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Follow us: Daily Excelsior , WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 REGD. NO. JK-71/21-23 Vol No. 57 10+2 =12 Pages ` 5.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/65 No. 241 10 JKAS officers to be Policy will lead to industrial revolution: Dr Jitendra Committed to hold Assembly polls after delimitation: LG posted in Ladakh Excelsior Correspondent Govt to strengthen Panchayat Raj, J&K JAMMU, Aug 31: Consequent J&K on path of peace, prosperity, upon completion of their training, services of 10 Junior Scale JKAS to lead country in development: Birla officers of 2019 batch have been placed at the disposal of Union employment as promised by PM: Shah Fayaz Bukhari problems faced by the general must work together for benefit of Territory of Ladakh, for further public are eliminated well on the general public and as per their posting. Sanjeev Pargal Industrial Policy but the people , Aug 31: Lok time and how the life of the com- aspirations besides youth and These officers are; Arifa Iqbal *New Scheme will change at large in Jammu and Kashmir Sabha Speaker Om Birla today mon masses can be improved women must be empowered by Lone, Sarwar Shahzad, Samina JAMMU, Aug 31: Union especially the unemployed said that the Government is with time. them also they must contribute in Khatoon, Deachen Chondol, Home Minister said future of UT, says Goyal youth. committed and working to Kaneez Fatima, Anwar Hussain, today that new era of peace, Saying that J&K's Industrial strengthen the Panchayat Raj Nilza Angmo, Dortjey Gailson, prosperity and employment as Policy is most attractive in the and a framework has been fur- Rigzin Yangdol and Jigmet promised by Prime Minister country, the Home Minister point- nished to improve the lives of Angchuk. following abro- ed out that it offers up to 300 per- common man. A formal order in this direction gation of Articles 370 and 35-A cent GST refund for 10 years. The Speaker said was issued today by the General has begun in Jammu and "All documents by the this while addressing a gathering Administration Department of Kashmir where democracy has investors within the country as at SKICC in Srinagar. He is on a J&K Government. been restored at grassroots level well as abroad can be deposited visit to Jammu and Kashmir and with Panchayats now getting Online through the web portal and is presently in Srinagar, as a part Afghan boy held direct funding in their accounts. administration of Jammu and of the Parliamentary Outreach He was addressing after the Home Minister Amit Shah speaking after launching Online Kashmir will respond immediate- *Watch video on in Lakhanpur portal of new Central Scheme for J&K Industrial Development at ly,'' he said. launch of web portal for new www.excelsiornews.com Excelsior Correspondent Industrial Policy of Jammu and MHA headquarters, North Block, New Delhi on Tuesday. Also Shah said under the leader- Kashmir which will give access to seen are Union Ministers and Dr Jitendra Singh. ship of Lieutenant Governor Programme, aimed to strengthen JAMMU, Aug 31: Police Manoj Sinha there have been the Panchayati Raj Institutions in today detained a 17-year-old *Watch video on and top bureaucrats of Home and Policy of J&K, whose web portal large scale changes in the Union Jammu and Kashmir. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Lieutenant Governor Afghan boy in Kathua district. Commerce and Industry was launched today, is a milestone www.excelsiornews.com Territory. He (Sinha) has been The Speaker said that deliber- Manoj Sinha addressing media during Parliamentary Outreach SSP Kathua Romesh Kotwal Ministries among others. in implementation of the PM's slo- investors from across the globe to monitoring Industrial Policy ations were held with the Programme in Srinagar on Tuesday. —Excelsior/Shakeel said Abdul Rehman, son of Abdul Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha gan,'' Shah said. apply Online for their ventures. implementation after every 15 Panchayat representatives, and Rashid Ahmed, was apprehended joined the programme Online Asserting that the people of The function was also attended from Srinagar along with Chief Jammu and Kashmir had been days, he added and said an feedback was received as to how “The public remains in close making the villages Atmanirbhar. *Watch video on by Commerce and Industry Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta deprived of development and atmosphere of development has it can be strengthened and touch with the local Panchayat He said that Panchayats www.excelsiornews.com Minister Piyush Goyal, Union and other bureaucrats. employment as Articles 370 and been created in Jammu and answerable more toward the gen- and all the deliberations held should be answerable to the pub- Minister of State in the Prime Kashmir. eral public so that they work here will reach the Parliament lic and there must be proposals as near a COVID testing centre at "Jammu and Kashmir has 35-A were the hurdles, he said Minister's Office (PMO) Dr Noting that the Industrial together as per their aspirations for early disposal”, the Speaker per the aspirations of people so Lakhanpur, the entry point to started march towards peace and the Industrial Policy will lead to Jitendra Singh, Minister of State Policy has been very carefully and demands. said. that people are benefitted in every J&K. prosperity. The Prime Minister had large scale opportunities of for Home Nityanand Rai, drafted, Shah said though it has set He said that the Government He added that the three-tier village since the government is The arrest was made by a promised jobs and prosperity in development. He added that it is Ministers of State for Commerce J&K after abrogation of Articles not only the industry that will target of Rs 28,400 crore worth is working to strengthen the systems here in Kashmir valley is supposed to ease their sufferings Lakhanpur Police Station team functioning normally and they Som Prakash and 370 and 35-A. The new Industrial benefit because of the new (Contd on page 2 Col 5) Panchayat Raj system so that (Contd on page 9 Col 1) (Contd on page 2 Col 5) One dies, 148 test ‘Will win next Assembly polls’ Police party attacked, Union Ministry guidelines not being strictly adhered to +ve in Kashmir Regret that NC didn’t participate detainee released Panel of bureaucrats sitting over selection of Excelsior Correspondent Excelsior Correspondent REASI, Aug 31: In a strange SRINAGAR, Aug 31 : in Panchayat polls: Farooq incident, a mob of local villagers Quality Monitors under MGNREGA since Dec Kashmir today reported 148 fresh allegedly attacked a police party of cases of COVID-19, while one Excelsior Correspondent Outreach Programme for strength- Governor Manoj Sinha, who was Police Station Chassana in Mohinder Verma person died at SMHS hospital in ening Parliamentary Raj Institutions present on the dais, for providing Mahore Sub-Division and *Slackness creates hurdles in Srinagar today. He was suffering SRINAGAR, Aug 31: (PRIs), Abdullah exuded confi- security to Panchayat leaders, whisked away a detained former JAMMU, Aug 31: In utter from COVID-19. National Conference president dence that soon a government will Abdullah said they are being target- disregard to the repeated direc- identifying improvement measures Those who tested positive „ Pic on page 9 and former Jammu and Kashmir be formed in J&K which will make ed by terrorists. tives of the Union Ministry of stress on quality monitoring by are expected to have good expe- include 74 from Srinagar, 27 from Chief Minister Dr Farooq officials answerable to people. "The politicians who are stand- Sarpanch from the police custody, Rural Development, a panel of empanelling the Quality Monitors. rience and expertise, their servic- Baramulla, 21 from Budgam, 6 Abdullah today expressed regret Requesting Lieutenant ing with the country are target of the here today. bureaucrats is sitting over selec- There shall be State Quality es will be utilized not only for from Pulwama, 4 from Kupwara, that his party didn't participate in terrorists and it is for the country to According to unconfirmed tion of Quality Monitors under Monitoring Unit comprising of fact finding and work evaluation 2 from Anantnag, 10 from the 2018 Panchayat polls in protect them," he said. reports, a few cops sustained Mahatma Gandhi National Quality Monitors for each district but also for providing profes- Bandipora, 2 from Ganderbal and Jammu and Kashmir. Talking about local polls held minor injuries and a police vehicle Rural Employment Guarantee and a Nodal Officer of the rank of sional advice to the agencies 2 from Kulgam. The National Conference had in September 2018, the National was also damaged in the attack, Act (MGNREGA) during the at least Superintending Engineer at engaged in the implementation As per official figures, 72,449 not participated in the Panchayat Conference leader said, "I regret past nine months despite being positive cases including 835 (Contd on page 9 Col 1) the State level, the guidelines said. of MGNREGA”. polls held in September 2018 and that my party didn't participate aware of the fact that establish- “The Nodal Officer of the Further, the State Quality (Contd on page 9 Col 5) also boycotted the Block in Panchayat polls". Rs 100 cr heroin ment of such a mechanism is rank of at least Superintending Monitors will inspect the works 16 Deptts get 252 *Watch video on Abdullah expressed his anguish imperative to identify steps Engineer to be designated as under MGNREGA by paying site www.excelsiornews.com that government officials of the smuggled from required to be taken for effective Director (Quality Monitoring) visits and at the end of every three JKAS officers Jammu and Kashmir administration implementation of flagship will coordinate with all State months prepare a consolidated Development Council (BDC) polls "don't pick phones as if some ghost Srinagar seized scheme of the Union Quality Monitors and Nodal report for the district and submit held in 2019 after the abrogation of is hanging upon them”. Government. Excelsior Correspondent CHANDIGARH, Aug 31: Officer should be independent of the same to the Government Jammu and Kashmir's special sta- He requested Sinha to instruct In the operational guidelines of implementation machinery”, the through Director (QM). This report JAMMU, Aug 31: Government tus. officials to answer phone calls of Twenty kilogram of heroin MGNREGA, the Union Rural guidelines further said, adding should include measures to be has placed the services of 252 Junior worth Rs 100 crore in the interna- Speaking at the Parliamentary (Contd on page 2 Col 1) Development Ministry has laid “as the State Quality Monitors (Contd on page 2 Col 1) Scale officers of 2019 batch of JKAS tional market was seized from two at the disposal of 16 Administrative people in Kapurthala district, said Departments for further posting. the Punjab Police today. According to the order, Roopali No DPC in Cooperative Deptt since 15 yrs, The two arrested suppliers- Army Comdr meets kin of youth Arora, Shakeeb Arsallan, Mir dealers have been identified as Tajamul, Mohib Ali Bukhari, Akshar Balwinder Singh of Sarangwal vil- Kotwal, Tanvi Gupta, Anjali 20 Asstt Registrars retire from same post lage in Hoshiarpur and Peter who have joined terror groups Gandotra, Abrar Ahmed Kripak, Masih of Basti Danishmanda Aparna Sharma, Supinder Kour, Gopal Sharma ing the miseries of the junior offi- functioning at full strength and its locality in Jalandhar. Excelsior Correspondent Fatima, Niamatullah Sheikh, Anu cers who were left to face victim- assistance can be easily sought in Peter is already facing two *Asks them to bring Wards back JAMMU, Aug 31: Worst ization and injustice for decades. respect of promotions at the (Contd on page 9 Col 5) SHOPIAN, Aug 31: In a (Contd on page 9 Col 1) kind of adhocism persists in the The then Chief Secretary had Gazetted level," official sources first, the top Army the senior most Army officer in (Kashmir Range) Vijay Kumar J&K Cooperative Department specifically directed all the said. 4 OGWs involved Commander in the Kashmir the Valley has met in person the told the parents that "police World's highest where no Departmental Administrative Secretaries to Sources further revealed valley today met members of and security forces have been motorable road Promotion Committee (DPC) clear all the bottlenecks and that the several aggrieved offi- in grenade around 80 families whose chil- providing opportunities (to meeting was held during last streamline the process of promo- cers held the post of Assistant attack arrested dren have joined various ter- local terrorists) to surrender inaugurated in Leh over 15 years while at least a tions so that the directions of the Registrar (Gazetted) in the sub- rorist groups in Jammu and during live encounters since Lieutenant Governor are imple- stantive capacity from 29-4- Kashmir and urged them to LEH, Aug 31: score of officers retired during Excelsior Correspondent last year. Families are request- last one and half year from the mented in time bound manner but 1999 and a few even from 1990. bring their wards back in ed to convince their children A strategically important SRINAGAR, Aug 31: Police post on which they had joined things failed to move smoothly in Their seniority was finalized whatever way possible. *Watch video on road, which connects Leh to the some departments including J&K twice during 2003 and 2005 in today arrested all the four Over the service about 30 years ago. "I request you to pull out your www.excelsiornews.com Pangong Lake, was inaugurated Showing hardly any regards Cooperative Department. the category of Assistant Ground Workers (OGWs) of children from the swamp called here today by Ladakh MP to the LG Administration's direc- "As far as the DPC meetings Registrar Gazetted. Some simi- Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) involved terrorism. I leave it up to you (newly recruited terrorists) to Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, who tives to all the Administrative are concerned, several larly situated their colleagues in a grenade attack on Sarpanch’s how you pull them out but please come back". said that the stretch passing Secretaries on March Ist this year, Government departments have figuring ahead of them in the *Watch video on do it," General-Officer- The Army Commander cau- through the Kela Pass at 18,600 with regard to holding regular acted upon the instructions of the list, were inducted into KAS on www.excelsiornews.com Commanding of the Srinagar- tioned the families against the feet will be world's highest DPCs and regulate the otherwise, Chief Secretary but still there are the clearance/promotion as based Chinar Corps Lt Gen D P "white-collar" terrorists roaming motorable way. derailed process, the senior offi- several departments which are Deputy Registrars by the DPC/ house in the Shrakwara area of Pandey told the families at a among the general masses and The road, constructed by the cers at the helm of affairs in the dilly-dallying on the same, PSC. Kreeri in North Kashmir’s function held at a stadium in this Lt Gen D P Pandey said "while the children of these 58 Engineer Regiment of the J&K Cooperatives Department notwithstanding the fact that at "Last Departmental Baramulla district last week. highly-volatile district of south families whose children have white-collar terrorists are enjoy- Indian Army, will reduce 41-km did not pay much attention present Jammu and Kashmir Promotion Committee meeting Police said that on August 22, a Kashmir. picked up guns. ing and studying in the rest of the (Contd on page 2 Col 3) towards this issue, thus aggravat- Public Service Commission is (Contd on page 2 Col 3) (Contd on page 2 Col 5) This is for the first time that Inspector General of Police (Contd on page 2 Col 7) Anantnag, Baramulla, Jammu, Kathua top performers Decision on reorganisation soon: Chairman J&K administers record over 1.25 lakh Staff starved PCB running on crutches, COVID vaccine doses in single day officers stagnated on one post for 22 years Irfan Tramboo their vaccine shot followed by vaccine, 13 FLWs received their Baramulla where over 11900 ben- first dose of the vaccine, 84 Avtar Bhat ments have taken three to four dation and rejuvenation of the SRINAGAR, Aug 31: J&K eficiaries received the jab. FLWs received their second jab. promotions and some of them organisation has been made since today administered over 1.25 In Jammu Division, district At the same time, 1073 citizens JAMMU, Aug 31: Though have become even Heads of their 1996.This has constantly affected lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses Jammu recorded the highest num- above 45 years of age received controlling of increasing pollu- respective Departments. the implementation of action which are the highest since the ber of vaccine doses administered their first vaccine jab, 11651 citi- tion is a vital issue nowadays, Running from pillar to post, plans on the management of dete- launch of vaccination across the as over 26000 beneficiaries zens above 45 years of age the staff starved JK Pollution these emoloyees have failed to riorating air quality and water Union Territory since January received their COVID vaccine received their second vaccine jab Control Board (JKPCB) is run- get justice till date and the pro- quality, sources added. this year. shot followed by Kathua where As many as 47439 benefici- ning on crutches at present due posal for strengthening the Board They said the sanctioned As per officials, 64863 vacci- over 9000 beneficiaries got the aries falling in the age group of to the failure of authorities to submitted to Government last strength of the employees of the nation doses were administered in vaccine. 18-44 received the first dose of reorganise it despite the direc- year is biting the dust as no head- Board is 437 while presently it Kashmir Division on August 31 State Immunization Officer the Covishield vaccine, while tives of various enforcing agen- way has been made in this regard is functioning with 248 employ- across 1189 vaccination sites; Dr Shahid Hussain told 4040 people under the same age cies. till date, sources said. ees only. However in the new while 60832 doses were given in EXCELSIOR that the numbers group received their second According to sources, the They added that the Board has rationalisation draft the total the Jammu region during the day are the highest ever so far across Covishield jab. Board is presently on crutches as a vast mandate of enforcement of number of posts have been across nearly 700 vaccination the Union Territory and are At the same time, 470 people it is facing a shortage of over 40 Environmental Laws, monitoring reduced from 437 to 401, they sites. likely to witness an increase in falling under the age group of 18- percent staff which includes posts of air and water quality, industrial added. During the day, as per details, the days to come. 44 received the first dose of of officers at district level while pollution, hazardous waste, bio- Sources said the draft propos- in Kashmir, the highest numbers Further, as per the details, Covaxin while 70 such people the present staff and senior offi- medical waste, solid waste etc. al for strengthening and re-organ- of COVID-19 vaccine doses were during the day across the received their second dose of the cers are stagnated at one post for The need of strengthening of the isation of the Board was made on administered in Anantnag district Kashmir Division, 23 HCWs vaccine. last 22 years despite the fact that man power of PCB is due from the directives of National Green with 12502 beneficiaries receiving received their second dose of (Contd on page 2 Col 5) their counterparts in other depart- long time as no expansion, upgra- (Contd on page 2 Col 3)