Cabinet approves ₹5,940 crore revised Jharia Master Plan for rehabilitation: Ashwini Vaishnaw

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (June 25, 2025) passed a resolution “to commemorate and honour the sacrifices of countless victims of the Emergency.

“The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi passed a resolution ‘to commemorate and honour the sacrifices of countless individuals who valiantly resisted the Emergency and its attempts at subversion of the spirit of Indian Constitution’, 50 years ago,” Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

They also approved the ₹5,940-crore revised Jharia Master Plan (JMP) to deal with fire and rehabilitation of affected families. The total financial outlay for the implementation of the revised plan is ₹5,940.47 crore.

The revised JMP lays a much stronger emphasis on sustainable livelihood generation for families being resettled under the plan.

Targeted skill development programmes are to be undertaken, and income-generating opportunities will be created to ensure economic self-reliance of the rehabilitated families.

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The Jharia Master Plan for dealing with fire, subsidence and rehabilitation in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district was approved by the Centre in August 2009, with an implementation period of 10 years and a pre-implementation period of two years with an estimated investment of ₹7,112.11 crore. The plan expired in 2021.

The Cabinet also approved the extension of Pune metro line 2 of ₹3,626 crore, and the establishment of International Potato Centre’s regional centre in Agra, Uttar Pradesh costing ₹111.50 crore.

(with inputs from PTI)