DDBs are the institutions of empowerment for legislators: Dorjay
Nanda advocates creation of separate TDA for Reasi
17/04/2018
REASI, Apr 16: The District Development Board (DDB) today approved an outlay of Rs 141.24 crore as CAPEX Budget for 2018-19 for Reasi district in the meeting held under the chairmanship of Minister for Coop erative, Ladakh Affairs Chering Dorjay, here.
The approved plan included Rs 1099.49 lakh under regular schemes, Rs 2110.71 lakh as NABARD loan component, Rs 10039.98 lakh under CSS central share, Rs. 867.66 lakh as CSS state share and Rs 6.63 lakh as loan of State share for development of district Reasi during the year 2018-19.
Minister of State for Finance & Planning Development Ajay Nanda, Rajya Sabha Member Shamsheer Singh Manhas, Vice Chairman, Jammu and Kashmir State, Advisory Board for Development of Gujjar and Bakerwals, Choudhary Gulzar Ahmad Khattana, Chairperson, J&K State Social Welfare Board, Prof. Nirmal Gupta, Vice Chairman for State Advisory Board for Development of Kissans Daljit Singh Chib, Vice Chairman, J&K State Advisory Board for Development of Scheduled Caste, Bhushan Lal Dogra, MLA Gool-Arnas Aijaz Ahmed Khan, MLA Gulabgarh, Mumtaz Ahmad Khan, MLC Sham Lal Bhagat, District Development Commiss ioner (DDC), Reasi, Prasana Ramaswami Ji, SSP Reasi, Tahir Husain, various Divisional Level HoDs and other senior officers of line departments besides, the officers of district administration were present in the meeting. Describing District Development Boards (DDBs) as the institutions of empowerment for legislators, the Minister said that this well-established institutional mechanism makes them part of implementation process at the ground level. He stressed that the decisions taken in the District Development Board meetings shall have to be implemented in letter and spirit.
The Chairman said that the officers have to achieve all envisaged targets after utilizing the allocated funds in different sectors and added that action would be initiated against those who take their assignments very lightly and surrender amount at the end of the year.
The Chairman directed the executing agencies and administration for conducting joint visits besides gearing up the pace of progress so that major amount involved with the various schemes is utilized without any obstruction. Speaking on the occasion, Ajay Nanda urged upon involving public representative in the developmental process. "The holistic and sustainable development of the state is core agenda of the present dispensation" he said adding that several flagship programmes have been launched in this regard. He also expressed concern over lack of spending from CAPEX budget.
The Minister strongly advocated creation of separate Tourism Develop ment Authority for Reasi on account of constant increase in rush of pilgrims visiting Mata Vashno Devi Shrine in holy town of Katra. He said more than one crore tourists have visited Katra and Shiv Khori during last year. He said there are vast potential of tourism in the district which needs to be tapped properly.
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