Failing to finalize Kathua Master Plan

20/02/2019
In a testimony of non-serious approach towards ensuring planned development of major towns, Government has failed to finalize the Kathua Master Plan the exercise for which was started over four years back by the Housing and Urban Development Department. The intensity of casual approach can be gauged from the fact that even draft is not available either on the website of Town Planning Organization or of District Kathua. Four and half years back an exercise was set into motion for having a Master...

Govt departments failed to complete developmental works

19/02/2019
The MPLAD Scheme is essentially for the developmental works and creation of durable community assets. The MPs have recommendatory role and District Authorities (Nodal Officers) are responsible for implementation as per the administrative, financial and technical rules of the State Government and in accordance with the guidelines of the Scheme. Under the MPLAD Scheme, each Member of Parliament has the choice to suggest to the District Collector for execution the works to the tune of Rs 5 crore p...

Delay in completion of preliminary verification

18/02/2019
Despite lapse of over three months, State Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has failed to complete preliminary verification into the much-publicized fraud in the Group Health Insurance Policy for the Government employees and pensioners, which was brought to the fore by none else than the Governor of the State Satya Pal Malik. The revelations about the fraud in the Group Health Insurance Policy were made by the Governor in an interview on October 24, 2018 wherein he had also announced scrapping of th...

Work still pending despite lapse of 6 years

16/02/2019
The Indian System of Medicines (ISM) has diverted the Central Government funds worth Rs 20 crore, meant for setting up of two research Centres, to the construction of Medical Colleges whose work is still pending despite lapse of 6 years. The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences and Central Council for Research in Unani Medicines, Government of India, released these funds to the ISM for setting up of research centres in Medical Colleges under the head "Research Activities for the y...

Mockery of Govt order

15/02/2019
Making a mockery of the Government order, Orderlies, drivers, water carriers, operators, drivers, Daftaris, Jamadars and PSOs of three senior IAS officers including Principal Secretary, Home, Financial Commissioner, Housing and Urban Development Department, Rural Development Secretary, besides those posted in the offices of Chief Secretary and General Administration Department (GAD), have been given one-month additional salary for conduct of Panchayat and Municipal elections in a list released ...

Reversing historic decision

14/02/2019
The Governor's administration has reversed historic decision of previous PDP-BJP Government headed by Mehbooba Mufti, by which stamp duty on registration of land anywhere on the name of women was fully exempted, by issuing a fresh Notification today under which three percent stamp duty on market value of land or area will be charged from the females for registration of land on their names in both urban and rural areas. The Notification issued by the Finance Department was set to cause major emb...