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The HimalayanMail 4JAMMU SUNDAY JULY 25, 2021NEWS

SHOPIAN, JULY 24: The DeputyCommissioner (DC) Shopian, SachinKumar Vaishya today reviewed the rollout of Mission Youth in the district dur-ing a meeting convened at Mini Secre-tariat, Arhama here. Speaking on theoccasion, the DC said that OUT of J&K isbestowed with a predominantly youngpopulation which is a valuable humanresource which must be put to con-structive engagement.

Mission Youth is the apex body of thegovernment for youth engagement andoutreach in J&K, he added.

He said that the core agenda of Mis-sion Youth is to positively engage youthfor their overall well being within thesociety by making them stakeholdersin the development of the Union Terri-

tory. The DC further said that the pro-gramme is conceived with an objectiveto facilitate the engagement of youth insustainable socio-economic develop-ment of J&K; to help young people torealize their full social, economic andhuman potential, to foster the social in-tegration of youth within communitiesand enhance youth employability, con-tribution to effective delivery of basicservices to the people of J&K in thetimes of distrust, natural calamities,pandemics, to set up micro youth clubsfor youth engagement at Panchayatlevel.

He added that the role of VolunteerGroups shall be to create awarenessamong general masses, to combat mis-information and sensitization of com-

munities regarding important social/economic/ political matters by inter-acting with communities and by usinginnovative means, to provide assis-tance to departments in data gatheringand to assist local administration toidentify vulnerable areas for creatingbetter targeted responses, to work forcommunity mobilization and targetedresponse under various governmentschemes, initiatives, developmental ac-tivities and other government functionsetc. On the occasion, Sachin exhortedthe officers to activate all field men andmachinery for getting more peopleabove 18 years of age group vaccinatedand also speed up the process to com-plete the requisite target in a timebound manner.

Shopian DC reviews rolling out of Mission Youth

SRINAGAR, JULY 24:To commemorate the 75years of India's Indepen-dence, “Azadi Ka AmrutMahotsav", the District Ad-ministration Srinagar incollaboration with Depart-ment of Registrations Sri-nagar held an Awarenesscum Interaction pro-gramme on benefits of “Na-tional Generic DocumentRegistration System” (NG-DRS) and Unique LandParcel Identification Num-ber(ULPIN) at meeting hallof DC office here on Satur-day.

The programme waspresided over by DeputyCommissioner Srinagar,Mohammad Aijaz Asad,while Inspector GeneralRegistration, Arshid Ayouband Special Secretary Rev-enue Department,K.K.Sidha were present onthe occasion.

Additional Deputy Com-missioner, Srinagar/ Reg-istrar, Syed Hanief Balkhi,Assistant Commisioner,Nazool, Sandeep SinghBali, SDM East, OwaisMushtaq, SDM West, Ak-shay Labroo, Sub RegistrarSrinagar East, Javed Ma-soodi, besides Deed writer,Petition writers, Revenueofficials and other stake-holders also participated inthe programme and were

apprised about the benefitsof online property registra-tion(NGDRS)

At the outset, the DC saidthat NGDRS is an IT ser-vice and delivery of some ofthe initiatives of Digital In-dia, the system will reducehuman intervention andwill enable it to maintain auniform land record regis-tration system.

The DC impressed uponthe officers that proccess ofproperty Registration is avery sensitive matter andthey must verify therecords minutely and care-fully to ensure Registrationis done in favour legalowner

Inspector General, Reg-istration also addressed thegathering and gave anoverview on NGDRS. Hesaid it is a system for land

record maintenance andregistration, developed bythe department of land re-sources of Government ofIndia.

We are entering in a newera of technology and it isthe endeavor of the depart-ment to keep pace with thepresent day technologicalinnovations to take its worktowards huge success, headded. He said that oncethe system is implemented,the property buyers will nothave to visit the registra-tion office again and againto get their property regis-tered.

The Resource person alsogave a detailed explanationon the entire process, rightfrom applying for registra-tion to paying stamp dutyand court fee online to thestakeholders.

The participants were in-formed that the people willget an appointment date onwhich they will have to ap-pear at the Registrar's of-fice, only for the final sign-ing of documents andregistration.

The NGDRS systemwould help property buy-ers know the circle rate forland across JK besides un-derstanding the type ofland, and any person canaccess the website wherestamp and duty rates arenotified.

Besides, awareness re-garding the Unique LandParcel Identification Num-ber (ULPIN) scheme,which has been launched in10 States and will be rolledout across the country byMarch 2022, was also givento the participants as “theAadhaar for land", it is anumber that woulduniquely identify every sur-veyed parcel of land andprevent land fraud, espe-cially in the hinterlands ofrural areas.

The ADC expressed hopethat the workshop wouldbe of great help for the par-ticipants to further developtheir skills in the field.

During the programme, adetailed PowerPoint pre-sentation was given on thebenefits of NGDRS.

Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav: Awareness interaction programme on NGDRS, ULPIN held at Srinagar

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JULY 24

Dharmarth Trust Presi-dent Advocate Ajay Gando-tra accompanied with Sec-retary, Dr GopalParthasarthi Sharma onSaturday met Deputy Com-missioner, Samba, Anu-radha Gupta and sought forpacing up the developmentworks and restoration ofheritage value of the Utter-behni and PurmandalShrines.

The Trust’s Presidentheld a threadbare discus-sion on various aspects ofdeveloping the aforesaidshrines on modern lines toprovide state-of –art facil-ities to the devotees and thetourists visiting the site asthe place has immense re-ligious and historical sig-nificance. He urged the

Deputy Commissioner totake proactive steps inmaking these shrines visi-tors delight because thesame are connected withthe rich cultural heritage ofthe region and Dogras ofJ&K, Punjab and HimachalPradesh have special affin-ity towards these religiousdestinations which hostsseveral matchless charac-teristics. “The temple com-plex at Purmandal devotedto Lord Shiva is popularlyknown as Chhota Kashiand surrounded by theShivalik Hills that possessa natural exquisiteness. Itis located on the banks ofDevika, the undergroundriver.

Nearby the PurmandalTemple, there is the villageof Utterbehni called so asthe underground river ‘De-vika’ takes a northward

turn here, which is some-thing rare for rivers in theHimalayan foothills”, Gan-dotra said, adding that im-mediate facelift of theseshrines is the need of thehour as these could help inboosting the religioustourism in the region. Healso discussed in detail theneed of taking care of othertemples in the District in-cluding Aarzi TempleSamba, Raghunath ji Tem-ple Rajpura and Raghu-nath ji Temple Abtal.

Later, Ajay Gandotra alsoapprised the Deputy Com-missioner Samba aboutvarious initiates taken bythe Dharmarth Trust withan aim to provide better fa-cilities and amenities to thedevotees. He also assuredthe Deputy Commissionerthat the Dharmarth Trustwill extend wholehearted

support to the administra-tion in carrying out devel-opment works in the Afore-said shrines and othertemples in the District. Heurged the Deputy Commis-sioner to make a compre-hensive plan to create atourist circuit comprisingall the significant shrinessituated in the District andpromulgating the same togive boost to tourism andraise the socio-economicconditions of the stake-holders especially after thebig jolt which the localeconomy has felt due topandemic.

After giving a patienthearing to the delegation,the Deputy Commissionerassured to take up the mat-ter with concerned quar-ters for taking up the gen-uine demands as soon aspossible.

Dharmarth Trust urges DC Samba to expedite development of Utterbehni, Purmandal shrines

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JULY 24

Secretary, CooperativesDepartment, Yasha Mud-gal, today chaired boardmeeting of Jammu CentralCooperatives Bank Limitedhere at Civil Secretariat.

Deputy Commissioner,Jammu, Anshul Garg;Managing Director,Jammu Central Coopera-tive Bank, Nishi KantSharma; Director, Ac-counts and TreasuriesJammu, Neeraj Gupta Bak-shi; Director, AgricultureJammu, Dr K K Sharma;Advocate, Seema KhajuriaShekhar and Former Presi-dent, J&K Bank Limited, SK Bhat attended the meet-ing as members of theBoard via video conferenc-ing.

Nishi Kant apprised the

meeting about present sta-tus of physical and finan-cial achievements of thebank. He highlighted vari-ous issues pertaining todisbursement of loans ofagriculture, horticultureand cooperative sectors.

On the occasion, boardmembers gave their valu-able suggestions regardingfurther improvement inworking of the bank. Theyalso agreed with the Chair-man for sanctioning of Rs100 crore loan to JKIDFC

Limited considering it agood business opportunitybacked by irrevocable andunconditional guarantee bythe government of Jammuand Kashmir.

The board unanimouslydecided that bank shouldsanction and release thesaid term loan in favour ofJKIDFC subject to compli-ances of observationsraised by the Directors dur-ing the deliberations.

Secretary directed theMD to follow guidelines of

RBI, and NABARD. "Withsanctioning of the saidterm loan of Rs. 100 crore,the CD ratio of the bankwill improve substantiallyand NPA ratio will comedown. This will also lead toan increase in the interestincome of the bank withgood returns. The bank willbe immensely benefittedwith this regular incomewhich will result in its op-erating income going upand losses getting re-duced", she maintained.

Yasha chairs Board meeting of JCC Bank

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSRAJOURI, JULY 24

Sunderbani ForestRange in continuation to itsplantation drives under“One Beat Guard, One Vil-lage” programme con-ducted plantation drive inDevak village.

Sarpanch Devak, BodhRaj Sharma, Panch Ro-mesh Sharma, members ofBiodiversity managementcommittee and a number oflocals actively participatedin the planting of differentspecies of plants in thepremises of GovernmentHigher Secondary SchoolDevak.

“One Beat Guard OneVillage” program was con-ducted by Dinesh Kumar,Beat Guard Devak of Sun-derbani Forest Range.Medicinal, fodder and tim-ber plants, besides seedballs of grass, fruit andbamboo were also distrib-uted among the partici-pants. Plantation drive washeld in collaboration withstaff of the GovernmentHigher Secondary SchoolDevak, in which LectureRattan Lal, Lecture Sanjit

Kumar, Master Madan Lal,other staff and School Chil-dren participated.

The People overwhelm-ingly welcomed this innov-ative step of the forest de-partment. They said, it isthe first time the forest de-partment came to providethe planting material attheir door steps. They willcare for the plants as well asforests of adjoining areas.This step will create a bondbetween villagers and theforest department.

Meanwhile, social work-ers Pt. Ganesh Kumar,Sukhchain Singh, AshokKumar and Sujan Singhsuggested that the forestdepartment should startsimilar plantation drivesalong with distribution of

plants to locals in other for-est fringe villages of thishilly region also for main-taining green cover of thearea. Block Forest officerDevak Rajinder Dev, alongwith other field staff of De-vak block organized thewhole process of plantationdrive.

Similar plantation drivewas also held in Dharamsalblock which was conductedby Krishan Lal, Beat Guardat village Renthal ofKotekabu Panchayat.Sarpanch Om Parkashalong with other PRI mem-bers, members of BMC anda large number of local peo-ple participated in planta-tion drives of differentspecies of plants on com-mon land and private land.

Besides plantation, seedballs and plants of variousspecies of fruit, timber,medicinal and fodder werealso distributed among thelocal inhabitants.

Third plantation drivewas held in village Brevi inwhich Naib Sarpanch, OmParkash Sharma, Panch,Kasturi Lal along withother PRI members, mem-bers of BMC and a largenumber of local people par-ticipated.

The drives were con-ducted in the close supervi-sion of Sh. B Mohan Dass(IFS) Conservator ofForests West circle RajouriSuresh Manda DivisionalForest Officer Nowsheraand Rakesh Verma RangeOfficer Sunderbani.

Forest Division Nowshera holds series of plantation drives under ‘One Beat Guard, One Village’ programme

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JULY 24

To mark the celebrationof 75 years of Indepen-dence under the aegis og“Azadi Ka Amrit Mahot-sav” & Guru Purnima, anonline poster making cumquiz competition on thetheme Vishva Guru Bharatwas organized by the De-partment of Music, Gov-ernment College forWomen, Udhampurthrough google meet heretoday.

Principal, Government

College for Women, Ud-hampur, Prof. Minu Maha-jan was the Chief Guest onthe occasion.

Prof. Minu Mahajanthrew light on the aim be-hind celebrating the ‘AzadiKa Amrit Mahotsav’. Shesaid that Azadi ka AmritMahotsav will be a Jan Ma-hotsav to celebrate thecontribution of every sec-tion of the society in free-dom struggle and nationbuilding in the post inde-pendence era.

She also appreciated theMusic Department forholding the contest in the

institution to mark the na-tionwide celebrations. Shesaid that such types of con-tests would definitely pro-vide a platform to buddingstudents to channelizetheir talent in the right di-rection. Prof. Minu Maha-jan urged the departmentto organize more such pro-grammes in the future.

As many as 90 Studentsfrom different depart-ments of the college partic-ipated in the competitions.

Later, the department ofMusic also distributed e-Certificates among thewinners and participants.

The work of contestantswas judged by renownedartist JKUT, M. AkramKhan and Sr. Artist DIPR,Jammu Suresh Kumar.

The proceeding of theprogramme was conductedby Assistant Prof. Yash Ku-mar. Among others, HODMusic, Dr. Seema Sharma,Assistant Professor ShalluJasrotia, Assistant Prof.Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Assis-tant Prof. Yash Kumar,other senior faculty mem-bers, staff members and alarge number of the stu-dents also attended theprogramme.

Udhampur GCW organises poster making competition

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JULY 24

Chief Animal HusbandryOfficer(CAHO) Doda Dr, Sanjay Ku-mar Sen visited Gundoh Block of Dis-trict Doda and took stock of the De-partmental activities andimplementation of various flagshipschemes including Integrated DairyDevelopment (IDDS), IntegratedPoultry Development Program(IPDP), Nationwide Artificial Insem-ination Programme (NAIP), NationalAnimal Disease Control Programme(NADCP) etc.

During the visit, the CAHO held de-tailed interaction with the PRIs of the

Gundoh Block and explained to themabout the ongoing departmentalschemes under Atma Nirbhar Bharatmeant for doubling the farmers’ in-come. Special emphasis was laid onthe importance of Pashu Mela at Hi-ranagar Kathua and participation offarmers in this Mega event.

PRIs were also encouraged to prop-agate the message of participation inthe Pashu Mela being organized bythe Department of Animal and SheepHusbandry on 28th and 29th July atHiranagar Kathua.

Pamphlets on Dairy and Poultryschemes were distributed among theparticipants on spot,

The meeting was chaired by the

Block Development Council Chair-man Gundoh, Mohammad AbbasRather, who appreciated the role ofthe department and also put forthsome of the burning issues for con-sideration.

CAHO Doda was accompanied bysenior Veterinary Surgeons Dr.Shakir Butt, Dr. Tariq Hussain andDr. Ravinder Singh.

Later, CAHO, Dr. Sanjay KumarSen visited the proposed site for theinstallation of a feed mill plant sanc-tioned under Feed and Fodder Devel-opment Scheme at Nilti Gundoh. Hewas informed regarding the availabil-ity of the land/financial status of theproject.

Doda CAHO takes stock of deptt activities in Gandoh

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSRAMBAN, JULY 24

A seminar on benefits ofthe National Generic Doc-ument Registration System(NGDRS) and UniqueLand Parcel IdentificationNumber (ULPIN) was or-ganized by the district ad-ministration Ramban un-der the nationwide “AzadiKa Amrut Mahotsav” cele-bration, here today.

The Deputy Commis-sioner (DC), Mussarat Is-lam presided over the sem-inar.

Registrar, Harbans LalSharma, Sub Registrar,Dherinder Sharma and lo-cal lawyers prominentlyparticipated in the semi-nar.

On the occasion, theawareness on the main fea-tures of NGDRS andULPIN under the DigitalIndia Land Record Mod-ernisation Programme(DILRMP) was giventhrough Power Point Pre-

sentation.An interactive session

was also held during whichthe lawyers responded tothe queries and doubts ofthe participants and the of-ficers.

Speaking on the occa-sion, the DC highlightedthe benefits of NGDRS inreducing land disputes,checking fraudulent trans-actions, SMS and email en-abled alerts related totransactions on propertyand external system inte-grations. He said the digi-

tal system will improveranking in Ease of DoingBusiness.

He said the intent was toensure hassle-free servicedelivery and transparencyin the registration processby online uploading of doc-uments, appointment withregistrars’ office, e-stamp-ing and one-time visit toregistration office.

Registrar Ramban, in hisaddress, described ULPINas a landmark interventionwhich shall ensure unique-ness in all transactions and

keep the land records al-ways up-to-date and expe-dite delivery of citizen ser-vices of land recordsthrough a single window,besides sharing of landrecords data across depart-ments, financial institu-tions and all stakeholders.

Sub Registrar presenteda detailed presentation onthe functioning of Softwareof NGDRS. He shared allinputs and skills requiredfor use of InformationTechnology in digital regis-tration of properties.

District Admin Ramban organises seminar on benefits of NGDRS, ULPINSanctions Rs 100 cr loan for JKIDFC