Review of progress

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is constantly reviewing progress of work on the ground in different sectors. Recently Chief Secretary of Jammu and reviewed progress of district Capex Budget and asked DDC’s to achieve saturation in all identified indicators

He asked the DDCs to speed up execution of works so as to improve the performance of their respective districts in critical indicators. He also set a list of activities for DDCs to undertake several programmes that are to be saturated within the set timelines.

It was given out in the meeting that the total Plan size of District Capex Budget 2022-23 is Rs. 22126.93 Crore which is 75% more than the District Capex Budget 2021-22 i.e. Rs 12600.58 Crore.

It was also given out in the meeting that in order to strengthen Panchayati Raj Institution, Rs. 1000.00 Crore for Panchayats, Rs. 200.00 Crore for DDCs and Rs. 71.25 Crore for BDCs have been allocated this year. It was given out that a bottom up approach has been adopted while formulating the plan so that the public participation is ensured and public demands of emergent nature are incorporated in the respective plans.

Keeping in view the needs in the rural areas, Rs. 10914.08 Crore under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), Rs. 3814.42 Crore under MGNREGA, Rs. 1529.59 Crore under PMAY-G, Rs. 2001.12 Crore under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and Rs. 47.53 Crore under Border Area Development Programme (BADP) have been earmarked during 2022-23. Giving further details, it was given out that 41905 works have been taken upto till 22nd, July 2022.