Focusing on education
For any society to progress on all fronts, proper education to its children is the key. It is the education that helps a child to become a responsible, creative, innovative and productive citizen who can lead her/his society and nation to a developed future. As rightly pointed out, during an official function, by the Lt […]
Submission of utilisation certificates
The Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to submit utilisation certificates for grants worth more than Rs 10,000 crores to the Centre till March 2021. According to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India’s (CAG) fresh report on finances of Jammu and Kashmir for the year ending in March 2021, as many as 3,215 number […]
Self sufficiency in agricultural sector
While addressing Governing Council of the NITI Aayog meeting on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on made a strong case for modernising agriculture, animal husbandry and food processing to help the country become self-sufficient and a global leader in the agriculture sector. He asked the states to focus on promoting 3Ts — Trade, Tourism, Technology […]
Tackling the increasing threat of Covid
With every passing day the numbers of Covid 19 patients are surging in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Some infection related deaths too have been reported here. The numbers of positive cases, that come to fore, if the reports from the ground are believed, are lesser than the number of people who are […]
Observing August 5th
August 5th marks the third anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 and 35 A, bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir and downsizing of it to two union territories. Much water has flown down the river Jehlum during these three years. Jammu and Kashmir has seen many ups and downs during this period. The positive development that […]
Let people elect their own government
The Election Commission has initiated the revision of electoral rolls following the delimitation exercise in the union territory and the draft rolls will be prepared by August 31. In this regard directions have been passed to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer to map the redrawn Assembly constituencies. Directions have also been given for the […]
Defeat the deadly virus
As the Covid positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir are on rise, the Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta has emphasised on administering booster vaccination dose against to the eligible population the Union Territory on a war-footing basis. He directed the concerned officers to frame a comprehensive strategy to gear up efforts and saturate the […]
Preserving cultural heritage
Kashmir has re-emerged on the tourism map with full forces as the Union Territory has seen tremendous footfall during past few months. Government has taken and is taking several steps to make tourism sector more vibrant to give boost to the economy of the UT. While Jammu and Kashmir has tremendous tourism potential vis-à-vis its […]
Do’s and don’ts for tourism sector
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the new initiatives of the Tourism department here at Raj Bhawan and directed the officials to focus on new tourism initiatives. He sought a detailed report on home-stays, setting up of tented accommodation at major tourist attractions, adventure activities, new trekking routes identified, […]
Fighting cyber crimes
The Lok Sabha was told on Tuesday that a whopping 36.29 lakh cyber security incidents were observed in the country since 2019 till last month. It was further said that as per information reported to and tracked by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a total of 3,94,499, 11,58,208, 14,02,809 and 67,4021 cyber security incidents […]
