Dropout of girl child for want of money will not be allowed, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das pledged on International Women's Day.
"The government will fully support education for girls as illiteracy is the biggest hurdle for development," Das said at a women's convention here today.
Honouring those women doing well in their area of work to mark the day, Das said the government has earmarked a separate budget to execute women-related schemes.
Stating that there were 36,000 self-help groups (SHGs) across Jharkhand giving jobs to approximately, four lakh persons, Das called upon to double the SGHs by the next International Women's Day.
He said the government was providing assistance of Rs 12,000 to each house-hold for construction of toilets.
Once again he appealed the women to create a "people's movement" in their respective villages to make them alcohol-free, for which the village would be rewarded with Rs 1 lakh for development.
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Das also inaugurated a Solar Roof Top Power Plant in
Ranchi and said that solar power would be provided in 230 villages which are not linked to the grid.
The goal of the government is to generate 2650 MW solar energy by 2019-20, the Chief Minister said.
So far 3830 MW capacity of solar energy panels were installed on roof tops on 68 government buildings, an official release said.
Das said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would soon lay foundation stone for the 4000 MW thermal power station at Patratu and a bridge over the Ganga in Sahibganj.
He said Ranchi would be made a solar city and a new policy has already come.
Under this policy, any individual can set up roof top solar power plant and supply to the grid through net metre. Those having barren land could do the same there and could it to the grid to earn money, Das said.
Jharkhand had remained in darkness despite having 40 per cent of country's coal reserve and the curse was being eradicated, the chief minister said.
