DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015 (PAGE 3) Drabu for blending J&K’s distinct cultures to prevent stagnation Excelsior Correspondent research should be done on architectural and linguistic her- JAMMU, Nov 26: Minister itages for creating new lan- for Finance, Labour & guages and narrations in the Employment and Culture, Dr state. He called upon students Haseeb Drabu today called for to engage with culture and concerted initiative from the asked them to come out with stakeholders for conservation innovative ideas for the evolu- and promotion of the State’s tion of cultural heritage. The Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh chairing a meeting at Jammu on Thursday. rich cultural heritage so that Heritage Week has triggered a future generations can cherish it change in the mindset of people with a degree of pride. He towards preserving the rich cul- Ensure benefit of welfare schemes called for blending the State’s tural heritage of the state, he Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C) and Prime Minister’s Office three distinct cultures to end added. Dr Jitendra Singh presenting the Pensioners I Card to Central Civil Retirees, at the inauguration stagnation. Speaking on the occasion, of the Awareness Workshop on the online pension Sanction and Payment Tracking System Addressing a function at Priya Sethi said that the to targeted populace: DyCM ‘Bhavishya’, in New Delhi on Thursday. (UNI) Jammu University organized at Heritage Week was organized Excelsior Correspondent benefitted from them . He said directed the officers of the the conclusion of Heritage with an aim to create awareness that these schemes have a RDD to take immediate meas- Week celebrations, Dr Drabu among the youngsters about the JAMMU, Nov 26: The tremendous potential of chang- ures for identification of the Dr Jitendra launches on-line pension facility said heritage has to live in pub- rich heritage of our state includ- Deputy Chief Minister, Dr ing the rural landscape by ele- land for the proposed plant so Excelsior Correspondent venient but also in overcoming Similarly, the administrative lic spaces and it should not be ing art, folk, culture, languages, Nirmal Singh today directed vating the socio-economic pro- that the people of the area get the delay in the process. In addi- authorities will also find it easy confined to museums only. The manuscripts, cuisines and tradi- officers to ensure that the ben- file of the people living in the benefited from it. He said that NEW DELHI, Nov 26: tion, he said, this will also bring to accomplish the pension motto of the State Government tional attire. efit of various welfare pro- area by providing the much it is the endeavor of the Union Minister of State a great relief to the retiring preparatory procedure and sub- is to propagate, preserve and The Minister further said grammes and schemes perco- needed job opportunities at the Government to provide clean (Independent Charge) for employees and the pensioners. sequently provide retirement professionalize the heritage. that the present Government late to the targeted populace, so doorstep besides, creating the and safe environment to the Development of North Eastern Dr Jitendra Singh disclosed benefit and monthly pension “The Government only acts as has given an asset to the State that the motive of the scheme requisite infrastructural facili- people living in rural and far Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, that, as on date, in the first after retirement. custodian of heritage and it is by creating a separate gets fulfilled. ties . flung areas and similar proj- Personnel, Public Grievances, phase, “Bhavishya” was intro- After the full implementa- the civil society that creates Department of Culture for the The Deputy Chief Minister It was given out in the ects would be taken in various Pensions, Atomic Energy and duced in the main secretariat of tion of Bhavishya system today, heritage,” he added. evolution and promotion of our was addressing officers during meeting that under MGNRE- other villages of the State as Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today 83 Ministries/Departments as Dr Jitendra Singh announced The function was organized rich culture across the World. a review meeting of the GA an amount of Rs.9.73 crore well. launched Pensioners’ I - Card well as 17 Attached Offices that the Department of Pension by School of Hospitality and The Minister called upon schemes being undertaken by has been spent out of the allo- Earlier, the Deputy Chief and officially announced the involving 783 DDOs. The web & Pensioner’s Welfare Tourism Management (SHTM), the students to study the great the Rural Development cated amount of Rs. 11.89 Minister also took a review of extension of on-line pension application, he said, has so far (DoP&PW) will be in a position University of Jammu in collab- contributions of various rulers Department and PHE crore by taking up 2620 works. the PHE schemes in Billawar payment facility “Bhavishya” to processed and issued Pension to know, in advance, the number oration with Department of to J&K. She asked the Department. Similarly, 430 dwelling units area. The meeting was attended various Ministries and Payment Orders (PPO) in of employees retiring from the Culture and Indian National University administration to The meetings were attended have been taken up under IAY by Chief Engineer PHE and Departments in Government of respect of 652 pensioners and in Government of India during the Trust for Art and Cultural start new courses which prove by Commissioner/Secretary in the constituency other senior officers of the India. The on - line system had due course, all the DDOs in all next 12 months and also remain Heritage (INTACH), Jammu helpful in the preservation and RDD, Khurshid Ahmed Shah, Under Swacch Bharat department. been in use for the last few the Central Ministries/ updated about the status of each Chapter. restoration of heritage and cul- Director Rural Development, Abhiyan 1152 individual Dr. Singh directed the offi- months, on pilot basis, in some of Departments numbering over of these cases. The system offers Minister of State for ture of our state. Jammu, M.L.Raina Member household latrines have been cers to speed up the pace of the Ministries and Departments 9,000 would be brought under the facility to view the pension- Information, Education and Vice Chancellor, University Secretary MGNREGA, taken up out of the 2311 sanc- implementation of the ongoing of Government of India involv- the ambit of Bhavishya and all ary service online and at the Culture Priya Sethi was also of Jammu, Prof R D Sharma, Kuldeep Siddha, ACD, Kathua tioned units. It was also given water supply schemes being ing 783 Drawing and Disbursing the DDOs in various Ministries same time, the forms of process- present on the occasion. Secretary to Government, and other senior officers. out that the solid liquid waste constructed by the department Officers (DDOs). /Departments of Central ing can also be submitted Dr Drabu said J&K has Department of Culture Hemant The Deputy Chief Minister management plant would be set so that the people living in the Addressing a one - day Government would start using online. The system will enable a three distinct heritages and Kumar Sharma, Registrar directed the officers to speed up in Billawar so that effective area do not face any water workshop attended by DDOs of this online facility. retiring employee to keep him- there is a need that these her- University of Jammu, Keshav up the pace of various develop- management of the waste is shortage and get adequate sup- various Central Ministries and The “Bhavishya” system, Dr self informed about the progress itages mix with each other to Sharma, Director SHTM Prof ment schemes of the depart- done besides it would also be ply of potable water. He said Departments as well as Jitendra Singh said, will not of his pension process case set an example of a composite Parikshit Singh Manhas and ment like MGNREGA, IAY, producing fertilizer and bio- that several other new schemes Subordinate Offices located in only introduce transparency and through SMS or e-mail, he culture. There is an immediate Convener INTACH, Jammu Swacch Bharat Abhiyan , so gas. would also be undertaken in Delhi today, Dr Jitendra Singh accountability in the pension added. need to blend cultures as it Chapter S M Sahni were among that the people of the area get The Deputy Chief Minister the constituency. said, “Bhavishya” would be a sanction and payment process Union Secretary for tends to stagnate, he added. the dignitaries present on the new breakthrough not only in but it will also enable the pen- Pensions, Devendra Choudhary The Minister stressed that occasion. making the pension disburse- sioner to track and follow online was also present on the occa- ment system easy and more con- the progress of his pension case. sion. Removal of pay anomalies in clerks' grade Clerical staff asks Govt to implement HC order Excelsior Correspondent clerical cadre of all depart- ments. JAMMU, Nov 26: The He pointed out than more Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh All than four years have passed, Departments Clerical Staff but the grievances of the cleri- Association has urged the State cal cadre have not been Government to implement the addressed. The High Court has High Court order concerning directed the State Government removal of pay anomalies in to implement the settlement Divisional Commissioner Dr Pawan Kotwal chairing a meeting at Jammu on Thursday. the clerical grade. arrived at on Sept 15, 2011, Addressing a press confer- within the period of two ence here today, Babu Hussain months. All the members of the Div Com reviews functioning of IRCS clerical staff body stressed Excelsior Correspondent Store, etc.