Youth clubs playing vital role in J&K's development journey: LG Sinha
‘Young people our greatest hope, youth clubs enable youngsters in self-discovery, self-development’
Post by on Friday, May 6, 2022
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Srinagar, May 05: Lieutenant Governor (LG), Manoj Sinha Thursday termed the youth clubs as vital support in J&K's development journey, enabling youngsters in self-discovery and self-development.
Youth Clubs provide an opportunity for the young generation to contribute to society and achieve self-growth, the Lt Governor said.
“Young people are our greatest hope and through Youth Clubs, they are not only generating awareness about various employment and self-employment schemes of the government but also uniting young men and women of the UT of Jammu & Kashmir to pursue their dreams. As energetic and vibrant partners of Panchayats and district administration, these clubs are ensuring governance effectively reaches to the grass root,” the Lt Governor observed.
“Youth’s commitment to social service, national integration provides the foundation of developed J&K. These Clubs are unique not only by virtue of their composition but also in providing leadership in different sectors and entrepreneurship commitment. More than 74,000 members have become a beacon of hope for thousands of others. Youth are now active partners, active participants in the processes of building a peaceful and prosperous J&K,” the Lt Governor said.
The Lt Governor also observed that economic progress requires quality human resources and the government has taken various initiatives to make available a large pool of skilled manpower for the nation.
Highlighting the impact of Youth Clubs in empowering the youth of J&K, the Lt Governor said that the Youth Clubs are not only deciding youngsters’ career prospects but also shaping their personality so they can emerge as leaders in their chosen walks of life," the Lt Governor said.
More than 74,771 youths from 20 districts have joined the Youth Clubs, which is playing a significant role in providing youth the opportunity to work through real challenges and make meaningful change. A total of 4,522 Youth Clubs have been constituted across 20 districts with maximum 9,000 youths enrolled in Poonch district.
Young people in these clubs who volunteer regularly develop a civic identity, as leaders and change-makers, and therefore become more socially active. They also learn new social skills like collaboration and problem solving that are vital to succeed in academics, the workplace, and their personal lives. Thus, youth clubs are playing a pivotal role in creating lifelong change among youth and result in their overall personality development, which happens to be the core agenda of Mission Youth, which runs the Youth Clubs.
The initiative of Youth Club was approved by the Governing Body of Mission Youth, headed by Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha in its first meeting held on 17th June 2021.
The youth volunteers of these youth clubs are being given training on all aspects of government schemes and will be part of emergency and crisis plans, and be involved in the planning and decision-making regarding volunteer-led activities to be done in Panchayats/wards.
Mission Youth is focused on continuously encouraging, engaging and mobilizing young volunteers of J&K to support the government efforts for the socio-economic transformation of Jammu & Kashmir.
Members of these youth clubs are also intended to act as peer modulators and motivators, besides creating awareness and mobilization for various Mission Youth schemes. The youth clubs are also provided special incentives in the form of grant-in-aid to support their activities. Youth Engagement programs have been convened in all districts through these youth clubs and more than 2 lakh youth have been associated with the program.
AC delegates powers to grant technical sanctions to CEs working on deputation in J&K
The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal of Public Works (R&B) Department to delegate the authority to provide technical sanctions to projects among various senior engineers posted in sister agencies of Public Works (R&B) Department on deputation basis.
Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K and Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor attended the meeting.
Currently, the power to grant technical sanctions for various projects vests entirely with the officers and engineers posted in the Public Works (R&B) Department, which exponentially increases the work load in the Department and consequently leads to avoidable delays in project execution. Accord of Technical Sanction involves careful analysis of specifications, cost estimates as well as feasibility studies.
With the delegation of powers to the engineers on deputation to other departments, each Department will now be able to grant timely sanction to projects for their expeditious commencement and completion.
The GFR 2017 provides that no works are to be commenced or liability incurred without obtaining proper Administrative Approval and Technical Sanction by competent authority.
