Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 22 (ANI): Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the Jammu and Kashmir government has eased the public living to a great extent.

Jammu Apr 23 PTI In a historic decision for transformation and equitable development of Jammu and Kashmir 20 districts of the union territory have been granted capital expenditure of Rs 2212693 crore for 2022-23 officials said Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir government has achieved record-breaking milestone of completing 51891 projects in the last financial year Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha took yet another historic decision by approving district capex budget DCB for the year 2022-23 more than 75 per cent since last year for the equitable development of the union territory LG spelled out his goal to make development a powerful peoples movement and ensure timely completion of target as key to transformation of JK The unprecedented district capex budget for all 20 districts was approved during a high-level meeting chaired by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha here at the Civil Secretariat an official spokesman said Highlighting the key features of the DCB the Lt Governor observed that the plan has been finalized by adopting a bottom-up approach with active involvement of panchayats BDCs and DDCs The key objective of district plan is the empowerment of panchayati raj system and to strengthen grass root level democracy through participatory management he added In order to strengthen PRIs Rs 1000 crore has been allocated for Panchayats Rs 200 crore for DDCs and Rs 7125 crore for BDCs the Lt Governor observed The Lt Governor further said that it was with the active participation of PRIs we were able to achieve record-breaking milestone of completing 51891 projects in the last financial year These achievements are unprecedented and would not have been possible without dedication and teamwork of the PRIs officials and other stakeholders Timely completion of target is key to transformation he added The Lt Governor observed that JK administration has made Jan Bhagidari the cornerstone of project planning and execution process For the first time after the detailed deliberations a plan has been prepared with collective efforts of the PRIs and the administration aptly reflecting the developmental aspirations of our people he said Our aim is to make development a powerful peoples movement We are working to ensure people belonging to deprived section enjoy social justice equality and the last man on the socio-economic ladder receives equal opportunity the Lt Governor said The Lt Governor further called upon all stakeholders to maintain the highest standards of transparency and accountability in the implementation of the district plan besides focusing on key areas of youth engagement upgrading the health infrastructure patient care system improving quality of education strengthening of basic amenities timely implementation of projects which will collectively result in raising the socio-economic status of our people It was informed that keeping in view the needs in the rural areas Rs 1091408 crore under Jal Jeevan Mission JJM Rs 381442 crore under MGNREGA Rs 152959 crore under PMAY-G Rs 200112 crore under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna PMGSY and Rs 4753 crore under Border Area Development Programme BADP have been earmarked during 2022-23 Atal Dulloo Additional Chief Secretary Finance Department gave details of the district-wise Capex budget via a Powerpoint presentation and explained the components of the budgets for respective districts PTI AB MR MR

Kolkata Apr 21 PTI Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take action against an IAS officer of West Bengal for allegedly flouting service rules by renaming three central projects in an official orderSharing his letter to the PM on Twitter the BJP leader claimed that Uttar Dinajpur District Magistrate Collector Arvind Kumar Mina a central cadre officer has renamed the central schemes to make them look like those of the state government and tried to steal undue creditAdhikari also posted a copy of that April 20 order on his Twitter handle after digitally marking the renamed schemesThe ruling Trinamool Congress claimed that Adhikaris post exposes his ignorance about governanceThis order exposes political leaning misplaced prejudice to promote the agenda of the ruling party of WB ie to rebrand central government schemes as their own and try to steal undue credit the Nandigram MLA tweetedHe said the IAS officer had referred to Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana as Bangla Awas Yojana Swachh Bharat Mission as Mission Nirmal Bangla and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana as Bangla Gram Sadak YojanaIn these projects the cost is shared between the Centre and state governments in the ratio of 6040 in most statesI believe that you would look into the matter and if you feel my concern is genuine then you would ask competent authorities to take proper action the letter readThe district magistrate could not be contactedTMC national spokesperson Sukhendu Sekhar Roy told PTI Such comments by him Adhikari reveal his ignorance about governance There is little point in rebutting Suvendu Adhikaris arguments and giving him undue importance PTI SUS NN NN

Patna Apr 21 PTI The Bihar government has blacklisted 91 contractors and debarred 1490 others engaged in construction of rural roads under PMGSY and MMGSY after they failed to complete the projects on time and in some cases for not following terms and conditions of the agreement Rural Works Department RWD Minister Jayant Raj saidThe blacklisted and debarred contractors not only violated the agreement but also ignored the governments repeated request to speed up works related to rural roads under the schemes like Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana PMGSY Mukhya Mantri Gram Sampark Yojana MMGSY and Gramin Tola Sampark Nischay Yojana GTSNY the RWD minister told PTIThese contractors blacklisted 91 and debarred 1490 were registered with the RWD of the state government he said adding that there are around 8000 contractors who are listed with the RWD in the stateThe minister further said Decision to debar and blacklist them was taken on the basis of their performance report pertaining to the projects which they handled in 2021-22 Not completing projects on time itself is a sort of corruption as it causes cost escalation and puts extra financial burden on the exchequer There is no compromise with our Chief Minister Nitish Kumars policy of zero tolerance against corruptionThe department will not give any construction work to the debarred contractors till the expiry of the specified period he said clarifying the debarment order gets automatically revoked on the expiry of the specified periodConstruction of rural roads under PMGSY MMGSY and GTSNY schemes is the top priority of our government The RWD will soon start construction work of fresh 10186 rural roads total length of around 11446 km under these schemes in the state he saidThe rural roads are built according to standards and specifications led down by the Ministry of Rural Development MoRD Government of India in consultation with the Indian Road Congress IRC From the design stage to construction and maintenance stage the roads have to pass through rigorous specifications in terms of geometrics construction materials technical standards and the whole gamut of engineering parameters the minister saidOur government wants to connect villages in the state through all-weather rural roads he said adding around 45672 habitations in the state have been covered under the centrally-sponsored flagship scheme PMGSY and the rest 22450 habitations under various state schemes PTI PKD RG

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 5 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday reviewed the Public Works and related departments and instructed the officials to take special care in the completion of work within the stipulated time frame.

Chennai Mar 25 PTI The Tamil Nadu budget for 2022 - 23 has not offered any relief for the common man as it has failed to announce any subsidy to reduce the price of LPG cylinder petrol and diesel State BJP chief K Annamalai said on Friday The decision of the DMK government in the State to alter the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Memorial Marriage Assistance Scheme into a higher education assurance scheme denies young girls a substantial sum as assistance besides a sovereign gold for their wedding he said Girls will not get Rs 25000 or Rs 50000 depending on their educational qualification Moreover the marriage assistance in addition to one-sovereign gold for thali is low and the government has wound up this social welfare scheme Annamalai said while addressing his partymen during a protest here against the State budget The transformation of the scheme would only provide a meagre Rs 1000 per month to girl students to pursue higher education he said Though the budget allocated Rs 36895 crore for the Department of School Education 84 per cent of it would go towards salaries leaving a measly sum for improving infrastructure of government schools he said Annamalai alleged that the budget reflected several central schemes of the Narendra Modi-led government like Skill India Samagra Shiksha one station one product and rural road development programme Schemes like the Naan Mudhalvan Illam Thedi Kalvi and rural road development were nothing but the Skill India Samagra Shiksha and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana And the DMK government takes pride in its model of development said the BJP leader He sought to know why Chief Minister M K Stalin should not join hands with the BJP-led government in implementing all the central schemes in the State Theres no need for a separate budget for Tamil Nadu if you implement all the central schemes Annamalai said Also he alleged that the ruling DMK was trying to display a show of affinity to Hindus by announcing Rs 1000 crore for kumbhabhishekam consecration and renovating temples PTI JSP NVG NVG

Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 19 (ANI): The hopes and possibilities of new and better employment opportunities are knocking on the doors of the people living in far-flung remote areas of Jammu and Kashmir as roads and electricity reached the doorsteps of villages situated in Kalakote sub-division of Rajouri district.

New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hema Malini lauded the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and said that the scheme has brought revolutionary changes in the lives of the people.

New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the Union Cabinet's decision of providing mobile services to over 7,000 villages will take the fruits of technology to aspirational districts across five states and will also contribute to social empowerment.