According to the official statement, the ACS in detail discussed the targets, achievements, pendency and recoveries, seeding of bank accounts with Aadhaar of the beneficiaries, their linking with revenue records and e-KYC from every district with regard to PM KISAN.

Atal Dulloo stated that the sheep husbandry sector is going to be developed with world-class technology and expertise under the MoU between India and New Zealand.

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 31 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said that the people of the union territory were deprived of development for the last seven decades, but now under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government, the Constitutional provisions to provide equal rights to people are being implemented on the ground.

Jammu Apr 26 PTI Delayed infrastructure projects that have been taken up for completion by the Lieutenant Governor administration have been linked with Google Earth for real time monitoring officials said on Tuesday As many as 1239 projects involving investment of Rs 174865 crore have attained physical completion in the union territory during the last financial year they said Additional Chief Secretary Finance Atal Dulloo held a review meeting of Jammu Kashmir Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation JKIDFC A total of 2357 projects have been approved for funding under JKIDFC for an amount of Rs 711078 crore and out of which 1239 projects for an amount of Rs 174865 crore have attained physical completion Till date disbursements to the tune of Rs 227008 crore for 1923 projects were made out of the total Rs 2500 crore loan taken from different financial institutions and nationalized banks Dulloo who is also Chairman Managing Director CMD of the corporation said The CMD was also briefed about the incorporation of linking every project approved under JKIDFC with Google Earth for real time monitoring which is readily available for public viewing on the official website of JKIDFC It was stated that these measures had been taken to ensure quality and timely completion of infrastructure projects languishing in the UT for a long time PTI AB MR

Jammu Jan 20 PTI Asserting that expenditure efficiencies in the system have vastly improved due to a series of financial reforms Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta on Thursday said there has been a 12-fold increase in works completed in the current financial year over the previous years average in the union territory Mehta also hailed the improvement in current years revenue collections despite the ongoing pandemic and stated that a strong and consistent revenue performance and a positive outlook for future will underpin equally strong capex growth this fiscal and beyond In the past on an average 2000 works would be completed Now as on today 11508 works have already been completed and by the time the current financial year comes to a close around 25000 works are expected to be completed This represents 12 times increase over the previous years average he said He made this observation while reviewing the functioning of the finance department Additional Chief Secretary finance department Atal Dulloo and other senior officers of the department were present at the review The chief secretary said the expenditure efficiencies in the system have vastly improved due to the recent introduction of a series of financial reforms Mehta further said the capital expenditure capex performance has to be further improved to maximise the gains of fiscal reforms so as to create a virtuous cycle of the growth in Jammu and Kashmir that feeds on itself and continues to grow Giving details Dulloo said that out of 44245 projects and works taken up during 2021-22 under district capex 42102 works have been accorded administrative approval out of which 40248 works have been tendered As many as 28523 works out of the tendered works have been allotted and presently under execution The department informed that out of 28523 works under execution around 25000 are expected to be completed during this fiscal year Dulloo said out of 2357 works sanctioned under languishing projects 1192 works have been completed so far at a cost of Rs 198377 crore He further said the expenditure performance of various departments is being monitored and wherever necessary instructions are being issued to increase the spending so that the annual capex targets are met by the department Highlighting the importance of monitoring the regular inflows from the Centre the Chief Secretary said the department must work closely with the departments for seeking more funds from the union government Mehta laid emphasis on ensuring real time audit of the departments through e-audit and said instead of auditing account books on ex-post basis the department needs to do so on ex-ante basis so that deviations from norms are checked before they happen Stating that Panchayati Raj Institutions PRIs are the top focus of the government the Chief Secretary said the developmental spending in rural areas needs to be ramped up with the close support of the representatives of the local self government for better infrastructure development PTI AB ABM ABM