Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 16: The State Government has accorded sanction for the constitution of a Task Force on Poverty Elimination.
Headed by the Administrative Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department, the Task Force will comprise Administrative RDD, Administrative Secretary Social Welfare, representative of Planning and Development Department and an expert, as may co-opted by the chairman.
The Task Force will coordinate and develop synergy with the Central ministers, develop a working definition of poverty, prepare a road map for the elimination of poverty, suggest strategies and anti-poverty programmes.