Celebrating culture
Recently the Vitasta Cultural Festival’s third and final edition wraps up, celebrating India’s diverse cultural expressions. On this occasion, Shri Banwari Lal Purohit, Governor of Punjab and Chairman of the North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala, expressed immense pride in being a part of the ongoing celebration of this festival. Highlighting the significance of this glorious […]
Traffic blues
Traffic management is still a challenge not only in Jammu and Srinagar cities but also on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. Recently the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir reviewed the traffic management and gave several directions. Hedirected the traffic authorities to make their checking methods more people friendly. He said that there should be no halting […]
Transformation
Central government, especially the NITI Aayog, has appreciated the efforts of the J&K government for digital transformation as the people are getting all the services online. Recently VC NITI Aayog appreciated brisk digital transformation in J&K; rankings of UT’s administrative units He noted that all the programmes devised by the UT are designed to enhance […]
Transformational changes
Recently Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council of India (ESC) in Electronic and IT Sector. On the occasion LG Manoj Sinha said, under the guidance of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, the reforms introduced over the past few […]
Digital arena
Recently the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir said that there are opportunities in the digital arena for implementing artificial intelligence-based technologies for further improvement in governance and increasing accountability of departments and their respective officers while ensuring transparency and efficiency in departments. He said that AI technologies can help identify poor-performing human resources and […]
New projects
Cable car projects are being established at many new tourist destinations across Jammu and Kashmir. In a recent Board of Directors (BoD) of the J&K Cable Car Corporation (JKCCC) Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir observed that many of the tourist locations like Sarthal, Mantalai, Sanasar, Doodhpathri, Baderwah and Baisaran (Pahalgam) have tremendous potential of […]
Path of development
Recently LG Manoj Sinha said that due to the new policies of the central government every state and UT is on the path of development. He said that due to sound economic policies, world’s biggest organizations and companies have expressed confidence in India’s potential. I am happy that ICAI is actively participating in this journey […]
Rural Sanitation
Under Swachh Bharat Mission, J&K administration has taken slew of measures at the village level for the rural sanitation. Recently in a review meeting held by the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir for this purpose, Director, Rural Sanitation gave a presentation on the current status of all the initiatives taken under Swachh Bharat Mission […]
Homestay tourism
In many villages of Jammu and Kashmir, homestay tourism is picking up during the current season. The government initiated promotion of homestay tourism in the UT by launching Panchari as the first tourist village with homestay facilities under TVDP. The ambitious programme has the potential to mobilize the diverse geographical and socio-economic landscape of the […]
Changing the system
There has been a lot of progress in digitization of land records and the process is almost completed. Recently the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir reviewed the progress of the revenue department on the ground. He was told by the officers Geo-referencing of 72% cadastral maps has been completed till date. It was further […]