Jharkhand progressing fast: Das

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said the state is progressing fast and will be made a developed one with its abundance of natural resources.
Remembering former MLA Bidesh Singh on his first death anniversary, Das said the state has signed MoUs with several companies during the Global Investors' meet in February and a cancer research centre and hospital was being constructed at Itki in Ranchi in partnership with the Tata company.
To develop local institutions, he said the Mukhyamantri Udyami Board (Chief Minister's Entrepreneur Board) has been set up through which small and medium companies would be set up to deal with lac, tasar and other raw material, a official release said.

Rs 700 crore has been earmarked in the budget for skill training and women would be imparted training to make blankets, towels and bed covers, the release quoting the Chief Minister said.
He said the next fiscal would be treated as Garib Kalyan Varsh under which fairs would be set up at villages and panchayats to elevate the poor.
In another function at the Mohrabadi ground in Ranchi, Das paid tributes to martyrs Nilamber and Pitamber and said the foundation stone for Nilamber-Pitamber University would be laid in July, the release said.

He said the process of starting an engineering and a polytechnic college at Lesliganj in Palamau has started.

Das unveiled statues of Nilamber Pitamber and inaugurated an Oxygen Park on the occasion.
Stating that the concept of development was incomplete without education, Das said the government has provisioned Rs 50 crore and started a fellowship for education of the poor and deprived people.
Libraries would be set up in all panchayats, the release quoting Das, said.