Dr Jitendra Meets College students From J&Ok, Calls Them ‘Architects’ Of 2047

NEW DELHI, Dec 26 : Union Minister of State (Impartial Cost) Science & Know-how; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Vitality and Area, Dr Jitendra Singh as we speak met a delegation of about 250 college youngsters belonging to all districts of Jammu & Kashmir, who’re at the moment on a go to right here.
These college students are visiting Jaipur, Ajmer and New Delhi below ‘Watan Ko Jano – Youth Change Programme 2023’ of Authorities of India. Within the spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, the go to is aimed toward showcasing the cultural and social variety of the nation to the youth of Jammu and Kashmir.
Dr Jitendra Singh instructed the younger college students that they’re destined to be the architects of 2047 and that this is without doubt one of the finest instances occurring for India as additionally a brand new starting for Jammu & Kashmir.
Below the management of Prime Minister Shri NarendraModi, Dr Jitendra Singh stated, the picturesque area of Jammu & Kashmir has undergone a outstanding transformation. Stone pelting incidents are a factor of the previous. As we speak, Jammu & Kashmir makes headlines extra for tales of sporting achievements, he stated.
“Cricketers from J&Ok like Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Parvaiz Rasool and Manzoor Pandav signify within the IPL. Wushu gamers Surya Bhanu Partap Singh and Abhishek Jamwal introduced laurels to the nation within the latest Moscow Championships. In 2022, a Kashmiri skier, Arif Khan, carried India’s Nationwide Flag on the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing,” he stated, including, “Ladies in Kashmir additionally take part in sports activities at par with boys. Earlier this yr. 16-year-old Sheetal Devi, hailing from Loidhar village in Kishtwar, is the ‘first feminine archer with out arms to compete internationally’. On the Asian Para Video games, she claimed not one however three medals, together with a gold, in numerous classes.”
Dr Jitendra Singh stated, this shift will be attributed to numerous elements, together with elevated administrative help, improved infrastructure, and a rising precedence to youth.
Citing the stupendous success of Aroma Mission and Purple Revolution in J&Ok, Dr Jitendra Singh inspired the varsity youngsters to additionally search for alternatives outdoors authorities job. Lavender is an avenue of Agri StartUps,employment era and analysis, opening many paradigms of improvement, he stated.
“Bhaderwah has emerged because the Lavender capital of India and Agri StartUp vacation spot. Following the success of Aroma Mission and Purple Revolution in Bhaderwah and Gulmarg areas, over 3,000 Startupsare now engaged in Lavender cultivation alone,” he stated.
Dr Jitendra Singh recalled that PM Modi, within the 99thEdition of Mann ki Baat, appreciated the efforts of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Analysis- Indian Institute of Integrative Medication (CSIR-IIIM) in supporting farmers within the cultivation of Lavender in Bhaderwah of Doda district below CSIR-Aroma Mission.
The S&T Minister knowledgeable that the CSIR had launched high-value important oil bearing lavender crop by way of its Jammu based mostly laboratory, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicines (IIIM) for cultivation in districts Doda, Kishtwar, Rajouri and later additionally within the different districts together with Ramban, Pulwama, and many others. In a quick span of time, aroma/lavender cultivation has develop into a preferred possibility in farming for agricultural Begin-up, he stated.
The online annual earnings of farmers who switched from maize to Lavender cultivation has elevated many folds from round Rs. 40,000/- to Rs. 60,000/- per hectare to Rs. 3,50,000/- to Rs. 6,00,000/- per hectare. Farmers of the Bhaderwah, Doda district, produced 300, 500, 800, and 1500 Litres of Lavender oil in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively. They earned > Rs. 5.0 Crorebetween 2018-2022 by promoting dry flowers, Lavender crops, and Lavender oil.
Dr Jitendra Singh, who represents Udhampur Constituency of J&Ok within the Lok Sabha, stated the invention of Lithium in Reasi district could effectively become “India’s subsequent large story”, giving a multifold increase to the nation’s financial system.
“Evaluation means that the worth of Lithium deposits in Reasi could also be increased than China,” he stated, stating that Lithium is a key element in rechargeable batteries and there may be large demand for Lithium because the world turns to renewable vitality.
Stating that an rising variety of objects from J&Ok have been geo-tagged, Dr Jitendra Singh stated it is going to assist promote gross sales of GI-tagged merchandise from the UT to spice up the native financial system.
“Authorities below the management of Prime Minister Modi has made efforts to convey improvement in J&Ok. Numerous infrastructure initiatives will change the face of J&Ok, initiatives equivalent to Ujh Multipurpose undertaking, ShahpurKandi dam undertaking, building of world’s highest railway bridge on Chenab river in Reasi, organising of AIIMS and IIMs, and many others. In Kathua district, the Engineering Faculty has began functioning and Medical Faculty may also be opened quickly. North India’s first Biotech park might be arrange in Kathua in J&Ok,” he stated, including {that a} file variety of vacationers visited Jammu and Kashmir this yr.
Dr Jitendra Singh appealed to the scholars to be catalysts of PM Modi’s reforms and assist their efficient implementation in J&Ok.
The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and the unexplored North-Japanese Area (NER) have large pure sources that may drive India’s future progress story in the course of the Amrit Kaal in the direction of attaining a ViksitBharat @ 2047, he stated.
Through the interplay, the scholars introduced out specific situations of lack of improvement of their areas within the state and the way issues are actually starting to alter for the higher. They thanked the Minister for Authorities’s help to college students from Jammu & Kashmir, because of which they’ve the chance to review in premier universities and faculties below the PM Particular Scholarship Scheme. They cited improvement works being undertaken on floor stage in the previous couple of years like opening of latest medical faculties, nationwide highways, financial institution branches, faculties and many others. that have been distant goals earlier.