … Read more 07-07-2017 Jharkhand Current affairs
Jharkhand 9 Jharkhand ministers were at IIM-A to hone leadership Nine of Jharkhand’s 11 ministers have arrived at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) to take management lessons in a three-day leadership development programme. Only Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das and his agriculture minister Randhir Kumar Singh are not attending the programme. … Read more 06/07/2017 Jharkhand current affairs
Jharkhand 9 Jharkhand ministers were at IIM-A to hone leadership. Nine of Jharkhand’s 11 ministers have arrived at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) to take management lessons in a three-day leadership development programme. Only Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das and his agriculture minister Randhir Kumar Singh are not attending the programme. The key … Read more 05/07/2017- JPSC Daily Current Affairs
Jharkhand Jharkhand opens GST call centre A GST call centre has been opened in Jharkhand to help people with queries, while Chief Minister Raghubar Das reviewed the progress of the new tax system in the state, a day after it was rolled out. The people would get information on registration, digital signature, … Read more 04/07/2017- JPSC Daily Current Affairs
Jharkhand Jharkhand records 38% less monsoon rain in June. The southwest monsoon has brought less rain in Jharkhand in its opening weeks this year. After reaching Jharkhand nearly a week behind its schedule, the monsoon has been sloppy in the first fortnight with Jharkhand getting 38% less rainfall in June. Jharkhand to … Read more 03/07/2017- JPSC Daily Current Affairs
Jharkhand Education equality a must for standard academics’ Quality of education in the state came in for some criticism as experts from various fields brainstormed on means to improve the academic standards. Former foreign secretary Muchkund Dubeysaid at a conference on quality of education in Jharkhand, that simplicity and equality in education is a must to … Read more 02/07/2017- JPSC Daily Current Affairs
Jharkhand ADB pledges $10bn for infra projects. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $10 billion support for infrastructure building and immediate development needs of less-developed states in the country. Besides, the Manila-based multi-lateral funding agency decided to increase the annual funding by $ 1 billion to $4 billion. ADB expects India to grow by 7.4% … Read more 01/07/2017- JPSC Daily Current Affairs
Jharkhand is home to a number of languages belonging to three major language families. Indo-Aryan languages include Angika, Bhojpuri, Khortha, Nagpuri, Sadri, Hindi, Urdu, Oriya and Bengali. Jharkhand is also home to the Munda languages, Kurmali, Korku, Santhali, Mundari, Bhumij, Kharia and Ho, and the Dravidian languages Korwa, Oraon(Kurukh) and Paharia (Malto). Santhali , … Read more Literature and Writes Of Jharkhand
Usri Falls Amidst in the range of the famous Parasnath Hills ,the Usri River gushes down from a steep gorge , some 40 feet high in three separate streams .Located about 14 km away from east of Giridih Town .It is a favourite picnic spot. Palamu Tiger Reserve is very rich in biodiversity and … Read more Tourist Attraction Of Jharkhand
The music of the Jharkhand is not purely entertaining. Some social and ritual significance is also attached to the music of the Jharkhand. The social commentary also provided by them sometimes. As a political tool and as a protested voice, this music is often used. The themes of the music were represented as the … Read more Folk Music And Vocal Of Jharkhand
Jharkhand dance forms are a medium of expressing one‘s feelings and the true nature of the vibrant culture of Jharkhand, some story or any other event. Most of these folk dances in Jharkhand are performed by the local tribes .The performance of folk dance in Jharkhand does not await the arrival of any particular … Read more Folk Dance Of Jharkhand
Folk Paintings or Paitkar or SCROLL PAINTING These are one of the oldest tribal paintings in India and due to their appearance they are also called scroll paintings. Artisans from the Paitkar community use natural colour and vermillion to paint on soiled or used papers. The hair of a goat or the help of … Read more Cultural Art Of Jharkhand
Self governance was the basis of the social union among the Adivasis in Jharkhand. Kingship developed amongst the Adivasis as a result of the necessity to protect their natural and livelihood resources from alien predations and to pay taxes to more powerful emperors. The kings would appoint someone from amongst their kin to be … Read more Political Status & Political Identity Of Jharkhand
Oral tradition as a basis of customary practices The Adivasi customary practices evolve from the praxis of oral traditional. In other words, the culture defines the customary practices. It is reflected in what people give value to and what they value. The event is important rather than the time in which it took place. … Read more Cultural Status Of Jharkhand
Jharkhand which came into being on 15 November 2000 as the 28th State of The Union is the homeland of the tribal‘s for which they had been dreaming for Centuries. According to legend. Raja Jai Singh Deo of Orissa had declared himself the ruler of Jharkhand in the 13th century. It largely comprises forest … Read more Special Identity Of Jharkhand
Almost one hundred years before India‘s First War of Independence (1857), the adivasis (tribals) of Jharkhand had declared revolt against the British colonial rule and their imperialist exploiting policies. The first ever revolt in India, against the landlords was led by Tilka Manjhi, a valiant Santhal leader from the tribal belt in 1771. Tilka … Read more FREEDOM FIGHTER’S OF JHARKHAND
Sadani / Sadri is a lingua franca used for inter-tribal group communication in eastern-central India. The term “Sadani” can be used in two senses. In the first, more general meaning, “Sadani” refers to the closely related linguistic varieties in Jharkhand, including forms such as Panch Parganiya, Khortha and Kurmali, which are generally considered independent languages. … Read more Sadan Of Jharkhand
Adivasi/Indigenous peoples of Jharkhand (and in central India) traditionally have broadly three level of decision making process within the customary laws through a self-governing system, village level, cluster of village level and community level. Village Council: In Village level whole unit of village community are included whoever living in the village. This is the primary … Read more The Traditional Administrative System of Jharkhand
Jharkhand which came into being on 15 November 2000 as the 28th State of The Union is the homeland of the tribal‘s for which they had been dreaming for Centuries. According to legend. Raja Jai Singh Deo of Orissa had declared himself the ruler of Jharkhand in the 13th century. It largely comprises forest … Read more An Introduction of Jharkhand History
SHG Nurturing and Capacity Building Program: Since 2005, Diya Seva Sansthanis supported by District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Ranchi to promote this feasible initiative. Under this activity so far, 500 SHGs were formed and strengthened at 51 villages of Kanke block in Ranchi district in Jharkhand. The women of these SHGs belong to the … Read more Mazor policies of Jharkhand
The state of Jharkhand, widely acclaimed as the region of future, has enormous potentialities for industrialization. With its large deposits of minerals, it provides a solid launching pad for all kinds of industries. Born out of partition from old Bihar state in 2000, Jharkhand produces about 70% of the output of the old Bihar … Read more Jharkhand’s major industries,thier location and industrial development
Economy growth of Jharkhand has been slow in comparison with the national average. The economy depends mostly on mineral resources, industries, agricultural, and tourism sectors. The State’s Gross Domestic Product amounted to US $ 14 billion in 2004, which moved to US $ 22.46 billion in 2010-11. Jharkhand‘s per capita income increased by 40.82 … Read more Economy growth of Jharkhand & Others policies of Jharkhand
Jharkhand is one of the most educationally backward states in India. With a total of 21,386 schools for 32,620 villages, on an average only 65 % of villages in Jharkhand have a school. In a typical Jharkhand villages, there are around 10-12 tolas(habitation) and the distance between the tolas is sometimes more than 5 … Read more An overview of Education in Jharkhand
Food processing in the State is at a nascent stage. Various reports suggest that there are around 1500 food processing units operational in the State. An overwhelming majority of these units are micro and small units engaged in production of tomato sauce, juices and concentrates, jams and jellies, papad, pickles, grain … Read more An overview of Processing Sector of Jharkhand
Meat Meat sector in the State predominantly operates mostly in an unorganized format. The state produced about 161.94 MT of meat during 2011-12. The per capita availability of meat is 7 gms/day whereas the total requirement of meat is 657 lakh ton leaving a deficit of 215.33 lakh ton (32.77%). In spite of large … Read more An overview of Allied Primary sector Jharkhand
JHarkhand with its diverse agro-climatic conditions is much suited for the development of Horticulture based economy with ample scope of growth. The state of Jharkhand may be divided into six horticultural sub zones as far as the ecological specialties and suitability of different horticultural crops … Read more An overview of Jharkhand Horticulture
The State of Jharkhand was created in November’ 2000 after carving 79 lakh hectares geographical area from the State of Bihar for better planning and execution of development activities of a ecologically different zone ( Hills & Plateau region compared to Bihar plains). Agriculture is the main stay for the 80% of rural … Read more An overview of Jharkhand Agriculture
The new state of Jharkhand, widely acclaimed as the region of future, has enormous potentialities for industrialization. With its large deposits of minerals, it provides a solid launching pad for all kinds of industries. Born out of partition from old Bihar state in 2000, Jharkhand produces about 70% of the output of the old … Read more An Overview of Jharkhand Industries
Economy growth of Jharkhand has been slow in comparison with the national average. The economy depends mostly on mineral resources, industries, agricultural, and tourism sectors. The State’s Gross Domestic Product amounted to US $ 14 billion in 2004, which moved to US $ 22.46 billion in 2010-11. Jharkhand‘s per capita income increased by 40.82 … Read more An Overview of Jharkhand Economy
The State of Jharkhand: Environmental Concerns The word Jharkhand connotes an area of land covered with forests. The word Jharkhand has been derived from the Sanskrit word, Jhari Khanda the ancient name depicting the regions’ dense forest. Thus, naturally as well as symbolically, the states’ very existence is associated with forests. Another remarkable aspect … Read more Pollution Problems
Urban growth and urbanization patterns in Jharkhand do not seem to attract any significant academic attention. The ‘newly’ born state that came into existence on 15th November 2000 as the 28th state of Indian Union has however remained in turbidity of political economy of growth since its formation. For a long time, Jharkhand remained … Read more Pattern of urban settlement
Industrial and urban development. Major industries-Iron, Steel and Cement; industries, The state of Jharkhand, widely acclaimed as the region of future, has enormous potentialities for industrialization. With its large deposits of minerals, it provides a solid launching pad for all kinds of industries. Born out of partition from old Bihar state in 2000, Jharkhand produces … Read more Industrial and urban development. Major industries-Iron, Steel and Cement; industries,
Tribal development Plans Bicycle Distribution Scheme This Scheme has been started by Jharkhand Government to encourage girl students belonging to SC, ST, Minorities, and BPL families to go to schools and continue their studies. This plan was started by the state government for the following two reasons: – The distance between the school & their … Read more Problems of trible
Demographic Profile of the STs There are 32 tribes (2011) in Jharkhand of which Santhals are most numerous accounting for one third of the total tribal population followed by Oraon, Munda and Ho contributing more than 10% to the total tribal population. Other tribes such as Kharwar, Lohra, Bhumij and Kharia have a share … Read more Tribal population and their distribution
Jharkhand Population as per Census 2011 The Population of Jharkhand according to the 2011 census stands at about 32 million, making it the 13th most populated state in India. The state makes up about 3.5% of the country’s population a figure which was about 3% during the last census in 2001. The state … Read more Population : Growth, distribution, density
Mineral Resources Jharkhand is one of the leading mineral producing States. It is one of the leading producers of coal, kyanite, gold, silver, bauxite and felspar. Uranium ore is mined and processed by Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) for use as fuel in the country’s nuclear power reactors through four underground mines, one … Read more mineral resources of Jharkhand,their extraction and utilization
The Damodar River is a tributary of the Hugli River. It flows more or less in the west to east direction through Jharkhand and West Bengal. Its total length from its source in the hills of Chota Nagpur plateau in Jharkhand to its confluence with Hugli in West Bengal is about 541 km, half … Read more Damodar & Suberna rekha valley projects
The dams in Jharkhand mainly cater to the irrigation system of the state through a well managed system of canal irrigation in the local areas. The dams of Jharkhand are also utilized for power generation. The major dams of Jharkhand are the Maithon dam, the Panchet Dam and the Chandil Dam. The Maithon Dam was constructed … Read more Irrigation
The State of Jharkhand was created in November’ 2000 after carving 79 lakh hectares geographical area from the State of Bihar for better planning and execution of development activities of a ecologically different zone ( Hills & Plateau region compared to Bihar plains). Agriculture is the main stay for the 80% of rural population … Read more Agriculture
Jharkhand with a geographical area of 79,714 km2 constitutes 2.42% of the country’s area. The total recorded forest area of the state is 23,605 km2 which is 29.61% of the geographical area of the state. Of the total recorded forest area, Reserved Forests constitute 18.58%, Protected Forests 81.28%, and Unclassed Forests 0.14%. As per State … Read more Jharkhand’s Geography: Forests
Soil is one of the most important non-renewable basic resources on the earth surface. Therefore greater attention has been paid through out the world to study the soils, their distribution and extent, behavior, potentials and problems and their suitability for sustained use for different purposes. Jharkhand state lies between 21o 58’2” to 25o … Read more Soil types
The state falls under the Tropical Monsoon climatic region. The Tropic of Cancer cuts across the state passing through the middle of the Ranchi City. The average temperature of the state is 25° C, which varies greatly because of varying heights of different plateaus mentioned above. The average temperature of the Pat region is … Read more Climate
The radial centrifugal drainage system of Jharkhand state has number of rivers. Most of these rivers remain relatively dry during summer months (February-May) but exhibit torrential flow during the months of monsoons (June-September). Jharkhand has a vast potential for generating hydel power as is exemplified by the location of the famous Damodar Valley Corporation … Read more Drainage System
Jharkhand is located in the eastern part of India bordering the states of Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, and Chattisgarh. Tropic of Cancer passes through Kanke, few kilometers away from Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, making it the only state in India touched by Tropic of Cancer. Most of the Jharkhand region is … Read more Landforms
The spatial extent of Jharkhand State is approximately 21° 55’ to 25° 35’ North Latitude and 83° 20’ to 88° 02’ East Longitude. The state is land locked and it shares its boundary with Orissa on the southeast, Chattisgarh on the southwest, Bihar on the north, West Bengal on the east and Uttar Pradesh … Read more Geological history