Dr Jitendra asks JKAS officers to be catalysts of Centre’s governance reforms

Excelsior Correspondent

MUSSOORIE, Nov 27: Whereas addressing the inaugural Session of seventh batch of Capability Constructing Programme in Area Administration for senior officers of Jammu & Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nationwide Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) Mussoorie, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, who can be Incharge DoPT to which LBSNAA is affiliated, mentioned “I attraction to you to be catalysts of Centre’s governance reforms launched by PM Narendra Modi and assist their efficient implementation in Jammu & Kashmir”.
The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and the unexplored North-Japanese Area (NER) have enormous pure sources that may drive India’s future development story in the course of the Amrit Kaal in direction of attaining a Viksit Bharat @ 2047, mentioned the Union Minister of State (Impartial Cost) Science & Expertise; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Power and House.
The worth addition to India’s development goes to come back from these unexplored areas in the course of the subsequent 25 years, he mentioned.
The Union Minister of State (Impartial Cost) Science & Expertise; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Power and House, was addressing the Inaugural Session of seventh batch of Capability Constructing Programme in Area Administration for the Senior Officers of Jammu & Kashmir Administrative Service, organized by the Nationwide Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), Mussoorie Campus by way of video conferencing.
Dr Jitendra Singh mentioned, the success of Aroma Mission and Purple Revolution in Bhaderwah and Gulmarg areas of J&Okay has resulted in over 3,000 StartUps engaged in Lavender cultivation alone. Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have despatched delegations to J&Okay to check the Lavender cultivation mannequin and have evinced curiosity in emulating the Aroma Mission.
Dr Jitendra Singh, who represents Udhampur constituency of J&Okay within the Lok Sabha, mentioned the invention of Lithium in Reasi district might properly turn into “India’s subsequent huge story”, giving a multifold enhance to the nation’s economic system.
“Evaluation means that the worth of Lithium deposits in Reasi could also be greater than China,” he mentioned, stating that Lithium is a key element in rechargeable batteries and there’s enormous demand for Lithium because the world turns to renewable power.
Stating that an growing variety of objects from J&Okay have been geo-tagged, Dr Jitendra Singh known as upon the J&Okay Administration officers to advertise gross sales of GI-tagged merchandise from the UT to spice up the native economic system.
Dr Jitendra Singh mentioned, ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took workplace in 2014, he has made it a dedication to deliver the uncared for and distant areas of India together with J&Okay, Ladakh, islands and the NER to the nationwide mainstream.
PM Modi has “walked the discuss”, mentioned Dr Jitendra Singh declaring that J&Okay right this moment has an specific hall, tallest rail bridge that may quickly hyperlink the Kashmir Valley with the railway community and quite a lot of initiatives of nationwide significance have been fast-tracked, guaranteeing that improvement touches the lives of residents of J&Okay.
Dr Jitendra Singh mentioned, PM Modi has launched a number of Governance Reforms in direction of socio-economic uplift of individuals. Public coverage in our nation is at present geared toward enhanced transparency and accountability in governance with deal with fiscal federalism, reworking rural India, and bettering the standard of public service supply, he mentioned.
Talking on the event, V. Srinivas, Secretary, DARPG mentioned that greater than 280 J&Okay Administrative Service officers have visited NCGG. This Workshop is a part of an MoU signed in 2019 between J&Okay Administration and NCGG to coach 500 J&Okay Cadre officers in a 5-year interval.
The seventh Capability Constructing Programme is being performed from twenty seventh November, 2023 to eighth December, 2023 at NCGG, Mussoorie. The programme is being attended by 26 of the JKAS working within the ranks of Secretaries, Particular secretaries, Extra Secretaries, CEOs, Administrators, Joint Administrators, Growth Officers amongst others.
Throughout this programme, civil servants of the Jammu & Kashmir will work together with the area specialists on various subjects, viz., communication methods, poverty elimination, Rural Housing, Ability India, Synthetic Intelligence in Authorities, Tourism & Tradition, Jal Jeevan Mission, DIGITAL INDIA, strategy to SDGs by 2030, Ayushman Bharat, anti-corruption methods, vigilance administration, round economic system, rejuvenation of rivers, innovation & entrepreneurship, and many others. amongst different essential areas. The individuals can even be taken on an publicity go to to Indian Parliament.