Jharkhand State PCS

• 03 Jan 2023

Regional Driving Training Center will open in Koderma and Chatra

Why In News?

On January 2, 2023, DC Aditya Ranjan of Koderma, Jharkhand informed that Regional Driving Training Center will be opened by the Transport Department in two districts of the state, Koderma and Chatra, for the implementation of which approval has been given to prepare DPR.

Key Points

• Koderma DC Aditya Ranjan said that land has been identified at two places in Jayanagar in Koderma and Karanjia in Chandwara for opening regional driving training centers. It is proposed to build a center on about five acres of land at the best of these two places, which will provide convenience to the people in the coming time.
• At present, only Dhanbad district of Jharkhand has a heavy vehicle motor driving training centre.
• The trial of those applying for heavy vehicle license is taken in Dhanbad itself. After this the license is issued. In such a situation, the need to open driving training centers in other districts was being felt for a long time. In view of this demand, Labor Planning, Training and Skill Development Minister Satyanand Bhokta has approved the implementation of the scheme under the PPR prepared by Wapic India Private Limited Morabadi, Ranchi.
• He said that there will be many arrangements adopting advanced technology in the Regional Driving Training Center.

Approval will have to be Taken from the Civil Surgeon for Adopting a Child in Jharkhand

Why In News?

According to the information received from Jharkhand Children's Home and Adoption Organization Karuna NMO on January 1, 2023, as per rule-37 of the State Adoption Rules-2022, it has been made mandatory for the district hospital management to issue certificates, in which now child's social organizations and people will have to take permission from the civil surgeon for adoption.

Key Points

• As per the rule, if you get information about the child from an acquaintance, nursing home, hospital or any NGO, you cannot adopt the child on the basis of that. Under this, the medical board formed by the civil surgeon will first look at the child and conduct his physical verification (physical test) whether the child belongs to the general category or special.
• Karuna NMO, a children's home and adoption body in the state, has written a letter to the civil surgeon's office requesting it to issue the certificate as per the guidelines. In such a situation, if any family wants to adopt a child, then they will have to go through this process. The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) had issued clear guidelines in the matter on October 11, 2022.
• This organization mainly works for the adoption of orphaned, abandoned and surrendered children.
• There are about 31 million orphans in the country at present, but due to complicated legal process, only 16,353 children have been adopted in the last five years.