SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary Skill Development Department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, today chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat here to review the physical and financial progress under Capex Budget 2022-23.
The meeting was attended by the Director Skill Development Department, Chief Engineer R&B Kashmir, Principals and Superintendents of Government Polytechnics and Industrial Training Institutes while the Managing Director, JKPCC, Chief Engineer, R&B Jammu, Director State Motor Garages, General Managers of JKPCC, District Executive Engineers and other officers participated online.
Threadbare discussion was held on the latest work-wise detail regarding both physical and financial progress achieved under Centrally Sponsored Schemes including the status of new Polytechnics of CAPEX Budget 2022-23 of the department.
Principal Secretary had a detailed project-wise review besides enquiring about the present status of all the ongoing development works. He assessed physical and financial progress on projects taken up during the current financial year 2022-23 under the Capex budget.
Dr Samoon asked the concerned heads of the executing agencies to expedite the remaining ongoing works so that the buildings would be handed over to the department at the earliest. He directed the concerned officers to take appropriate measures for the execution of new works under both the sectors ‘Polytechnics as well as ITIs’ to ensure the utilization of funds earmarked for the purpose under Capex Budget 2022-23.
It is pertinent to mention that the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development had sanctioned 18 new Polytechnics during 2009-2010 for uncovered districts of J&K under the “Sub-Mission on Polytechnic under coordinated action for Skill Development” Scheme.
