Fruitful engagement

Fruitful engagement

Recently Chief Secretary reviewed position of supplies, status of paramedic courses offered in JK hospitals. He observed that since the Department has introduced these courses admitting hundreds of students each year, it is therefore its primary responsibility to ensure their professional upbringing and fruitful engagement for the duration of the courses. He also reviewed the status […]

Drug abuse

Drug abuse

J&K administration has taken slew of measures to control drug abuse in the society. In order to review the measures taken by Law Enforcement Agencies and other stakeholders to curb the menace of drug abuse and drug peddling in Srinagar, a meeting on District Level meeting on Prevention of Drug Abuse & Narcotics Trade (NCORD) […]

Review of laws

Review of laws

Recently Chief Secretary chaired a high level Steering Committee Meeting of senior functionaries of Home, Police and Law Departments to review implementation of three new criminal laws in J&K enacted by the Parliament in 2023. The Principal Secretary, Home, threw light on different initiatives taken by the local administration in this pursuit, so far. He […]

Mega plantation drive

Mega plantation drive

In the entire Jammu and Kashmir with the concept of spring, plantation drive has been started in many districts. Recently Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, undertook a significant plantation campaign at Tara Gali, Badarkund area in Ganderbal under Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP). This plantation initiative, organized by the District Administration in collaboration with […]

Training programme

Training programme

Recently a training programme was held under HADP with participation of many farmers. The initiative aimed at creating awareness about various components of the HADP programme, including achieving self-sufficiency in mutton production, reducing livestock mortality by improving infrastructure at highland pastures, and establishing FPOs for efficient processing and marketing of wool and pelt. Continuing efforts, […]

Animal husbandry sector

Animal husbandry sector

Under HADP, animal husbandry sector especially sheep farming is getting a push by some central schemes. Recently Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production Department, chaired a meeting to review progress on implementation of different schemes and programs of Animal and Sheep Husbandry Departments in Kashmir. The meeting was among others attended by Director General Sheep Husbandry, Kashmir, […]

New trends

New trends

Recently PDD department has recently said that they will achieve100 pc smart metering across Jammu and Kashmir by the year  2026. This is evident from the fact that the metering percentage in J&K is distressingly low with only 51% consumers metered and as such, being charged on flat-rate basis. The flat rate bills, based on […]

Vishwakarma scheme

Vishwakarma scheme

Recently District Administration Anantnag, in collaboration with the Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Skill Development, District Industries Centre today organized a one-day awareness program on the transformative PM Vishwakarma scheme. The event, held at Dak Bunglow Khanabal Anantnag brought together key stakeholders, officials, and beneficiaries to amplify awareness and harness the […]

Man-Animal Conflict

Man-Animal Conflict

There have been lot of incidents in the recent past which show growing Man-Animal Conflict. In order to address this issue Div Com called for coordinated efforts to tackle attacks In Kashmir. In this regard, Div Com convened a meeting which was attended by the Additional Chief Conservator of Forests, Deputy Commissioners, SSPs, Regional Wildlife […]

KNOW YOUR CANDIDATE

KNOW YOUR CANDIDATE

Election Commission of India recently developed a new app “KNOW YOUR CANDIDATE” for the coming Lok Sabha elections. The app helps citizens to know about the criminal antecedents of candidates contesting the elections. To use the KYC app, the voters need to select the election type and AC/PC name to view the list of nominations […]