Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 09: The Jammu and Kashmir Batwal Welfare Association has urged upon the Union Government to grant special package in favour of the community on the basis of the survey report of their ethnographic study.
In a meeting of the Association held here today, under the chairmanship of Sub Maj Ramesh Sargotra, the members discussed the present scenario of the Batwal community members putting up in urban, rural and hilly areas and urged the Government of India to sanction a ‘special package’ in their favour as per the survey report of their ethnographic study.
Association president, Sat Paul Lakhotra (Ex-MLA) stated that in 1994, the Government of India with an object to ameliorate the living standard of the Batwal community members, launched a study to assess their socio- economic and cultural life in the J&K State. The field work, as laid down by the Planning Commission, started in nearly forty villages of Jammu region and got completed by the end of April, 1994. Thereafter, the then Deputy Registrar General, India visited the State and exchanged the views with the elite of the Batwal Community to explore the ethnographic/anthropological back ground and other related details and also collected the Survey Report from the Directorate of Census Operations, J&K. But even after passage of twenty one years, nothing has been done by the Government for the amelioration of the Batwal community members.
The meeting also discussed the memorandum which had recently been forwarded to the Chief Minister’s Secretariat by the Governor House and urged the Chief Minister to initiate an early action in the matter. The Association members also urged the Chief Minister to discuss the matter with regard to reservation in promotions in the State Cabinet. They maintained that the reserved categories have not yet reached at par with other communities.
Prominent among others who attended the meeting included Capt Om Parkash Tugga, Capt Kamal Chand Motan, Capt Ram Lal Sargotra, Capt Krishan Lal Tugga, Sub Maj Gunni Ram Kaith, Sub Thoru Ram Mandi, Sub Baldev Chand Sandhu, Sub Narayan Dass Bassa, Hav Uttam Chand Sandhu, Naib Sarpanch Ram Lal Lakhotra, Naib Sarpanch Som Nath Tugga, RL Kaith and OP Sargotra.
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