Redefining powers

23/10/2018
Governor's administration has re-defined the powers of the Administrative Secretaries and the Heads of the Departments for effecting transfers and postings by making major changes in the Transfer Policy notified more than eight years back with the approval of the State Cabinet. The Transfer Policy was approved by the State Cabinet vide Decision No.156/12/2010 dated July 27, 2010 and it was notified by the General Administration Department vide Government Order No.861 dated July 28, 2010. Under ...

Difficulties in executing AMRUT projects

22/10/2018
The administration is facing difficulties in execution of majority of the projects sanctioned under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for the Leh town due to poor response from the contractors. There are apprehensions about completion of these works within the time-frame fixed by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Under AMRUT, a Centrally Sponsored Flagship Scheme, which was launched in June 2015, five towns/cities of the State namely Jammu, Srinagar, ...

Ramban Trauma Care Centre crying for Govt’s care

21/10/2018
Unbelievable it may sound but it is a fact that Trauma Care Centre at Ramban, which was constructed with the sole objective of providing timely care to the victims of road accidents on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, is itself crying for the care of Government during the past six years. Due to this, the hospital has failed to treat even single trauma patient and entire expenditure in the shape of raising of structure and installation of medical equipment has turned out to be unfruitful. Ha...

Absolute non-seriousness

20/10/2018
Establishing that much-hyped Shiv Khori Passenger Ropeway Project is not a priority for the Government anymore, nobody from the administration was deputed to attend the meeting of Expert Appraisal Committee of Union Ministry of Environment and Forest for obtaining environment clearance. Due to this, the panel of experts has deferred the proposal for unspecified period. Proposal for obtaining environment clearance for Shiv Khori Passenger Ropeway Project was listed before the Expert Appraisal Co...

Taking cadre control of PD&MD

19/10/2018
High Court stayed the Government Order No.407-FD dated September 20, 2018 and directed that till next date of hearing the cadre controlling authority as also the other service matters of the J&K Economics and Statistical Services shall continue to vest in the Planning and Development Department. The order was passed in a petition filed by Kamal Kumar Sharma and others, who submitted that J&K Economics and Statistics Cadre of Planning Development and Monitoring Department has its own recruitment...

Redefining jurisdiction

18/10/2018
Despite being aware of the fact that vast population in the districts created 11 years back is facing numerous problems; the Government is sleeping over the proposal about redefining the jurisdiction of various departments which was submitted two years back. Shockingly, even serious discussion has not been initiated on addressing the grave issue at any level in the administration. In the year 2007, eight new districts-four each in Kashmir and Jammu divisions were created and their jurisdiction ...

Empowering Panchayats

17/10/2018
For the first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, the Panchayati Raj Institutions have been really empowered with the State Government today assigning charge of 20 Departments to them by an act of legislation, just ahead of nine-phase Panchayat elections, which are scheduled to be held between November 17-December 11.The National Conference-Congress coalition Government headed by Omar Abdullah had made similar attempt to extend control of some Departments to the Panchayats by an administr...