* UTLSMC approves 1558 new housing units
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 9: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today held a detailed interaction with Secretary (Ex-Servicemen Welfare), Ministry of Defence, Dr. Niten Chandra, to review and deliberate upon issues related to the implementation of welfare schemes for Ex-Servicemen in Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, Home Department, Chandraker Bharti and other concerned officers.
During the discussions, several important matters concerning the welfare and post-retirement opportunities of Ex-Servicemen were taken up by the Chief Secretary with the visiting Secretary.
These included the compilation and digitization of a comprehensive database of Ex-Servicemen in J&K for effective cadre management; the provision of allowing applications under the ‘Ex-Servicemen Quota’ in Government jobs during the last year of service to facilitate a smooth transition to civilian life; and the engagement of retired personnel as NCC trainers, leveraging their expertise and discipline.
He also discussed several possibilities of providing livelihood opportunities to Veer Naris besides functioning of Sainik Welfare Board across districts also came up primarily during this discussion. Other measures to ease the process of addressing service-related issues were also part of the detailed review.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Niten Chandra reiterated the Ministry’s deep sense of gratitude towards Ex-Servicemen for their invaluable service in safeguarding the nation’s sovereignty especially that from J&K.
He underlined that the Central Government remains fully committed to their welfare and assured that avenues of post-retirement livelihood under various schemes would continue to be expanded, alongside measures to ensure easy access to job opportunities reserved for them.
Meanwhile, Chief Secretary chaired the maiden meeting of the Union Territory Level Sanctioning & Monitoring Committee (UTLSMC) of the Housing & Urban Development Department (H&UDD) to review progress under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) and assess implementation of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-Jammu and Kashmir Shehri (D-JAY Shehri) scheme aimed at livelihood generation for the urban poor.
The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary, H&UDD, Mandeep Kaur; Commissioner Secretary, FCS&CA; Commissioner Secretary, Forests; Commissioner Secretary, Social Welfare; Commissioners of Jammu and Srinagar Municipal Corporations; MD, J&K Housing Board, Shahbaz Mirza; MD, NULM, Mridhu Salathia besides other senior officers.
During the meeting, the Committee approved the construction of 1,254 housing units under the Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC) vertical of PMAY-U 2.0 across districts of the UT and 304 additional dwelling units under the Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) vertical to be taken up in Udhampur district. The Committee also cleared the Annual Capacity Building Plan for 2025-26 for onward submission to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
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