Central Government Sponsored the Schemes to Jammu &  Kashmir Which are benefiting to them Since for Last 3 Years.   New Delhi:  Centrally sponsored schemes envisaged benefiting common people are helping the residents of Jammu and Kashmir live a life which they yearned for 70-long years. The administration has... The post appeared first on .

  Central Government Sponsored the Schemes to Jammu &  Kashmir Which are benefiting to them Since for Last 3 Years.   New Delhi:  Centrally sponsored schemes envisaged benefiting common people are helping the residents of Jammu and Kashmir live a life which they yearned for 70-long years. The administration has... The post appeared first on .

Srinagar Apr 25 PTI More than eight lakh children of Jammu and Kashmir have benefitted from the Mid-Day Meal Scheme the union territory administration said as it was on the course to ease the life of its citizens through the efficient and optimal implementation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes CSSFrom the days of being under achievers to achieving front-runner status the statistics reveal that the growing population is being significantly covered under the centrally sponsored schemes in JK an officials spokesman said The spokesman said the Mid-day Meal Scheme programme of the Government of India designed to better the nutritional standards of school-age children nationwide over 830 lakh children have been benefitted by this scheme across Jammu and Kashmir Similarly under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan a pioneering programme in the education sector of the country 1588 Information Communication Technology labs 1423 Computer-aided Labs 803 Vocational Labs have been established in JK besides uniforms and textbooks worth Rs 67 crore were provided to 78 lakh children The Scheme is a major catalyst to bridge the digital divide amongst students of various socio-economic and other geographical barriers he said Moreover around 896 lakh beneficiaries were covered under Poshan Abhiyan an overarching umbrella scheme to improve the nutritional outcomes for children pregnant women and lactating mothers to prioritize the efforts of all stakeholders on a comprehensive package of intervention and services targeted on the first 1000 days of a childs life To accord high priority to water conservation and its management 54304 Hectares have been covered under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana PMKSY The scheme has been formulated with the vision of extending the coverage of irrigation Har Khet ko pani and improving water use efficiency More crop per drop in a focused manner with end to end solution on source creation distribution management field application and extension activities Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme MGNREGS a multidimensional programme is providing guaranteed wage employment creating durable assets and strengthening the livelihood resource base of the rural households across the rural people here he said Natural Resource Management and water conservation measures are changing the landscape of rural India The livelihood thrust in MGNREGS has been brought in to raise incomes and improve skills for diversification of earning opportunities of poor households According to the official documents 40538 lakh person-days under the scheme were generated in 2021-22 Jammu and Kashmir was declared the open defecation free ODF and launched the Swachhta Hi Seva a fortnight-long cleanliness campaign for public awareness and involvement of the community At the launch of the Swachhata Hi Seva campaign at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre SKICC JK was self-declared as ODF With the sustained efforts of all the stakeholders Jammu and Kashmir has achieved 100 per cent toilet coverage and became ODF one year in advance All the 22 districts 4171 gram panchayats and 7565 villages in the state are self-declared ODF as per Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen SBM G guidelines An official said that apart from constructing 11 million individual household toilets IHHLs and 1350 community sanitary complexes in JK the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has played a vital role in bringing about behavioural change in the people the spokesman said Moreover 105 projects were completed under Smart City Projects aimed at transforming Jammu and Srinagar into modern sustainable and economically vibrant cities with a dedicated focus on improving infrastructure and services besides increasing mobility he added The ambitious project on completion would strengthen urban infrastructure improve city services public aesthetics ease of living and provide a clean and sustainable environment besides enhance administrative machinery in both the capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar the spokesman said PTI MIJ RCJ

New Delhi Dec 19 PTI The governments decision to build the Lakhwar and Renukaji dams will not just help address Delhi-NCRs water supply needs but also lead to rebirth of the River Yamuna one of the most polluted rivers in the country Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat saidThe government has extended the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana PMKSY under which 90 per cent grant has been given to three national projects including Renukaji in Himachal Pradesh and Lakhwar in UttarakhandIn an interview with PTI the Jal Shakti minister said the construction of the dams would be critical for the national capitals water supply needs and also lead to rebirth of the riverLike in the case of Ganga it has been notified that all dam holding stakeholders have to discharge a particular quantum of water in non-monsoon months Similarly we will make it mandatory that some amount of water has to flow in Yamuna too and when water will flow and if effluent treatment plants are working then fresh and treated water both will improve Yamuna water quality he saidThe Lakhwar Multipurpose Project envisages construction of a 204 metre high concrete dam across the River Yamuna in Uttarakhand and aims to provide irrigation benefit to 33780 hectares and 7883 million cubic metres of drinking and industrial water supply while the Renukaji Dam Project involves construction of a 148 metre high rockfill dam across River Giri in Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh which will provide water to Delhi-NCROn the issue of pollution in the River Yamuna Shekhawat said just two per cent or 22 km of Yamuna falls in Delhi but 98 per cent of pollution in Yamuna comes from Delhi so the reason for high pollution in the national capital is untreated or semi treated industrial effluents or sewage that is being discharged into the river in this 22 km stretchThe over 1300-km-long Yamuna is among the most polluted rivers in the countryShekhawat said the Delhi government keeps blaming Uttar Pradesh and Haryana governments for the pollution of Yamuna while in reality Delhis effluent treatment plants are not up to the mark and sewage treatment plants also need to be upgraded by the city governmentWater being a state subject it is the states responsibility So by working on rejuvenation of Yamuna we are actually fulfilling their responsibility For any project the Centre can give technical or financial assistance Ultimately conceiving a project augmenting it implementing it and operating and maintaining it is the responsibility of the state The Delhi government has absolutely failed in that Shekhawat saidHe said even the projects conceived in 2012 have not been completed yet by the Delhi governmentTo conceive and implement any project takes two-three years and for them Delhi government the tendering process itself took three years They city government said they will establish a decentralised sewage treatment plant in Chattarpur but in five years they have not even secured land for it They are just making promises he saidOn ground water rejuvenation Shekhawat said for the last few years awareness has increased among people on the subjectNoting that the geographical and underwater conditions of each state is different from another the minister said if ground water activities are based on them then better results can be seenWe have started aquifer mapping and 80 per cent of it has been done and taking it to micro level we will be using Australian technology Till now traditional technology was being used We have identified vulnerable regions facing maximum critical issues and are aiming to finish it in one year span and simultaneously in Jal Shakti Abhiyan the groundwater related activities and investment of Rs 56000 crore has been made he saidUnder the Atal Bhujal Yojana investment is being made in select districts of seven states with lowest level of ground water availability he added PTI UZM DV DV

New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) for 2021-26 with an outlay of Rs.93,068 crore that aims to benefit about 22 lakh farmers including 2.5 lakh SC and 2 lakh ST farmers in the country.