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Panchayat System

Panchayat System

The Panchayat System is working on the ground in Jammu and Kashmir and recently some of them were categorized at national level for their performance. Recently LG Manoj Sinha said that best performing Panchayats of J&K were awarded in three categories at the national-level and are inspiring other PRIs for improving delivery of services and […]

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Chief Secretary addresses industry grievances

Chief Secretary addresses industry grievances

Calls for regular interaction between industry, government JAMMU, APRIL 25: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired an interactive session with entrepreneurs and investors at the Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was aimed at addressing the issues and concerns faced by the industrial sector in the Union Territory. During the meeting, several important issues […]

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Advisor Bhatnagar reviews progress on major health projects

Advisor Bhatnagar reviews progress on major health projects

JAMMU, APRIL 25: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, today chaired a meeting to review progress on works being executed on major ongoing health projects in Jammu and Kashmir at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by Secretary Health and Medical Education (H&ME), Bhupinder Kumar; CEO, ERA, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah; MD […]

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School Edu Deptt seeks list of Pvt schools functioning on Govt land for implementation of RTE to EWS students

School Edu Deptt seeks list of Pvt schools functioning on Govt land for implementation of RTE to EWS students

Srinagar : The School Education Department Tuesday sought list of all private schools functioning from government land and ordered its management to compulsorily admit 25 percent of students from weaker section from their catchment areas.   Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), in a communique to Chief Education Officers (CEOs) of the region has asked […]

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Oilseed crop

Oilseed crop

Under the National Oilseed Mission, the J & K government has given a lot of incentives to the farmers for the cultivation of mustard oilseed crops. Recently Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, inaugurated Sarson Utsav and launched Kharif Campaign-2023 He highlighted the importance of value addition of oilseed (mustard) saying that the department […]

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Div Com Jammu asks DCs to identify land for establishment of Housing colonies in districts

Div Com Jammu asks DCs to identify land for establishment of Housing colonies in districts

  JAMMU, APRIL 24: Divisional Commissioner, Ramesh Kumar on Monday directed Deputy Commissioners of Jammu division to identify suitable land for development of Housing Colonies in their respective districts. He issued these directions while chairing a video conferencing meeting with DCs and concerned officers convened to review the progress achieved in this regard so far. […]

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Lt Governor participates in the celebration of National Panchayati Raj Day at Palli, Samba

Lt Governor participates in the celebration of National Panchayati Raj Day at Palli, Samba

  Addresses Panchayati Raj representatives; Confers awards to the concerned awardees of UT Level Panchayat Awards As powerful agents of Socio-Economic change & engines of rural development, Panchayats are making a significant contribution to the nation building and empowering the citizens to meet the challenge of sustainable development: LG Best performing Panchayats of J&K awarded […]

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Developmental scenario

Developmental scenario

Recently Deputy Commissioner (DC), Srinagar undertook on spot inspection of different developmental works in Srinagar district. While reviewing the ongoing work on flyover at Nowgam crossing, he took stock of the work on 0.85 km span flyover being carried out at a cost of Rs 36.90 crore for which completion timeline has already been set […]

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Rains Relent, Mercury Drops Below Normal In J&K

Rains Relent, Mercury Drops Below Normal In J&K

Srinagar’: Amid decrease in precipitation and forecast for scattered to fairly widespread light rain and thunderstorm in next 24 hours, the minimum temperature recorded a drop in Jammu and Kashmir below normal on Friday. A meteorological department official here said that “mainly dry weather to isolated very light rain and thunderstorm” was expected during two […]

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Div Com reviews arrangements for facilitating smooth Seasonal migration of nomads

Div Com reviews arrangements for facilitating smooth Seasonal migration of nomads

JAMMU, APRIL 20: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar today chaired a meeting of Deputy Commissioners and concerned Officers to review the arrangements for facilitating smooth seasonal migration of the nomads Gujjar-Bakerwal community along with their livestock to upper reaches of the districts. The Div Com directed DCs to issue permissions for movement after seeking proper satisfactory reports […]