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Hello Jammu News at 8:04:00 PM 0

'Ensure availability of supplementary nutrition in Anganwadi Centres'
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 11: Secretary Social Welfare, Dr Farooq Ahmad Lone, today directed the Mission Director, Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) to conduct Departmental Promotion Committee meeting at the earliest so that positions of supervisors (promotion Quota) are filled within one month.
Dr Lone said that GOI India has asked states to fill vacancies at all the levels in the ICDS scheme as it is flagship programme of the country. He was speaking at a meeting convened to review the functioning of ICDS Scheme in the State.
During the meeting, it was decided that selection of all Anganwadi workers and Helpers already advertised will be completed within a month. Advertisement for remaining Anganwadi positions will be issued within a fortnight and selections will be made strictly on the bases of merit as per the criteria provided in government policy on the subject.
He also asked Mission Director, to ensure that supplementary nutrition is made available from 15th August onwards in all Anganwadi centres.
Dr Lone stressed on an integrated approach for the effective implementation of various welfare schemes initiated by the government.
Mission Director was also directed to ensure that Aadhar enrolment centers become functional at all 141 block project offices of ICDS within a fortnight.
Dr Lone said that under the scheme ‘Poshan Abhiyan,’ National Nutrition Week will be celebrated from 1st September to 7th September  across the State.
He said that basic objective of this event is to intensify awareness generation on the importance of nutrition for health, which has an impact on development, productivity, economic growth and ultimately national development.
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Hello Jammu News at 8:31:00 PM 0

Several deputations call on Advisor
SRINAGAR, JULY 30: For speedy and result oriented resolution of grievances, Advisor to Governor B B Vyas convened public outreach programme here on Monday under the aegis of JK Governor's Grievance cell.
More than 400 delegations and 60 individuals apprised the Advisor with their issues and sought the intervention of the government in ensuring redressal of them on a time-bound manner
Trade bodies including PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kashmir chapter, Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation and Kashmir Youth Entrepreneurs Federation raised various issues related to the payment of power tariffs, industry registration, exemption of GST in certain sectors, reimbursement on the pattern of northeast industry policy package of GOI, flood rehabilitation of traders, commercial taxes, extending more sectors under various incentive through different schemes.
Similarly, Jammu Kashmir Central Trade Union Coordination Committee sought the implementation of SRO 520 so that the services of various employees of different categories are regularized.  They also raised several issues like the settlement of pay anomalies of various cadres.
A group of artisans who were affected due to 2014 flood sought relief for their damages and called for adopting a holistic approach for the solution of their cases.
The Kashmir Youth Entrepreneurs Federation also raised the issue of blanket ban on the plantation of female species of Russian popular in the state and sought its cultivation in non-populated areas.  They also projected several issues related to catalyzing the industrial scenario and extending the same to the aspiring entrepreneurs.
Numerous delegations from different areas of Srinagar especially the old city raised the drainage system issues in their respective areas including Malbagh, Botshah Mohalla Lal Bazaar, Shalteng, Bemina.
Different delegations from Tral, Ganderbal, Shangu, Bijbhehra, Behibagh Kulgam, Lethpora, Batpora Tangmarg Kunzer, Marhama Kupwara raised the developmental issues of their respective areas. The Advisor passed on spot instructions to the concerned officer for speedy redressal of their grievances.
A delegation led by MLA Shangus Gulzar Ahmed Wani raised different developmental issues of his constituency and sought the intervention of Government in their speedy redressal.  A delegation from Tral raised the issue of slow pace of work on Hazarat Ameer Kabeer Shrine besides creation of Tral Tourism development authority particularly promotion of Shikargah as a tourist destination.
A delegation of Liason officers of Kashmir University raised the issue of pay anomalies and sought his intervention for speedy redressal.
Many delegations of employees working under MGNREGA and Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) scheme in different capacities raised their job-related issues.
A delegation of disaster management degree holders sought introduction of the subject in school and college curriculum.
PSC Lecturers Association sought to encompass their services under the Assured the Career Progression (ACP) scheme.
Jammu Kashmir State Road Transport Employees Association sought early redressal of their grievances like pension etc.
A Deputation of Jammu Kashmir diploma association working in PDD raised several issues related to their service matters and sought early redressal of issues.
The Advisor gave a patient hearing to their demands and assured due consideration in a phased manner. He also passed on the spot directions with regard to various grievances flagged by the delegations. He said the government has tagged public welfare and equitable development as thrust areas and it will continue with its policy of reaching out to the people to mitigate their sufferings.
He also assured that the issues pertaining to departments other than his purview will be forwarded to the concerned for timely action.
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Hello Jammu News at 8:05:00 PM 0
Jammu, July 28: In a major relief announced for the soldiers, the Ministry of Defence (MOD), Government of India (GOI) has resolved two long pending issues concerning the soldiers of the nation’s Defence Forces stated Brig Anil Gupta, State Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party and an eminent veteran. Elaborating the decisions of the Government, Brig Gupta said that while the first one deals with in-service career progression of the soldiers, the other pertains to restoration of the status of Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs). “BJP is thankful to Smt. N Sitharaman, the Raksha Mantri for conceding to the long pending requests of the Armed Forces having impact on their morale. The decision will enable faster promotions of the soldiers and restore the gazetted officer status to JCOs, which had been denied by the previous governments. Narendra Modi government needs to be complimented for another set of soldier-friendly measures which follow resolution of almost a dozen anomalies that arose after the implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission Report and were cause of resentment among the soldiers,” emphasised Brig Gupta.
As per the latest directions issued by MOD, modified assured career progression (MACP) scheme for jawans will be applicable from January 1, 2006 and not September 1, 2008. Under the MACP, a Sepoy gets promoted as Naik after eight years of service, as Havildar after 16 years and as Naib Subedar after 24 years of service. Since, the new order has retrospective effect, it would make the promotion of those jawans faster who were eligible as on that day. It would also benefit the eligible pensioners, said Brig Gupta.
“Defence Forces have a well- established three tier hierarchal command and control system in form of Officers, JCOs and Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs). However, over a period of time, this well- established system was compromised by the mandarins of South Block by coining a new term Personnel below Officer Rank (PBOR), wherein all ranks other than the officers were clubbed in this category and denying the JCOs, their gazetted status. This not only affected their status but also their allowances. Despite repeated representations by the Army, which is affected the most, the previous governments refused to concede to their genuine demand. The MOD has now withdrawn its letter that did not permit “gazetted officer” status to JCOs. It would benefit almost 64,000 JCOs in the three services of the Defence Forces,” explained Brig Gupta.
In another major soldier friendly major affecting the veterans and soldiers of Jammu & Kashmir, the State Administration Council has sanctioned the creation of four new offices of ZilaSainik Welfare Officer (ZSWO). These would be setup at Akhnoor, RS Pura, Reasi and Kupwara. “At present the ex-servicemen of these areas are dependent on ZSWO Jammu, Udhampur and Baramulla respectively and have to travel a considerable distances to visit their ZSWO for resolution of various problems. The new arrangement will provide them these services much closer to their places of residence and they would be able to avail easily the benefits of numerous veteran welfare schemes launched by the GOI,” said Brig Gupta. BJP is thankful to the honourable Governor and his team for this grand gesture towards the welfare of ex-servicemen.
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Hello Jammu News at 6:08:00 PM 0

JAMMU, JULY 02: A meeting to review the DBT in fertilizer and usage of POS devices and dispatch of fertilizer through Release Order Module (ROM) in the Jammu Division was held today at Krishi Bhawan, Talab Tillo, Jammu under the chairmanship of the Director Agriculture Jammu H. K. Razdan who is also the controller of fertilizers for J & K state.  
Speaking on the occasion, Director Agriculture said that the objective of the scheme is to get an accurate detail of fertilizers reaching the Point-of-Sale (POS) at wholesale/retailers’ level and the quantity of fertilizers being sold and actually utilized by the farmers. “Besides bringing transparency in the fertilizer business the new system will ensure that the subsidy of fertilizers reaches to the farmers”, he said. He directed the Chief Agriculture Officers to monitor the supply/sale of fertilizers by wholesalers/retailers in their respective districts and take stern action against those selling the stocks without POS device.  He directed them to cancel the Licenses of retailers who are selling fertilizer without POS devices. It was agreed upon that Fertilizer Wholesalers will submit the dispatch and sales reports to their respective CAO’s on fortnightly bases.
  Joint Director of Agriculture (Extension), Jammu R. L. Bhagat stressed on the use of Release Order Module (ROM) in letter and spirit to make the timely availability of fertilizers as per requisition of respective areas. The non-usage of Point-of-Sale (POS) devices will warrant strict actions from the Law Enforcement Agency of the Agriculture Department he said.
 Akhil Vaid, State Coordinator, DBT-Fertilizers (GOI) replied to the various queries on ROM and POS Devices. He said that different fertilizer companies have been given targets to ensure installation of POS Devices at wholesale and retailer level in different districts.
The meeting was attended by all Chief Agriculture Officers, Jagmohan Bhat, Baljeet Singh, ADLE, J. C Raina, AIO, Fertilizer Enforcement Inspectors, Representatives of fertilizer supplying companies viz NFL, IFFCO, CFCL, IPL, besides wholesale dealers of all the districts of Jammu Division.
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Jammu, June, 30: The 9th workshop of National Mission for Capacity Building of Bankers for financing MSME sector (NAMCABS) was organized by RBI, Jammu in Hotel Lemon Tree, Jammu   on June 28 and 29, 2018. The workshop was inaugurated by Shri A. K. Mattu, General Manager and Officer- Incharge, RBI, Jammu & Kashmir. Around 26 participants from various banks functioning in the State participated in the workshop. In his inaugural address, Mr Mattu highlighted the importance of MSME sector, their contribution in GDP, country's exports, providers of employment and the important role that was required to be played by banks. He also impressed upon the need to make concerted efforts and commitment from banking fraternity to encourage development of the sector.  He explained to the bank officials as to howlending to MSMEs was a win-win situation for the banks as well, as sound business opportunities. He also briefed about the availability of various schemes and facilities like CGTMSE, provision of additional support in case a unit was under difficulty including hand holding, availability of certified credit counsellors availability of TReDs platform for immediate encashment of receivables of MSMEs, etc. Shri Satish Sharma, AGM, RBI in his welcome address, highlighted the significance of holding this workshop, which was to hone skills of officers/ branch managers of the banks to understand and aid lending to MSMEs and wherever necessary hand-hold the entrepreneurs. He stated that the MSMEs sector was important pillar of economic development and employment for the State and therefore banks must come forward and augment lending to the sector.
The training sessions focused on the entrepreneurial sensitivity, soft skills required to handle the first generation entrepreneurs as well as existing MSME borrowers, timely and adequate funding to the MSME customers and prompt rehabilitation measures to revive viable MSME units, etc. Experts faculty from RBI and J&K Bank took various sessions.Shri Manik Gupta, Assistant Director (ZED), Quality Council of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, GOI also tooka sessionon the Government’s initiative on Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) for manufacturing MSMEs. Shri PradeepVaid, General Secretary and Shri Bansi Lal Gupta, Senior Vice President from Association of Industries, Jammu also interacted with the participants. The programme was well received and appreciated by all the participants.
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Hello Jammu News at 7:07:00 PM 0


KUPWARA, MAY 23: Economic Advisor and Secretary Coir Board of the Union Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) DPS Negi today visited the frontier district of Kupwara and chaired a meeting with all stakeholders of industries and entrepreneurial sector especially MSME, KVIB & NSIC to examine appropriate project proposals to fast-track incubation and development of micro small and medium enterprises in the district.
The meeting was attended by DC Kupwara Khalid Jahangir, Director Industries and Commerce, Director KVIB, Secretary KVIB, AD MSME, General Manager DIC Kupwara, AD Handicrafts, AD Handlooms, industrialists, entrepreneurs of the district and others concerned.
Negi discussed various prospects for promotion of MSMEs with industrialists and entrepreneurs of the district. He appreciated their suggestion in this direction and offered warm assurance towards realizing proposals put forward by them. 
DC informed the chair about the economic viability of potential industrial sectors like walnut processing, marble manufacturing, agriculture production, Horticulture, Tourism represented by the pristine Bangus and Lolab Valleys in the district.
 Negi suggested for promoting the growth of Handicrafts, handlooms and other traditional art forms that create employment, a separate Detailed Project Report (DPR) shall be submitted for consideration of Union Ministry of MSME towards rejuvenating the art of Wood carving and Kani shawl in the district. 
He expressed optimism in giving go-ahead for the establishment of Crewel Shawl Cluster and Honey Production Cluster (Apiculture) in the next meeting scheduled on 29th of this month. 
He said that Kupwara with the abundance of natural resources has been chosen as an Aspirational District keeping in mind the remoteness and frontier nature of its topography and the purpose of this visit is to chalk out ways to maximize utilization of resources for empowering people with minimal impact on environmental sustainability.
Representatives of various departments including industrialists and entrepreneurs urged support for the promotion of agriculture and allied sectors towards bettering the living standards of all those associated with these sectors and sought serious consideration of Government of India in this regard.
Negi termed the interaction with the concerned as fruitful and ensured timely redressal of demands raised in line with the directions issued by GOI in this regard.

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Hello Jammu News at 7:12:00 PM 0


Demands Tribal Hostels, Ashram Schools, VTCs, enhancement of funds
NEW DELHI, MARCH 17: Minister for Tribal Affairs, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today called upon Union Minister for Tribal Affairs JualOram and took up various issues with him pertaining to welfare and development of tribal population of J&K, especially with regards to education.
During the meeting, Zulfkar briefed the Union Minister that Jammu & Kashmir Tribals constitute 12% of state’s total population.
 He said although the J&K Government has taken several initiatives for upliftment of Scheduled Tribe Community, due to limited resources available, the desired results have not been achieved in the state so far. He said that the tribal population still considerably lacks basic facilities like portable drinking water, electricity, education, and health. He urged for urgent intervention of Union Government so that these basic amenities can be made available to these people.
Stating that Tribal population of the state is scattered all over the three regions of state viz Jammu, Ladakh and Kashmir, the Minister demanded for establishment of Centre of Excellence, in each region so that necessary impetus can be given for enhancing education levels in the community.
Zulfkar also demanded for establishment of 22 Vocational training Centres for tribal population in each district of the state to instill necessary skill in tribal students so that they can become self-reliant.
He also demanded for enhancing funds under Article 275 and Tribal Sub Plan so that enhanced developmental efforts can be undertaken on ground.
He informed the Union Minister that presently, various welfare and developmental activities are being undertaken under Article 275 and TSP viz setting up of infrastructure by providing educational classrooms, opening/up-gradation of existing classrooms, smart classrooms, e-classrooms, construction/repairs/Renovation of ST Girls and Boys Hostels besides various other works.
Pressing for establishment of Aashram Schools in the Tribal Areas, Minister said that there is a need for establishing such schools in each district to cater to those students who have no guardian or care taker, so that their education does not suffer.
Terming education as important to change the fate of tribals, Minister said that they are working on the establishing of Eklayva Model Residential Schools in various parts of the state but said that additional schools are required on the same pattern to ensure proper educational facilities for tribal students. He demanded establishment of Eklavya Model Residential School at Kupwara, Bandipora, Leh, Koteranka (Rajouri), Kishtwar, Reasi, Udhampur, Ramban, Jammu & Srinagar.
Highlighting the need of Tribal Hostels in J&K, Minister said that among the total 1,25,48,926 population of J&K, there are 14,93,299 Tribals but not all tribals have access to hotel facilities.  He demanded for hostels in the state that cater to people belonging to all 14 tribes residing in the state. He demanded 22 Schedule Tribe Boys Hostels and 22 Schedule Tribe Girls in the state so that all tribal people get educational benefit.
Union Minister listened to the demands of the Minister and assured proper action from Government of India. 

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Hello Jammu News at 7:11:00 PM 0


Minister represents JK in International Consumers’ Day
NEW DELHI, MARCH 15: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Tribal Affairs, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali has represented Jammu & Kashmir State in International Consumer Day celebrations at New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister demanded banning online sellers, who are duping the consumers.
The function was chaired by the Union Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan wherein dignitaries from all over India participated. Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali represented Jammu & Kashmir and presented his talks on the topic “Making digital market places fairer”.
The Minister said that this year world is focusing on issues related to access to internet, online scams and better online protection. He said that Government of Jammu & Kashmir has already working on the lines to have complete checks on frauds with Consumers.
About issue of access to Internet, the Minister said that access to e-commerce is important as half of the world’s population is offline and biggest thing that prevents consumer engagement in digital markets is lack of access to the internet. He said that broadband adoption in many areas remains particularly low due to poor telecommunication infrastructure and lack of electricity so there is a need to strengthen the broadband services even in the rural areas.
Zulfkar said that many areas of Jammu & Kashmir are still having problem in communication through internet and mobile and since the control on telecommunication lies with Government of India, the cellular and broadband services in Jammu & Kashmir must be strengthened.
 “Particular attention should be given to ensuring access for marginalized or disadvantaged groups of consumers and those in remote areas”, he added.
Appealing people to beware of online frauds, the Minister said that half of the people who never shops online, blame lack of trust and major contributor to this lack of consumer trust is fear of being scammed. He said shopping online can incur unexpected and unwelcome costs for consumers and these can arise from illegal and fraudulent scams, or from unfair, unclear and confusing business practices.
Quoting Australia for registration of online frauds, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali said that in March 2017, the Austrian Government-run Scamwatch website received 531 reports accounting for 95,407 US Dolar lost by consumers. He said that such practices are also being reported in India on the name of Lotteries etc and there is need to curb and keep check on such practices.
He further said that there are various fake shops which are involved in diverting payments by pretending to be legitimate online sellers either with a fake website or by advertising on a genuine retailer site.  He said that consumers also fall prey to scams where they never receive an item they have paid for or receive something different from what they ordered.
“I demand Government of India to ban these agencies who are fraudulently looting consumers through online services”, the Minister said appreciating US for taking action against a company. He said that in 2016, Alibaba was placed on the US government’s blacklist of “notorious markets” known for peddling counterfeit goods and similar practice need to be adopted in India.
The Minister has also called upon Union Government for online protection of consumers. He said that fear of being cheated sometimes arises from the scams, sometimes from unfair, unclear and confusing business practices.
Expressing satisfaction over consumer focus in J&K, the Minister said that when he took over as Minister in 2015, all Consumer Courts and bodies were defunct but now they have constituted State Consumer Redressal Commission, District Forums, State Consumer Protection Council and District Consumer Protection Council in every district of the state.
He also highlighted issues related to consumer affairs of J&K. He said that J&K Government is not receiving any funding for awareness campaigns besides they have no infrastructure for District Forums. He also sought GoI help to start online grievance redressal mechanism and digitization of Legal Metrology data.

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