Matter of serious concern

25/04/2018
Though menace of corruption has remained a matter of serious concern in Jammu and Kashmir yet the PDP-BJP Coalition Government is not paying any serious attention towards strengthening internal vigilance in the departments and Public Sector Undertakings as a measure to reduce the space for corrupt practices. This can be gauged from the fact that no steps are being taken to strengthen the institution of Departmental Vigilance Officers (DVOs), which otherwise has failed to yield the desirable res...

Matter of serious concern

24/04/2018
Though menace of corruption has remained a matter of serious concern in Jammu and Kashmir yet the PDP-BJP Coalition Government is not paying any serious attention towards strengthening internal vigilance in the departments and Public Sector Undertakings as a measure to reduce the space for corrupt practices. This can be gauged from the fact that no steps are being taken to strengthen the institution of Departmental Vigilance Officers (DVOs), which otherwise has failed to yield the desirable res...

Least Priority

24/04/2018
Despite being warned of strict action for non-performance, the concerned Government departments have not paid serious attention towards the issues prioritized by the legislators during the District Development Board meeting of Ramban over one year back. Due to this, no discernible progress has been witnessed even on making available improved basic amenities to the people. While chairing District Development Board meeting of Ramban on March 4, 2017, Minister for Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fishe...

Lackadaisical approach

23/04/2018
Lackadaisical approach of all the concerned departments has created impediments in implementing majority of the decisions taken by the District Development Board of Doda one year back. Shockingly, no action has even been taken on those announcements which were made from this important platform more than three years ago by none else than the then Chief Minister of the State. This has clearly established that the importance of this institution is confined to the papers only and in real sense Gove...

Height of negligence

22/04/2018
In what could be termed as height of negligence and casual approach of the concerned authorities, all the four telemedicine nodes established in various Government Hospitals across Jammu division including Medical College Jammu are lying defunct for last about 10 years. The Telemedicine Programme of ISRO is an innovative process of synergizing benefits of Satellite communication technology and information technology with Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences to deliver the health care ser...

Flexing muscles

21/04/2018
After virtually playing second fiddle in the State Government for three years, BhartiyaJanta Party in Jammu and Kashmir seems to have started flexing muscles or is at least trying to give such an impression for public consumption as State Working Committee of the saffron party today adopted a number of Resolutions, which may not be acceptable to the main ruling alliance partner PDP.Besides, taking a stand contradictory to the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, BJP national vice-president and Inchar...

Giving pace to major developmental projects

20/04/2018
The Centre Government is all set to release a handsome amount under Prime Minister's Development Package (PMDP) to Jammu and Kashmir in the State sector for giving pace to major developmental projects in Works, Power, Health, Rehabilitation and some other departments. Funds around Rs 5500 crore could be released in the State sector for various works by the Ministry of Home Affairs, which monitors the PMDP, during the initial period of upcoming financial year of 2018-19. More funds would be cons...

Failing to become reality

19/04/2018
Making mockery of an important institution, several Government departments have failed to translate into reality many decisions taken by the District Development Board of Jammu in the presence of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Deputy Chief Minister DrNirmal Singh about one year back. This has clearly established that repeated instructions from the Planning, Development and Monitoring Department about constant monitoring of progress on such decisions by the concerned authorities have fallen o...