*Reviews progress on BRAP
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 24: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting of Housing & Urban Development Department (H&UDD) to assess the household survey to be carried out by the Department in collaboration with the Planning Development & Monitoring Department for identification of houseless people in J&K.
Those who attended the meeting included Commissioner Secretary, H&UDD; Secretary, Planning; DG, E&S; MD, Housing Board; SIO, NIC and other concerned officers.
The survey would give a detailed idea about the eligible persons to be covered for providing housing units through different programmes under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0 PMAY (U) in the UT.
During the meeting, the Chief Secretary emphasised upon the department to frame detailed guidelines for identification of eligible houseless people. He advised to share the same beforehand with all the Deputy Commissioners so that they are able to effectively monitor the process. He directed for working out requirement of manpower for carrying out this survey in urban areas of the UT. He asked to ensure that teachers are exempted from this duty as schools are going to open from March in the valley and board exams are also going on for secondary and higher secondary school students.
He asked them to complete the survey in the month of March itself so that the process of identification and framing of merit list is accomplished well ahead of the set timeframe.
The Chief Secretary sought suggestions from the Deputy Commissioners and asked about the timeline by which they can complete the exercise. He also had inputs from BISAG-N about the time they need to make necessary changes in the already developed YUVA survey app to make it relevant for this new survey.
Commissioner Secretary, H&UDD, Mandeep Kaur, gave out the details about the significance of this survey to be carried out digitally on the analogy of YUVA survey in all the ULBs of J&K.
Meanwhile, Chief Secretary chaired a high level meeting of all the administrative heads of the concerned departments to review progress on adoption of reforms recommended under the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) 2024, aimed at enhancing Ease of Doing Business (EODB) in J&K.
Emphasizing the significance of these reforms, the Chief Secretary instructed all the concerned departments to ensure full compliance without exception. He highlighted that each reform plays a crucial role in streamlining business processes and fostering a business friendly environment in J&K. He directed all the departments to expedite implementation efforts and meet the set deadline of March 15, 2024.
The Chief Secretary further advised the Industries & Commerce Department, the nodal department for BRAP implementation, to extend necessary assistance to all departments for seamless execution of all the reforms. He also mandated the timely uploading of evidential documentation of all these reforms on the BARP national portal by March 15 deadline.
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