15 December 2015

PRECIOUS KASHMIR
‘Need to beautify Srinagar
for coming tourist season’
Precious Kashmir News
Srinagar, Dec 14: Deputy
Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal
Singh, who also holds the
charge of Power Development
Department and Housing
and Urban Development
Department, today stressed
on the need to beautify the
Srinagar city by ensuring cent
percent cleanliness and end
to illegal encroachments.
Dr. Singh was today reviewing
the functioning of
Srinagar Municipal Corporation
(SMC), where he asked
the officials to prepare a comprehensive
list of all illegal
encroachments and commercial
buildings lacking mandatory
car parking. The list will
help government to make a
comprehensive policy that
will deter future encroachments
by way of enhanced
punishments and imposition
of fine. The meeting was informed
that 19 commercial
establishments have been
sealed for not having the car
parking facility.
Precious Kashmir News
Jammu, Dec 14: Minister for
Consumer Affairs and Public
Distribution, Choudhary
Zulfkar Ali today held a video
conference with all the District
Development Commissioners
(DDC) to review the progress
of consumer database creation
for effective implementation of
NFSA. He also called for launching
mass awareness campaigns
in this regard.
The Minister impressed
upon all DDCs to expedite
the process and complete the
same within fixed timeframe.
He directed the concerned to
cover all the deserving beneficiaries
under different
categories through a comprehensive
survey. “The DDCs
should also come up with a
comprehensive list of all the
segregated families,” he said.
The Minister said the
publication of the draft list,
calling of objections and summary
procedure to be followed
under inclusion criteria
should be updated on CA&PD
portal for the information of
the general public.
“No deserving families
should be left out especially
The Deputy Chief Minister
asked the officials to prepare
for the coming season
which is expected to bring an
increased number of tourists
to the capital city. The meeting
was informed that SMC
collects around 400 MT’s of
solid waste everyday, which
is dumped at Achan.
The Deputy Chief Minister
assured that all help will
be provided under Swachh
Bharat Mission (SBM) to
make Srinagar and other cities
clean and beautiful.
Dr Singh also gave green
signal to SMC for purchasing
a segregator machine. The
Deputy Chief Minister also
asked the officials to expedite
the waste to energy project
at the Achan dumping site,
which will further reduce the
garbage burden.
With regards to scarcity
of staff at SMC, Dr Singh asked
the officials to outsource the
sanitation work, wherever
it is possible. He also asked
the corporation to devise an
awareness campaign for the
those falling under priority
category. Besides extra care
should be taken to provide
application forms to the consumers
and proper verification
of the details should be
done before finalizing the
list,” he asserted.
The Minister was apprised
that application forms
for enrollment under NFSA
have been distributed among
the consumers with the process
of submission of the forms
duly completed in all respects
has also been started simultaneously
in all the districts.
The Minister said the
families not covered under
priority and non-priority categories
would be provided
non-rationee cards for identification
and other purposes.
Jammu, Dec 14: JP World
School celebrated its annual
day function with great
pomp and show, here today.
Minister for Health and
Medical Education, ARI and
Trainings Choudhary Lal
Singh was the Chief Guest
on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion,
the Minister called for
promoting moral education
in all government as well as
and private educational institutions
to protect age old
moral ethics and rich cultural
heritage of the State.
He said “our moral ethos is
getting eroded under the
influence of western culture
and need of the hour is to
preserve our age old traditions.
Choudhary Lal Singh
said that all government
importance of segregation of
waste at the source.
The meeting was informed
that the committee
is currently working on 38
drainage projects in the city
and 80 percent work on them
has been completed. The
committee has formulated Rs
410 crore project, for which a
proposal has been sent under
AMRUT scheme. The five year
Zulfkar for launching mass
awareness campaign about NFSA
2-day Urdu
conference begins
at Tagore Hall
Srinagar, Dec 14: A 2-day
conference on Urdu organised
by Academy of Art, Culture
and Languages started today
at Tagore Hall Srinagar on the
theme ‘’The Role of Institutions
in the development of Urdu
Language’.
Noted writer Farooq Ahmad
Nazki presided over
the function, whileas Kacho
Sikandaryar Khan was chief
guest on the occasion. Secretary
Cultural Academy, Aziz
Hajini, Director School Education
Kashmir,Dr Shah Faesal,
Professor Nazir Ahmad Malik,
Mohammad Yousuf Taing,
Ghulam Nabi Khayal, Shafaq
Sopori, Rafiq Raaz, Abdul
,Gani Sheikh Ladakhi, Abdul
Hameed Tanveer Kargili and
various poets, writers and students
participated in the event.
Jammu, Dec 14: A meeting
of Committee on Public
Accounts (PAC) of Jammu
and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
was held here today
under the Chairmanship of
MLA, Mian Altaf Ahmed to
examine Audit Paragraphs
relating to Consumer Affairs
and Public Distribution Department.
Legislators, Aijaz Ahmed
Khan, Satpaul Sharma, Mohammad
Khalil Band, Ajay
Nanda, Rajeev Sharma, Zaffar
Iqbal Manhas and Dr.
Shehnaz Ganai were present
in the meeting and gave suggestions
to improve the functioning
of the department.
Emphasizing the need
to generate mass awareness
regarding NFSA, the Minister
asked DDCs to hold awareness
campaigns to sensitize
the consumers about the
benefits of this ambitious
initiative. “Success of any
scheme lies in the efficiency
with which it is implemented
and benefits should reach the
targeted beneficiaries“, the
Minister stressed.
The Minister appreciated
the efforts of DDCs and concerned
officers for providing
requisite logistic support to
CA&PD department to create
database of 1.25 crore souls
which would serve as a vital
data for seeking allocation
under NFSA and other social
security schemes.
and such private institutions
should redouble their
efforts ensuring that quality
education is imparted to
students. He further added
that students are building
blocks of a strong foundation
of the nation.
The Minister asked the
teaching fraternity to help
students imbibe values
through education. He added
that teachers are architects
who shape personality
of students and mould them
to be good human beings.
The Minister also highlighted
role of the teachers
and parents in the life of
children. He called upon all
parents to help their wards
achieve better education
and become good citizens of
the country.
He also asked the
project will make available
around Rs 80-85 crores to
SMC every year.
The Deputy Chief Minister
also asked the officials of
Urban Local Bodies to work
together to make SBM a
complete success. He was informed
that the Urban Local
Bodies have received 25349
applications for the construction
of individual household
Precious Kashmir News
Jammu, Dec 14: Chairing
the 29th University Council
meeting of Sher-e-Kashmir
University of Agricultural
Sciences and Technology of
Kashmir (SKUAST-K), held
here at the Raj Bhavan, Governor
N.N. Vohra, Chancellor
of SKUAST-K, observed that
the Farm Universities should
get involved and play a role
in developing entrepreneurship
in the State by imparting
vocational and skill oriented
training in the fields of
scientific storage, dehydration,
processing, packaging,
handling and value addition
of fruits, vegetables meat and
poultry products in the State.
In the discussions in the Council
the Chancellor andChief
Minister Mufti Mohd. Sayeed,
Pro Chancellor of the University
reviewed the ongoing vocational
training programmes
and the locations where these
are being carried out.
The Vice Chancellor, Dr.
Nazeer Ahmad was asked
to undertake an assessment
of the actual benefits of the
“High Density Fruit Farming
Youth are building blocks
of the nation: Lal Singh
Mian Altaf chairs PAC meet
The Committee discussed
the Action Taken
Report on Audit Paras contained
in CAG’s Report for
Consumer Affairs and Public
Distributions Department.
Threadbare discussion
was held on relevant paras
including non-functional K.
Oil depots and their present
status, procurement of food
grains and implementation
of NFSA in the state and its
various aspects.
The Committee asked
the concerned officers
that the Accounts system
of the department should
be maintained as per the
guidelines. It also asked to
them to ensure proper supply
of K. Oil in remote and
far-flung areas.
Secretary, CA&PD, Saurabh
Bhagat briefed the
Committee about the functioning
of the department
besides physical and financial
activities of the department.
Deputy Audit General
(DAG), Deen Dayal Verma,
Director, CA&PD, Jammu,
G. S. Chib, Director Finance,
CA&PD, Suresh Koul, Special
Secretary, Legislative Assembly,
M. R. Singh besides
senior officers of CA&PD and
Assembly Secretariat also
attended the meeting.
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toilets out of which 5006
have been already sanctioned.
Dr Singh asked the
officials to expedite the sanctioning
of other cases too.
Under the programme every
household is provided Rs
4000 by Centre and Rs 8000
by state government for the
construction of toilets.
12 community centres
are also being constructed
in various towns besides, 21
drainage projects have been
taken up at as many towns.
The Deputy Chief Minister
asked the Urban Local Bodies
to generate resources by utilising
the assets at prime locations.
He gave green signal
for taking up a project under
PPP mode at Handwara Bus
Adda.
The Deputy Chief Minister
asked the officials to get
ready for local bodies elections,
which will be held in
March 2016. “We want to
bring the governance at the
local level. Our motto is to
ensure development of everybody,”
said Dr Singh.
Farm Universities should play a role
in entrepreneurship dev: Governor
students community to
remain focused in their
studies, besides also participate
in extracurricular
activities for their overall
development. He said that
hard-work will not only
help them achieve better
results and a bright future
but they will also be able
to contribute towards the
progress of the nation.
Speaking on the occasion,
Chairman of the school
asked the students to work
hard and show their excellence
in coming exams. He
said education is vital for
better tomorrow and asked
students to share their
knowledge to gain knowledge.
Earlier, students of the
school presented a colorful
cultural programme.
Pulwama, Dec 14: Director
General of Police (DGP), K.
Rajendra Kumar today visited
Pulwama and supervised the
ongoing recruitment process
of constables which was
held in district police lines,
He enquired about different
methods being applied for
outdoor tests of the aspirants.
Rajendra, on the occasion
interacted with the candidates
to get fed back about
the gadgets being utilized in
the physical tests. He said that
the process would be purely
transparent and deserving
youth would be selected on
the basis of merit. The whole
process is being monitored
System in Kashmir Valley”
project by carrying out a
concurrent evaluation along
with the State Agriculture
Department. The Chancellor
and the Pro-Chancellor also
discussed the present status
of the work being done
by the Research Centre for
Residue and Quality Analysis
at SKUAST-K and directed
Commissioner, State Agriculture
Department, to ensure
stringent action against
anyone involved in the sale
of spurious fertilizers, insecticides
and pesticides in the
State. The Chancellor also
stressed the adoption of organic
farm practices.
The Pro Chancellor advised
Vice Chancellor to
suitably review the extant
academic programmes to
provide the students an
Jammu, Dec 14: Maintaining
that Gram Panchayats are
the most important element
of the Panchayati Raj system,
Minister for Rural Development
and Panchayati Raj,
Abdul Haq today said J&K
would achieve real progress
at the grassroots level only
if the Gram Panchayats are
strengthened and empowered.
Speaking at day-long
conference and award distribution
function organized
by Department of Rural Development
and Panchayati
Raj here, the Minister said it
is a matter of pride for the
State that three Gram Panchayats
including Dara, Sarar
and Mand brought laurels
to J&K after being conferred
“Panchayat Sashaktikaran
Puraskar” for the year 2014-
15 by the Government of India.
He said these Gram Panchayats
were awarded for
through latest equipments
to ensure transparency in the
recruitment, he added.
Earlier, the Chairman
of the Police Recruitment
Board, L. Mohanti, briefed
Mehbooba seeks effective
implementation of supernumerary
quota for JK students
increased opportunity of
spending more time in field
work. He also asked the VC
to initiate dairy and poultry
farming Pilot Projects for encouraging
and guiding the
rural youth to set up farming
related ventures.
The Council had extensive
discussions on the
work done by the University
for providing high yielding
seeds to the farmers and
significantly increasing the
seed replacement rate. The
Council stressed on the VCs
of both the Farm Universities
to educate the farmers for
adopting new technologies
and eco-friendly techniques
for increasing production
and productivity and shifting
towards the commercially
viable crops.
Abdul Rehman Bhat,
the exemplary work done in
their respective Panchayats.
The Minister distributed
cheques amounting to
Rs 8 lakh each to felicitate
the members of these Panchayats
namely Mohammad
Amin Rather, Sudesh
Chander and Mansa Ram
for their tireless efforts in
ensuring proper utilization
of funds and effective implementation
of various welfare
schemes and programmes
launched by the state and
central government. He said
the DGP about the ongoing
process. The DGP asked the
members and staff involved
in the process to be impartial
and passionate towards the
candidates participating in
New Delhi, Dec 14: Member
Parliament and PDP
President, Mehbooba Mufti
today sought the intervention
of the Union Minister
for Human Resource Development
(MHRD) in the effective
implementation of
UGC scheme regarding admission
of J&K students in
the recognized colleges and
universities of the country
under supernumerary
quota.
Raising the issue during
Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha
today, Mehbooba said as
per the University Grants
Commission (UGC) guidelines,
in addition to the migrant
quota, admissions to
two supernumerary seats
each have to be made by
all the recognized universities
of the country from
amongst the general category
students of Jammu
and Kashmir.
She said of late, as per
reports, most of the universities
have started refusing
admissions to the
students from J&K under
this quota. She sought the
intervention of the Union
Minister for Human Resource
Development, Smriti
Irani in the matter so
that the students from J&K
continue to benefit from
this scheme.
Earlier, in its written
reply to a question raised
by Mehbooba in the Lok
Sabha on the issue, MHRD
said, following the reports
that some colleges and
universities were refusing
admission to the students
from J&K under supernumerary
seats, the UGC issued
fresh directive to all
the universities to admit
the eligible students from
J&K under the supernumerary
quota.
MHRD said that during
last year, 20 representations
were received from
students of J&K regarding
refusal of admissions by
the Delhi University Colleges
under supernumerary
quota.
The Ministry said till
date 406 admissions of students
from J&K have been
made under supernumerary
quota through centralized
counselling process
under the Special Scholarship
Scheme.
Minister for Horticulture;
Bali Bhagat, Minister for Forests;
Sajad Gani Lone, Minister
for Animal Husbandry
and Ghulam Nabi Lone,
Minister for Agriculture,
urged both the VCs to optimally
utilize all the existing
resources of the Farm Universities
and secure speedy
development of agriculture
and its allied sectors.
Dr. Nazeer Ahmad, Vice
Chancellor, SKUAST-K, made
a detailed presentation on the
various initiatives which had
been undertaken by the University
since the last Council
meeting. He highlighted the
academic achievements and
informed the Council about
the accomplishments secured
in improving capacities and
infrastructure development
in the Farm University.
these Panchayat Representatives
are the role model for
the society and urged other
members to act as brand
ambassadors to carry forward
the agenda of development
of the present dispensation.
The Minister said the
members of these three Panchayats
have proven their
mettle in making best use of
the resources. He announced
that similar awards would be
conferred to the outstanding
Panchayats at the state level
the recruitment. He said that
by inducting qualified and
energetic youth in the Organization,
our capabilities to
serve the people and the Nation
would be enhanced, besides
providing employment
to the unemployed youth of
the State.
Later, the DGP had a
meeting with the board
members and discussed
pace of recruitment in other
districts of the Valley. He was
informed that recruitment is
being held as per norms and
schedule already framed by
Police Headquarters. DGP
disclosed that the recruitment
of 4000 constables in
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‘Educators to be
role models for
climate change
awareness’
Jammu, Dec 14: Calling
upon educators to become
role models for spreading
awareness on climate
change and its affects, Minister
of State for Information,
Culture and Education
Priya Sethi said teachers are
pillars of knowledge and can
play a very positive role in
motivating society towards
the most important topic of
climate change and sustainable
living.
She said society at large
and students in particular
look up to the educators for
directions and the teaching
fraternity should actively
contribute towards environment
issues.
The Minister was
speaking at a conference on
‘Climate Change (CC) and
Sustainability-Equipping
Educators on Climate
Change’ here at Jammu
University, today.
The conference was
jointly organized by Department
of Environmental
Sciences, Centre for Environment
Education (CEE)
Ahmedabad and Centre for
Environment Education &
Training (CEET), J&K.
Vice-Chancellor,
Jammu University Prof.
R.D. Sharma, Head of the
Department Environmental
Sciences, Prof. Anil Sharma,
Dr. Abdesh Gangwar, Prof.
Deepika Sharma, Eminent
Environmentalist Dr. C.M.
Seth, Teachers from different
education at institutes, environmentalists,
educationists
and students attended the
workshop.
Underscoring the commitment
of the government
towards checking climate
change, Priya said J&K State
Council on Climate Change
has been set up and the
Chief Minister is heading
the council, adding that
being one of the most ecosensitive
states the issue
of climate change and its
adverse effects pose more
threat to the, hilly state.
She said last year’s flash
floods and rains that created
havoc in the state are clear
signs of the Nature’s fury
and mankind has to seriously
think on maintaining
ecological balance.
“We have great hopes
on our younger generation
and I am sure that youngsters
would show similar
zeal as they have shown in
the Swachh Bharat mission
launched by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi,” she added.
Haq for strengthening Gram Panchayats
for the encouragement of
members who are making
extraordinary efforts for the
overall development of the
state.
The Minister called upon
the concerned officers to implement
the schemes such
as “My Village, My World”,
MGNREGA, IAY etc. at grassroots
level. Stressing for
creation of durable assets
in villages, Haq asked the
Panchayat representatives
to formulate plans keeping
in view the overall developmental
needs of the villages
urging them to ensure tangible
impact of the rural development
schemes on the
ground.
The Minister said that
to carry out any development
related works in rural
areas, the concerned
executing agency should
consult representatives of
respective Panchayats.
DGP supervises police recruitment process
the Organization is looked
by the people with great expectations
and we are committed
to provide employment
to the deserving youth.
He said that the youth are
showing great enthusiasm by
participating in the recruitment
rallies despite hostile
weather in the valley to join
the force and serve the people
of the State.
The DGP was accompanied
by IGP Kashmir Zone),
SJM Giliani, IGP Railways,
MS Salaria, IGP IRP (Kashmir),
Sunil Kumar, DIG
(CKR), G H. Bhat, SSP Pulwama
Tajinder Singh and
other Board members.