The meeting, held at the Chief Minister’s residential office here, was attended by senior officials of the state government, the Union coal ministry and subsidiaries of Coal India Limited.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Hemant Soren at the Jharkhand Secretariat.
The issue came up during a joint meeting of the Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Mining and Environment Sub-Committees at the Chamber Bhawan on Monday.
Marandi termed the last six years “an era of decline,” alleging that none of the seven guarantees announced by the INDIA bloc during the Assembly elections moved forward “even by a step.”
Speaking to the gathering, the Chief Minister said the past year had been dedicated to expanding employment opportunities and strengthening welfare programmes.
Marandi said illegal coal extraction in Nirsa, Baghmara and Jharia has expanded into a coordinated network that covers nearly 20 to 25 police stations and outposts.
The circular notes that the earlier phase of the programme, organised in the first week of November, saw strong participation from rural areas.
The move aims to promote awareness, protection, and sustainable breeding of the species across the state’s water bodies.
The plan outlines universal school access, modern and mother-tongue-based learning systems and enhanced teacher capacity.
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