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CS reviews school infra dev under different schemes

  • RK News By RK News
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  • 25 Sep 2025

Srinagar, Sept 24: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today chaired a high-level meeting to review the progress of infrastructure development works being executed in schools across J&K.

According to a statement issued here, The Chief Secretary emphasised that the executing agencies should ensure time-bound completion of all ongoing projects and strictly adhere to strict monitoring mechanisms. He directed the officers to give priority to projects nearing completion so that the benefits of improved infrastructure are extended to the student community without delay.

Underscoring the importance of transparency, the Chief Secretary also called for effective utilization of resources, ensuring that each work taken up under the UT Capex contributes to strengthening the learning environment in government schools.

It was Informed that during the financial year 2024-25, an allocation of Rs 185.67 Cr was approved, out of which Rs 146.77 Cr were made available. Against this, an expenditure of Rs 122.14 Cr was incurred, thereby achieving 83.21 percent expenditure.

For the current financial year 2025-26, an allocation of Rs 180.50 Cr has been made, with an availability of Rs 90.25 Cr till date. Out of this, an expenditure of Rs 25.06 Cr has already been registered up to August 2025.

On the physical side, the Secretary apprised that 2,716 works were taken up in 2024-25, out of which 1,048 works were completed. Similarly, for 2025-26, around 2,356 works have been taken up, with 1,779 works targeted for completion, out of which 10 works stand completed till August 2025.

Meanwhile, Atal Dulloo today reviewed the progress of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) aimed at the socio-economic upliftment of tribal communities in the Union Territory.

During the review, the Chief Secretary underscored the need to accelerate expenditure under tribal welfare programmes and directed Deputy Commissioners to expedite the formulation of Village Action Plans (VAPs) under the Aadi Karmayogi Abhiyan. He stressed on undertaking a family-wise assessment of scheme saturation to ensure targeted delivery of benefits and directed departments to guarantee smooth and timely implementation in all tribal areas.

The Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, informed that the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), Government of India, has approved a significant financial outlay of Rs. 47.981 crore for J&K under various schemes for 2025-26. This marks a substantial increase from the initial sanction of Rs. 9.8025 crore.

Of this, Rs. 39.21 crore has been earmarked for projects under the Dharti AabaJanjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA), Rs. 5 crore for establishing five Tribal Multipurpose Marketing Centers (TMMCs), and Rs. 3.771 crore for creation of Forest Rights Act (FRA) Cells at the state and district levels.

Moreover it was divulged that the five approved TMMC locations identified includes Lar (Ganderbal), Khumriyal (Kupwara), Agar Jitto (Reasi), Bus Stand Mendhar/Behra (Poonch), and Bus Stand (Rajouri).

The meeting also reviewed progress under the Aadi Karmayogi Abhiyan, a flagship mission to transform grassroots governance and service delivery in tribal communities.

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