J'khand Govt sets up Jharkhand Investment Board

Within a week of the Global Investors Summit, the Jharkhand government has set up a Jharkhand Investment Board.
According to a notification issued today, the state government yesterday set up the Board of with the Chief Minister as its chairperson and Chief Secretary as the deputy chairperson.
There would be at least one meeting every month to review the investment situation in the state.
The notification said Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of every department would be ex-officio members of the Board.
Chairperson of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board and member secretary have also been appointed as members.

Jharkhand Industry, Mines and Geology department's Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary would be the member secretary of the investment board.
The meeting would review all proposals with main points being land availability, necessary infrastructure for projects and permission and clearance/no objection certificates at different levels, coordination among the proposals reviewed from different departments and review of progress in the implementation of different investment proposals, the notification said.
An Implementation Committee under the chairpersonship of the Chief Secretary has also been set up with the Board comprising Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries/Secretaries of energy, revenue, registration and land reform departments, forest/environment, water resources, urban development, housing, agriculture, animal husbandry and cooperative, tourism, art, culture, sports and youth affairs, transport and civil aviation, the notification added.