J&K will soon emerge as model of transformation : Dr. Jitendra Singh

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New Delhi : Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh on January 3, 2020, said that Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir would soon emerge as a model of transformation for the rest of the country. He was  inaugurating the first Capacity Building Programme on General Financial Rules (GFR) -2017, e-Procurement and Government e-Marketplace (GeM) at Convention Centre, Jammu.

The capacity building programme is being conducted by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India, in collaboration with Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir, National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), and Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development (IMPARD) for 385 officials of the Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir. K K Sharma, Advisor to the Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, and BVR Subramaniyam, Chief Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir were also present on the occasion.

Dr. Singh said that this was a third major conference organised in the Union territory within a span of two months. The Minster said that since every Central law has become applicable to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, it was necessary to unlearn the things that were learnt in the past to adopt to the new system. The Minister reiterated that all the Central laws like the Right to Information Act, Land Registration Act, Prevention of Corruption Act, and the like, had become applicable to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir from October 31, 2019, according to a PIB release.

While referring to a series of workshops and conferences being organised in J&K and cities other than Delhi, Dr Singh said that a bamboo workshop-cum-exhibition and a Pension Adalat would also be organised  this month.

Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of Monitoring Dashboard of Grievance Portal of Government of Jammu and Kashmir, Dr Singh said that the increase in the number of complaints was not a negative development but instead showed an increase in people’s faith in the administration and implied improvement in the response and redressal mechanism of the Government.

Dr Singh also mentioned that a Central Administrative Tribunal bench would be established in J&K apart from a Law University and a state-of-the-art Sports Stadium that were under consideration at various levels.