ST Women Going through Training on Tailoring-cum-Machine Maintenance, will Get Sewing Machine @UshaInternational @UshaItl

10-16 February 2021, Shantman Nagar (Ranchi): Under NBJK run Usha Classical Silai School program with support of Usha International-New Delhi, one week residential training for 20 ST women is going on at NBJK-Ranchi premises. There are 20 trainees as 10 from Bandgaon block of West Singhbhum district and 10 from Palkot block of Gumla district.

The training course was inaugurated by Mr. P. N. Sharma and Mr. Felix Tirkey from NBJK & Usha International respectively. Initially Mr. Kamaljeet Sharma (Usha International) has facilitated the trainees upon sewing machine installation and skills to repair common problems. As the trainers Mrs. Sandhya Agrawal and Mrs. Pammi Devi are sharing their expertise with the trainees to design, cutting & tailoring of suit, salwar, mask, bag, purse, shirt-pants, petticoat, blouse etc. After the training, all the trainees will get a sewing machine for each to start Usha Silai School at their places as the teachers.

Mr. Shailesh Kumar (NBJK-Hazaribag) has coordinated the event while Mr. Anup Chakraborty, Mr. Dhiraj Sinha and Mr. Sanjay Kumar (all from NBJK-Ranchi) have contributed to logistics.

#LokSamiti Convention to Make Intoxicants Free Jharkhand @JBFMumbai

13 February 2021, Giridih: With support of Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra and Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation-Mumbai, District Lok Samiti-Giridih has organized a convention upon Making of Intoxicants Free Jharkhand. The program held at Hotel Mansarovar, Jhanda Chowk (Giridih) and inaugurated by Mr. Girija Satish (National President, Lok Samiti) who explained Lok Samiti’s view point to make India free from all kinds of intoxicants and appreciated Bihar Govt. as liquor is legally banned in the state. He said that intoxicants free family, society and nation can be developed in fact because this will improve financial condition, may check accidents-crimes and bound to bring prosperity easily. Our youths should adopt good habits to shun vindictive attitude and to move towards holiness as all religious faiths have same message to uplift humanity, he suggested. Mr. Girija Satish appealed the Government of Jharkhand to make a strict law against liquor and to ensure implementation of the same without any fear or favor.

Mrs. Bobby Devi (Ex-Mukhiya) has referred to her previous efforts to oust liquor from villages with support of women but blamed local police & administration for their non-cooperation to the campaign. Mr. Ramdev Vishwabandhu advised for anti-liquor resolution by every Gram Sabha as a community initiative to make intoxicants free Jharkhand. Mr. Jaswant Kumar (Divyang Samajik Seva Sansthan) said about the need to prohibit liquor as this spreads disturbance and affect children’s studies badly. Mrs. Usha Kumari (Vice President, District Lok Samiti) has demanded to ban liquor from immediate effect as it inflames road accidents and heinous crimes against children even. Mrs. Pramila Devi (Former Mukhiya) talked about lack of awareness among people that obstructed her election chances as she has launched anti-liquor drive in villages. Mr. Praveen Kumar (BAMCEF) applauded the convention’s objective and supported for legal restriction upon liquor in Jharkhand. Mr. Pashupati Nath Sharma (State Secretary, JSLS) shared his experience about liquor prohibition in three villages by Lok Samiti. Mr. Shankar Rana (Coordinator, JSLS) read out the memorandum by Lok Samiti before the audience and all took oath to not take liquor. Mr. Vipin Yadav (Advocate, DLSA) said about moral as well as legal deterrent to boycott liquor.

Mr. Umesh Kumar (District Lok Samiti) has thanked all the participants on this occasion and assured for Lok Samiti’s commitment for people’s alertness against liquor. Also Mr. Jayshankar Agrawal, Mr. Sahdev Rana, Mr. Praveen Charan Pahari, Mr. Ramashankar Gupta and others have addressed the convention attended by over 100 delegates of Lok Samiti.

VOs Meet with Magsaysay Awardee #AnshuGupta @goonj.org @goonj

09 February 2021, Hazaribagh: NBJK organized a meeting of chief functionaries of VOs from Jharkhand with Mr. Anshu Gupta (Founder-Goonj, New Delhi), a Magsaysay awardee. Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) has welcomed Mr. Anshu Gupta & Team Goonj with bouquet and honored them by adorning with shawls.

Mr. Anshu Gupta said about the need to change some terms like charity, donor, recipient etc because self respect of the people for whom we work must be valued to bring actual change. He said that Goonj contributes to uplift quality of lives by using the under-utilized urban material as a tool to trigger development with dignity across the country in partnership of 465 VOs. It’s noteworthy that during COVID relief campaign, Goonj became a medium to distribute 50 lakh tons of food grain and it makes 6000 tons unutilized materials useful every year to benefit around 27 lakh people in more than 4600 villages.

Mr. Anshu Gupta talked about the need to work in Jharkhand intensively upon the issues like waste management, agriculture, road, water, forest, women, children, disability etc. We can transform the labour of our target group as a resource, can make a small bathroom in every house for women or even construct community bathrooms for them at residential areas and may facilitate their menstrual health management in a better way, he pointed out. Mr. Anshu Gupta requested VOs representatives for innovation by better use of unutilized materials and stated that despite amazing work on COVID relief by voluntary sector, recent amendments of FCRA are like a setback for VOs and we all should raise our voice collectively.

Mr. Satish Girija has thanked Mr. Anshu Gupta, team Goonj along with participant VOs, suggested Water Management as a core issue for VOs in Jharkhand this year and expressed hope for support from Goonj. Also Mrs. Minakshi (Co-founder, Goonj), Mr. Suresh Kumar, Mr. Shivji, Mr. Ajeet (all from Goonj) and representatives of 25 VOs from Hazaribagh, Ranchi, Bokaro, Chatra, Giridih, Lohardaga and Gumla districts of Jharkhand were present during the program. Mr. Rajiv Singh, Mr. Shankar Rana and Ms Niki Soren from NBJK have contributed in organizing the event.

#FamilyCounselingCenter Sub-Committee Meets @MinistryWCD

31 January 2021, Hazaribagh: The Sub-Committee meeting of Family Counseling Center run by NBJK with support of Central Social Welfare Board, Delhi & Jharkhand State Social Welfare Board, Ranchi held at the premises of Women Police Station, Hazaribagh.

Ms Binu Kodiyar (Officer In-Charge, WPS) chaired the meeting and assured that if FCC finds any case much complicated, WPS will support it to settle with proper investigation. Ms Purnima Kumari (ASI) and Mr. Pancham Marandi from WPS opined that the victims should get help to move forward if social pressure doesn’t work effectively. Mrs. Usha Bahen (Anupam Mahila Chetna Samiti), Mr. Satish Girija (NBJK) and other members have suggested that local women SHGs should be mobilized to solve family problems.

Mrs. Meera Gupta (Counselor, FCC) has tabled FCC’s quarterly report from October-December 2020 before the sub-committee members and said that total 41 cases have been registered during the period and we could resolve 18 cases through mutual negotiation. Out of all registered cases, there were cases like marital dispute (6), conflict with In-laws (9), quarrel with son & daughter-in-law (4), alcoholic violence (8), extra-marital relation/second marriage by husband (5) and others (4), she explained.

Also Mr. Krishna Kumar Saha (Hazaribagh Sadar Thana), Mr. Tulsi Dubey (Advocate), Mrs. Sheela Kumari (Stri Shakti), Mr. Umesh Saw, Mrs. Sharda Devi (Sashakt Nari Utthan) and Mrs. Beli Devi have participated in the meeting.          

Lok Samiti Demands Liquor Prohibition on #GandhiMartyrdomDay

30 January 2021, Hazaribagh: On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary Martyrs Day and with support of NBJK & Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation @JBFMumbai Hazaribag District Lok Samiti has organized an All Religions Equanimity Prayer Meeting-cum-Fast program at Gandhi Memorial site campus, Kumhartoli and appealed to make Intoxication Free Jharkhand.

Mr. Girija Satish (President, National Lok Samiti) introduced the theme and said that Gandhiji was totally against liquor and at all times he wished for liquor prohibition in India. This devastates our young generation and blocks the progress of society, state and nation; he pointed out and appealed the state government to enforce a strong law against liquor in Jharkhand. Mr. Gautam Sagar Rana (Ex-MLA) called alcohol a curse and said about it’s more as well as unsafe consumption by poor people which results as tragedy of disease, death & scattered family. He suggested banning liquor with people’s awareness, their consciousness and related law. Mr. Swarup Chand Jain (Former Public Prosecutor) expressed deep concern over the government’s apathy towards Gandhi’s dream of liquor free India and said that it was better to continue undeclared ban upon alcohol initiated during Covid lockdown.

Mrs. Roshni Tirkey (Mayor, HMC) has supported the demand of liquor free Jharkhand and assured to communicate with people’s representatives & the government. Mr. Shamsher Alam has justified liquor prohibition for a healthy community life. Dr. Vishwanath Azad favored for uprooting of the menace while Mr. Krishna Ram Thakur & Mr. Jagdish Sahoo (Retd. Teachers) have blamed elites behind this disgusting malpractice. Mr. Sumer Sethi (Gorakshini Samiti) welcomed liquor prohibition in larger interest of society as this will check killing creatures too. Mr. Awdhesh Chandra Pandey suggested for an agitation against liquor and Mrs. Suhasini Tudu advised for livelihood options for people in villages as they make or sell local liquor for money.

Also Mr. Arvind Jha, Mr. Vipin Sinha, Mr. Manoj Verma, Mr. Rajeev Singh, Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, Ms Dipali, Ms Prerna Raj and many others have participated in the program. Mr. Shankar Rana anchored the proceeding and thanked all at the end.

NBJK Celebrates 72nd Republic Day

Hazaribag-Bahera-Ranchi-Khunti-Dumka-Patna, 26 January 2021: NBJK has celebrated the nation’s 72^nd Republic Day at coordination office-Amritnagar, head office-Bahera and branch offices of Ranchi, Khunti, Dumka, Patna.

At CO, Mr. Girija Satish (President-NBJK & National Lok Samiti) unfurled the tricolor and dedicated the day to the farmers of India. In his speech after national anthem, Mr. Girija Satish referred students’ movement, Anna movement and now farmers’ movement as the landmarks of a democratic India after independence. He said about bad effects of new agriculture laws upon farmers as they may lose their land and will be laborers. He warned about hoarding of farm produces by big traders and demanded for legal provision of MSP to farmers as they don’t get even cost price. Our government is not the almighty, it too can commit mistake and should rectify that, Mr. Girija Satish pointed out.

Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary-NBJK & President-Jharkhand State Lok Samiti) has supported farmers’ movement and appealed the government to hear our food providers. He mentioned about the background of NBJK‘s initiation and greeted all workers as the organization is completing its 50 years successfully. Also he talked about the achievements of programs like schools, eye hospitals, livelihood promotion and COVID-19 relief work by NBJK. Mr. Satish Girija assured to amplify people’s voice through Lok Samiti and demanded to ban liquor.

Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer-NBJK) has termed Republic Day as a resolution day to remember the determination of our freedom fighters. He appealed the people to decide a goal and to follow that with dedication. Also Mr. Gandharv Gaurav and Mr. Anand Abhinav (both Program Directors) have expressed their views on the occasion. At HO & branch offices, concerned In-Charges have hoisted the national flag and staffs have attended the function.

NBJK Celebrates First Establishment Anniversary of #LokNayakJayPrakashEyeHospital Kajha

18 January 2021, Kajha (Wazirganj), Gaya: At Kajha village of Sahiya panchayat in Wazirganj block under Gaya district, NBJK has celebrated first establishment anniversary of LNJP Eye Hospital initiated with support of #WenGivingFoundation Australia & Mission for Vision @mfv.org @mfv_org

Dr. Nand Lal Prasad (In-charge, Community Health Centre, Wazirganj) was the guest of honour who cut the cake on this occasion and accompanied by Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK), Mr. Gandharv Gaurav (Program Director, NBJK) and doctors of LNJPEH. Dr. Prasad has assured to cooperate for quality Cataract surgery of people in this area.

Mr. Gandharv Gaurav has briefed about this well equipped and modern eye hospital with 40 beds functioning under the guidelines of Central/State Government and provides free of cost or subsidized treatment to poor people. Within last one year, the hospital has conducted 10298 OPD and 3151 cataract surgeries successfully, out of which 2520 surgeries were free of cost, Mr. Gaurav said during the function.

Dr. Ashutosh Anand has appreciated the staffs of LNJPEH Kajha for such good performance of the hospital. Mr. Girija Satish has thanked the hospital team for their hard work and conveyed his best wishes. Dr. Suman Kumar (Ophthalmologist), Mr. Sukanto Mete (Manager, LNJPEH Kajha) and hospital workers have attended the function.

Lok Samiti & NBJK Welcome #FarmerAgitators from Odisha

17 January 2021, Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribag): At NBJK’s Bahera Ashram, the workers of Hazaribag District Lok Samiti & Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra have welcomed around 500 farmers from Odisha going to Delhi via Bhubaneswar, Khadagpur, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Hazaribag, Gaya, Banaras and Lucknow.

On this occasion, Mr. Girija Satish (President, National Lok Samiti & NBJK) has greeted them and called the Farmers’ Agitation as a big spontaneous protest. He said about their 5 months plus demonstration as a most impressive people’s movement since independence. Mr. Girija stated that the agriculture related three laws by our central government are not in interest of farmers and these will be harmful for them. National Lok Samiti’s president has termed the provisions of contract farming as anti-farmers and said that these would benefit big companies and the farmers who are owners of their land presently will be compelled to work as laborers on their own land later. These laws permit big traders for desired hoarding of agriculture products, while a farmers doesn’t possess such resources to keep own products safely for long time. Also it’s said that the farmer can sell his produces at preferred places but practically we see that he is unable to vend his crop in distant areas and that means profit to rich people again. Besides this there is no guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers for their crops. Thus the legal necessity of MSP is must and the government should make concerned law so that the farmers could get proper price. Mr. Girija Satish has appreciated the farmers for awareness towards their problems and said that our hundreds of companions have left their home and stuck in Delhi amid cold wave to oppose Agriculture Laws and many of them passes away, which is a matter of deep concern. There is growing support to the movement by intellectuals from India & abroad and our government should address the problems of farmers immediately, he pointed out.

Mr. Akshay Kumar who leads the farmer agitators has blamed the central government for averting the solution in name of negotiation and willing to make a way for corporate monopoly from seed to fertilizer. He is coordinator of Joint Farmers’ Front, belongs to Katak district of Odisha and worked with Baba Amte and Anna Hazare earlier. Also other farmer leaders as Mr. Shashidev Nanda (Odisha), Mr. Himanshu Tiwary (U. P.), Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Mr. Om Prakash (Tata Nagar) were present in the welcome meeting. A team of NBJK-LS workers like Mr. Virendra Sinha, Ms Rina Pandey, Mr. Brijnandan Singh, Mr. Vijay Kumar and Mr. Anjani Sinha has contributed to the program.

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Cataract Eradication Campaign by LNJP Eye Hospital @BHEL_India @BHELOfficial

07 January 2021, Patratu (Ramgarh): under Corporate Social Responsibility of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), NBJK run LokNayak JayPrakash Eye Hospital has organized Eye Screening Camp at local Sai Nursing Home and launched Cataract Eradication Campaign in the area. The program was graced by senior officials from NBJK & BHEL.

On this occasion, Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) introduced about various programs by NBJK, mentioned its eye health care initiative for common people and appreciated BHEL for the support. Mr. S. Gangopadhyay (GM, BHEL) said about the construction work they are assigned for at Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited and briefed upon BHEL’s CSR activities. He praised LNJPEH for the target of 2000 cataract surgeries under the campaign and offered all backings. Mr. A. K. Acharya (CFO, PVUN Ltd.) appealed the public came in the camp to follow doctor’s instructions and to disseminate the message of this free eye care service among more people. Mr. Sunil Kodape (Construction Manager, BHEL) said that blindness rate in Jharkhand is 2.13% as higher than India’s 1.99% and keeping view of poverty in the state, we welcome this campaign of eye check up & treatment absolutely free of cost. Mr. P. K. Vishwas (Head-HR, BHEL) was hopeful for benefit to local people through this eye care intervention. Mr. Nirbhay Singh (CO, Patratu) assured for all support to the campaign and said that the target of 2000 cataract surgeries seems less than the magnitude of the problem as most of the persons above 50 years of age are prone to cataract.

Mr. Anand Abhinav (Program Director, NBJK) has focused upon the need of people’s awareness on eye health care and thanked to the officials from BHEL and Dr. Sanjay Singh (Director, Sai Nursing Home) for their support. Also Mr. Gandharv Gaurav (Program Manager, NBJK), Mr. Karuna Nidhi (DPM, LNJPEH) & other members of Team LNJPEH were present in the event.

Its noteworthy that LNJP eye hospital has set the targets of 2000 cataract surgeries and 100 eye screening camps across all 48 panchayats of Patratu within a year. In today’s camp, total 175 persons turned up for their eye check up, 45 have been identified with cataract and referred to the base hospital for surgery.

#MissionGaurav by NBJK, MNSKPCL & CInI @cinicell for Covid 19 Reverse Migrants

14 December 2020, Khunti: With support of Tata Trusts @tatatrusts and Titan @titanwatches @titaneyeplus NBJK, Murhu Nari Shakti Kisan Producer Company Limited and CInI have come forward to support migrant people in Murhu & Khunti blocks came back to their homes during lockdown caused by COVID-19 pandemic. These organizations have started a project Mission Gaurav and enlisted 10,007 persons after a survey, to be supported.

They started a help center as Apna Seva Kendra (ASK) with inauguration by Mr. Nilkanth Singh Munda (MLA from Khunti & Chairman of Lok Lekha Samiti, Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha) who emphasized over collective  effort that made women more empowered and works as a vital force behind proper realization of Govt. schemes.

Mr. Girija Satish (Executive Director, NBJK) said about 30 years long work experience of NBJK in Khunti when vegetable cultivation was not in practice by farmers here, now they do it in almost every village because of organization’s positive endeavor. Also he briefed about the collective attempt for market availability to local farmers.

Mr. Somnath Das (Coordinator- CInI) put details about Mission Gaurav which will guide and link the migrant workers/ poor people to Govt. schemes as well as their skill development and proper coordination between villages & block will be kept under consideration.

The inaugural function was contributed by Mr. Mohit Purty (Manager, NBJK-Khunti), Mrs. Dayamani Nag (Directress-MNSKPCL), Mrs. Mithila Devi, Mr. Anil Hassa, Mr. Manohar Tuty, Mr. Deva Hassa, Mr. Ashish Tigga, Mr. Avijit Mal, Mr. Pravin Kumar, Mrs. Priyanka, Mrs. Jyoti, Mrs. Sisilia & others. Follow https://youtu.be/oASC9CK7hEI  for TV news.