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| Ranked 24th in 32 states of India, 6th amongst 7 states of North India | | J&K fares dismally in economic parameters | | | Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Feb 13: Going through the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis of the Jammu and Kashmir state, certain startling revelations have come to fore as according to this analysis, the state has been placed at 24th position in inter-state comparison of 32 states of India.
According to the SWOT analysis of the state, measuring the growth of economy in terms of Gross State Domestic Product at constant (2004-05) prices for the year 2011-12 for all states and UTs except Lakshdeep, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu the Jammu and Kashmir state with 6.19 per cent rate is placed at 24th position among 32 Indian states/ UTs.
Embarrassing for Jammu and Kashmir is the fact that a state like Bihar which was earlier known for corruption has shown remarkable improvement in economy and has occupied top rank with record growth of 13.26 per cent followed by central state of Madhya Pradesh (MP) with 11.81 per cent as against national average of 6.21 per cent.
Meanwhile, in a comparison drawn between 7 northern region states/ UTs namely Haryana, Himac... | |
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| Special allocation for daughters, HIV, Cancer patients | | | |
Under its social initiatives in the budget presented by the Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, the some major decisions taken by the state Government including enhancement of financial assistance for the girl students under 'Beti Anmol' Scheme, 'War Veterans', earmarking funds for orphaned children diagnosed with HIV/AIDS besides cancer patients.
While making the announcement during budget speech, Rather said the amount of financial aid for girl students has been enhanced from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 from the next fiscal besides benefits of the scheme 'Beti Anmol' has also been extended to the girl students hailing from the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families living in all the blocks of th... | |
| | | | Demanding Bijli, Paani and Power Minister's resignation, Jammu Opposition walks out | | | | Abodh Sharma/Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Feb 13: Resenting erratic power and water supply across the region and non availability of power to farmers for irrigation purposes, entire Jammu opposition staged a walk out from the state legislative assembly as people’s house witnessed a relatively calm day today.
As soon as the house met here today for normal business, members of BJP, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party and Jammu State Morcha stood up and resorted to anti-government protests over its failure to provide uninterrupted power and water supply to the people in the state.
Seeking reply from the government on hundreds of transformers in remote and rural areas which were not replaced fo... | |
| | | | Assures full cooperation to police in 'sexual' assault case: Shabir Khan | | | |
Mustansir
SRINAGAR, Feb 13: After remaining in hiding for almost a week former Minister of State for Health (independent charge) Shabir Ahmad Khan today appeared before the enquiry team of Shaheed Gunj police station here. Khan was questioned inside the police station in the case of alleged sexual assault on a lady doctor.
Today's development comes after Wednesday's breather to Khan by the High Court that granted him interim bail after producing a surety of Rs. 25,000. Interestingly, despite being no more the minister, Khan enjoys the status of minister as he drove in an Ambassador Car from Srinagar Airport to Circuit House here and then from Circuit House to Shaheed Gunj Police Station... | |
| | | | 3 Panchayat Halqas for 40 families in Baramulla district | | Unbelievable! | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Feb 13: At a time when the entire opposition in Jammu & Kashmir has raised alarm over the recently created administrative units in the state, a glaring discrepancy with respect to the clubbing of families within a particular village has come to the fore.
More than three dozen families living in a particular locality in North Kashmir's Baramulla district have been clubbed with three separate Panchayat Halqas. The residents of the locality are at loss and they don't understand the logic behind this irrational clubbing.
Forty families of Riddi Mohalla of Trikolbal village in Pattan area are quite frustrated since they have been clubbed with three Panchayat Halqas. ... | |
| | | | Even in election year, Omar Govt has nothing for media | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Feb 13: It was only after the ETV Urdu correspondent asked a question at today's press conference that the Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather said that "Government is actively considering establishing press housing colonies in the State". Like in four of the last five budgets, Rather made no mention of the conditions in which the fourth estate is operating both in Kashmir and Jammu.
Believe it or not, the proposal of establishing two residential colonies for mediapersons, one each in Srinagar and Jammu, has been under the "active consideration" of successive governments in the last 10 years. Even then Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who singularly holds the credit ... | |
| | | | Party workers upbeat, say their 'views' stand vindicated | | Modi bashing by Omar & MLAs' 'stone silence' | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 13: The workers in state unit of BJP are having mixed feelings on Modi bashing by none other than the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah himself in the state Assembly on Wednesday. The workers feel disappointed the way Omar lashed out at their Prime Ministerial candidate which was responded with stone silence by the party legislators in the House. The workers are happy too because they feel what they have been observing and conveying it to the party leadership about the 'conduct' of the legislators vis-a-vis their soft approach towards the government, NC in particular, stands vindicated and the MLAs by making that explicit have exposed themselves .
It was nothing n... | |
| | | | Omar Abdullah partly right, partly wrong | | Article 370 | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 13: During his 70-minute address to the Legislative Assembly after the discussion on the motion of thanks on Governor Narender Nath Vohra's address to both the houses of the State legislature on Wednesday, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that Jammu and Kashmir even before 1947 had the State Subject Act, which prohibited people from other states from purchasing the land in the State. "Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel or Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah should not be blamed for the State Subject Act," he said. "It was the decision of Maharaja as he feared that people from the adjoining Punjab state would come and settle in Jammu" and added that the National Conference and the Congr... | |
| | | | District administration paying hide and seek with NHRC | | Encroachment on KP's land | | | Another notice issued to DC, SP
Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Feb 13: District administration Kulgam has been evading NHRC directives of restoring the land of Kashmiri Pandit family which was illegally encroached and the family was assaulted and threatened when it exercised its claim on its property.
NHRC has issued fresh notices to Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police Kulgam seeking their reply within eight weeks after they failed to respond to Commission's earlier notices.
Vijay Raina, whose ancestral property was grabbed and was assaulted by his neighbor in village Chowgam of Kulgam district, had sought NHRC's intervention to get his land back. The district administration had alrea... | |
| | | | `It has been crying from rooftops about Govt's failure' | | Govt claims on CAG taken with a pinch of salt | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 13: Immediately after delivering the budget speech, the concerned Minister addressed the media. Most of the remarks of the minister were taken with a pinch of salt especially his claim about the CAG. "Even the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has in unambiguous terms patted the State for its internal resources mobilization initiatives," he said.
However, the following examples reflect the hollowness of the minister's claims. The CAG took the state government to task in its 2013 audit report. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit report, 2013 has brought to the fore this glaring example of non-performance of the Rural Development Depa... | |
| | | | Coalition's last Budget: Rather's bid to enhance coalition's electoral prospects | | Sops for Youth, Farmers, Panchayats, Industry | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Feb 13: With an eye on upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, the Minister for Finance Abdul Rahim Rather today presented a tax free budget in the State Assembly for the year 2014-15 which had focus on sops for youth, panchayats and farmers besides offering some other initiatives.
The sixth and last budget of the coalition government shows a total expenditure of Rs 43543 crore with a capital component of Rs 10595 crore. The budget shows own estimated tax revenue of Rs 7496 crore and share of central taxes upto Rs 5191 crore and central non-plan grant of Rs 2096 crore. The Budget expects the revenue expenditure to touch Rs 32948 crore.
In his budget speech whic... | |
| | | | SIC to penalize Deputy Secretary, penalty notice against JD Jammu | | 5 years on, Babus continue to violate RTI | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Feb 13: The J&K RTI Act 2009 is going to complete its 5 years of enactment in Jammu & Kashmir next month but till date most of the Government officials are unaware about the provisions of this law and those who have knowhow about the law hardly implement it.
The State Information Commission (SIC) while acting tough against the violators of State Right to Information Act (RTI) has issued orders for penalizing a senior official of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Department (CAPD), Deputy Secretary to Government CAPD Civil Secretariat. The Commission has also issued a show cause notice against the Joint Director CAPD Jammu asking him to explain why penalty proceedings... | |
| | | | Congress-led UPA Govt's claims deflated | | Illegal immigration from Bangladesh a threat to national security, says Gen Singh | | | MINCING NO WORDS
Neha
JAMMU, Feb 13: On February 11, Army Chief General Bikram Singh deflated the claims of the Congress-led UPA Government that illegal migration from Bangladesh has declined in recent years and said the illegal immigration from the neighbouring country poses a threat to national security. He reportedly debunked the claims of the UPA Government during a seminar organized by a security think tank.
Speaking at a seminar in New Delhi, he reportedly said that the "problem of illegal migration in Bangladesh has led to demographic changes in the northeast" and asserted that "illegal migration has also led to serious internal security challenges in Assam". "The forces had ... | |
| | | | Burglars strike at HSS boys Kishtwar, decamped with cash | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Feb 13: In another incident of burglary, 4th in last one week, unidentified buglers during last intervening night carried out a burglary inside the administrative block of Boys Higher Secondary School Kishtwar and decamped with some cash collected by the staff on account of admission fee from the students. As per sources the buglers break the main lock of the room and after entering inside the room, the burglars broke liver and pull out the window of main locker with admission record. The buglers decamped with Rs 6000 to Rs 7000 admission cash kept inside the locker. As per the in charge admission section, the cash was stapled along with admission form of few st... | |
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