New Delhi (NVI): A group of Union Ministers will visit Jammu and Kashmir today as part of the Modi Government’s outreach programme and will spread awareness about the positive impact of the abrogation of Article 370 provisions.
Starting today, the delegation of 36 ministers will visit the Union Territory including sensitive areas in the Valley to disseminate information on the development measures taken by the government for the region.
The ministers will visit different districts in both the divisions of Union Territory — Jammu and Kashmir — from January 18 to 24. The visit is being coordinated by the Home Ministry. The initiative in regard was taken by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
On Wednesday, Minister of State for Home G Kishen Reddy had written a letter to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, informing about the visit of the ministers.
Yesterday, the Chief Secretary chaired a meeting with the Administrative Secretaries, Divisional and District Administrations to review the preparations for the visit of ministers.
The Chief Secretary briefed all the concerned officials about the visit of ministers to undertake an extensive tour of the districts across 60 different locations.
The outreach programme will cover five themes viz rapid development after President’s Rule from June 2018 and after reorganization in August 2019, 100% coverage of 55 beneficiary oriented schemes to all residents of J&K, rapid infrastructure development including implementation of PMDP, flagship schemes and iconic projects, good governance and rule of law with equality of opportunity to all and rapid industrial and economic growth in all sectors with focus on incomes and employment.
Earlier on Friday, Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam visited Poonch and Rajouri Districts to take stock of the preparations made by the respective districts for the visit of the Union Ministers.
