Jharkhand

• 14 Feb 2023

Jharkhand Municipal (Amendment) Bill-2022 approved

Why In News?

On 13 February 2023, Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais has approved the Jharkhand Municipal (Amendment) Bill-2022.

Key points

• With the acceptance of this bill, reservation will be decided for the reserved category on the basis of population in the election of Mayor/Chairman in Municipal Corporation. That is, the election for the post of Mayor and President will not be done on the basis of roster.
• In this amended bill, the word rotation has been removed in ST/ SC / OBC. That is, the seats which were earlier reserved for SCs, those seats can now be reserved for ST or other reserved category.
• It is known that in this election, for the post of Mayor of Ranchi Municipal Corporation, it was removed from ST to SC. This was opposed by many organizations, so the state government brought a bill in the Jharkhand Assembly to amend the rule. However, this bill was also opposed by other parties including BJP.
• In December 2022, the Jharkhand Assembly had passed the amended bill and sent it to the Governor for his assent.

UGC Regulation-2018 (Amendment) Rules Approved

Why In News?

On February 13, 2023, Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais has approved the UGC Regulation-2018 (Amendment) Rules.

Key points

• With the acceptance of this amended rules, the minimum qualification for appointment and promotion of teachers, officials and principals has been fixed.
• The requirement of PhD point on the basis of NAAC grading has been done away with for the appointment of Assistant Professor in universities. In such a situation, maximum participation of youth will be ensured in the appointment of Assistant Professor.
• Earlier, 30 points were fixed for PhD from 1 to 100 NIRF ranking or A/A+/A++ institute. Due to this the students of Jharkhand were lagging.
• Jharkhand Eligibility Test (JET) will now be organized by Jharkhand Public Service Commission for the appointment of Assistant Professor.
• Apart from this, those who pass NET till July 1, 2023, will be eligible for the appointment of Assistant Professor, but those who pass NET from July 2, 2023, it will be mandatory for them to do PhD. Only then they will be eligible for the appointment of Assistant Professor.
• Similarly, those who have become principals from August 6, 2021, will directly become professors after five years. But those principals who want to remain on the post of principal again, they will have to take approval from the Jharkhand Public Service Commission for the next five years. For Principal, the candidate must be at least Associate Professor.
• At least 19 years of service as Senior Scale shall be required for appointment to the University Officer.