Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Aug 30 : Two high level teams comprising officers from the Ministry of North East (DoNER) and the union Ministry of Personnel (DOPT/ ARPG/Pensions/Grievances) respectively will be visiting Jammu & Kashmir next week, to look into issues related to new reforms and best practices that can be introduced when the two Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh come into existence on 31st of October.
This was disclosed here today by Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh who holds the Independent Charge of the Ministry of Development of North East Region (DoNER) and is also Incharge Ministry of Personnel (DOPT & ARPG).
The Personnel Ministry team will visit Jammu & Kashmir for three days from the 3rd of September and it will also meet Governor Satya Pal Malik . It will interact with the officials in the administration and look into issues related to the staff and administrative reforms.
As per the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization Act 2019, the All India Services like Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS) as well as the Anti-Corruption Bureau(ACB) will be under the control of Lt Governor and not under the elected government of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. In addition, Jammu & Kashmir will also have an Administrative Tribunal which it did not have in the past. Meanwhile, the Union Territory of Ladakh will be without a legislature and the officers will be directly under the control of the Central government.
In the last five years, under the Modi Government, some of the best practices have been adopted to bring in ease of governance, transparency and citizen participation, using the latest technology including portals and apps. Some of these new initiatives have received world wide appreciation and the same could also be replicated in these two Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh.
The team of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region(DoNER) will visit Jammu & Kashmir in the later part of next week. In collaboration with local administration, it will work on the ways of replicating some of the successful practices in the areas of horticulture and organic farming, which were introduced in the North East in the last five years and have received country – wide acclaim.
Since the topography of North East has similarities with J&K and Ladakh, these practices would certainly be evaluated for application. In addition, several areas of J&K and Ladakh have agro-climatic conditions similar to North Eastern region.
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