*Creation of J&K IT Service, HR Corpn approved
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 14: State Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti here this evening, gave approval to the State Power Development Department to sign MoU with the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) for the construction of 220 KV Transmission Line from Alusteng (Srinagar) to Leh. The Cabinet also approved creation of J&K IT Service and Human Resource Supply and Service Corporation.
About the Srinagar-Leh Transmission Line, the Cabinet approved that the Power Development Department shall operate and maintain the line at its own cost after take over from PGCIL. The Finance Department will provide the necessary funds /resource to the PDD for its operation and maintenance after the transmission line is taken over by the State Government.
The Cabinet also instructed the Finance Department to issue necessary notification/orders for waiver of all State Taxes for construction of 220 KV Transmission Line.
The 332 Km long, 220 KV Transmission Line will pass through Srinagar-Zojila -Drass-Kargil-Khalsti to Leh. The sanctioned cost of the project is Rs 1788 crore. The cost of the project will be borne by the Centre and State in the ratio of 95:5. The project was approved in January 2014 and is scheduled for commissioning in September 2017. Once completed the project will feed power to Ladakh region and interlink J&K’s existing 66 KV system.
The electricity supply system of Ladakh region is currently isolated from the Northern Grid and fed through local small hydro generation and diesel generator sets. The region is experiencing energy shortage and accordingly to overcome this shortage, 220 KV Transmission Line has been planned to improve reliability of power supply through interconnection with the Northern Grid.
The Cabinet also accorded sanction to the creation of the Jammu and Kashmir Information Technology Service.
With the creation of J&K Information Technology Service, one of the key concerns related to the IT posts existing in isolation in different departments will be addressed. There will be pooling of all IT related posts created in various departments of the Government into one Service under the administrative control of the IT Department. This will enable efficient cadre management as well as career progression of the IT professionals based on their experience and qualification.
The Cabinet also accorded in principle approval to the creation of a Corporation under the name and style of ‘Human Resource Supply & Service Corporation J&K’ to regulate the supply of labour force in accordance with the demand in various Government departments.
There are roughly 61,000 persons working in different capacities i.e either as Daily Rated Workers, Work Charge Employees, Casual Labourers, Seasonal Labourers etc in various departments who have been engaged without following any defined criteria. Majority of these workers are poor and do not possess the requisite academic or technical qualifications. However, many of them are reported to be skilled to handle department specific tasks.
With a view to utilizing their services optimally besides addressing their issue of wage payment, the Corporation is being created. The Corporation will complete the skill profiling of these workers and deploy them as per the requisition made by various departments.
Meanwhile, to bring all departments undertaking skill development activities under one umbrella, the Cabinet gave nod to the creation of a separate Skill Development Mission Society, as an inclusive and dedicated structure for implementation of all skill development initiatives in the State.
The Society will be set up under the name and style ‘Jammu and Kashmir Skill Development Mission Society’ (J&KSDMS). It will work to integrate the skill development programmes of Centre and the State Government in consultation and collaboration with all the concerned departments.
The Society will have two tier structures constituting— Mission Body and Governing Council. Each of these structures will have its own set of objectives and functions. The Cabinet authorised the Technical Education Department to approach the Registrar of Societies for registration of J&KSDMS under the J&K Registration of Societies Act, 1998.
The sanction was also accorded to the setting up of 3361 additional Anganwari Centers/ Anganwari-on-Demand under ICDS Scheme, on adhoc basis in the State Mission Directorate (ICDS). The Cabinet approved engagement of 3361 Anganwari Workers and 3361 Anganwari Helpers as honorary workers in these centers.
The Cabinet also approved creation of 134 posts of Supervisors for these additional Anganwari Centers (AWCs) i.e one Supervisor for 25 Anganwari Centers each.
It also authorised SIDCO to allot 80 kanal of land to the Science and Technology Department for setting up Bio-Technology Park at Industrial Estate Ompora, Budgam, with the financial assistance from the Department of Bio Technology, Union Ministry of Science and Technology.
The sanction was also accorded to the establishment of Sub-Treasuries at Litter, Pulwama and Larnoo, Kokernag with creation of 7 posts each of various categories.
The posts in each Sub-Treasury include one post of Assistant Accounts Officer (as Treasury Officer), one post of Accountant (as Treasury Superintendent), two posts of Accounts Assistant (as Auditor), one post of Cashier and two posts of Orderlies.
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