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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 3: Sierra 2020, the two-day annual fest of IIM Sirmaur concluded today with fes- tive celebrations and enthusiasm. A horde of competitions churned out during both the days with lucrative prizes for the win- ners and some lifelong learning experiences for those who did not turn out to be so lucky. On the second day of the fest, various management events like “Take-Off” by the Entrepreneurship Cell, “Daayitva” by Datonics, “Stock Warz” by Area 51, “Capital Market Workshop” by Finserve, “Enigma” by Datonics, “Marka Wars” by Markaizen and “Ophzeus” by Scope-The Operations Club were held simul- taneously. IIFT Delhi secured first three positions of Ophzeus. ADMIFMS Mumbai secured first position in Daayitva while NIT Surat secured second position. On the cultural front, solo singing competition (by Song Dew) lined up for the morn- ing. In sports, Dolphin Institute won the Volleyball (men) while UPES Dehradun was the runner up. Graphic Era took away the TT men’s title with UPES again secured the runner up position. Paramjeet Singh from DIT won the solo dance competition (HHI). In the power lifting category, IIM Sirmaur won titles in three cate- gories while Himachal Institute of Pharmacy and Guru Nanak College Yamunanagar each won in one category. The evening was serenaded with excellent performance by IIM Sirmaur’s band-The Crux. After a musical evening which included some beautiful melodies from the band, the event drew close to its climax: a star night featuring the popular Punjabi singer, Akhil. The night began with Akhil welcoming everyone to the night. It then turned a magnificent shade of crimson with Akhil performing some of his famous songs. The per- formance went up to late night with the crowd driven into what can only be described as an exhilarated frenzy. Professor Neelu Rohmetra, Director, IIM Sirmaur in a brief felicitation ceremony gave IIM memento along with a Himachali Cap and shawl to Akhil, after which the singer concluded his show and took his leave. Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 3: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan today reiterated that the present administration is making concerted efforts towards resolv- ing grievances of people of Jammu and Kashmir in an expedi- tious manner. The Advisor, while interacting with people at his weekly public outreach camp held at Convention Centre, Canal Road, maintained that fulfilling people's develop- mental aspirations is one of Government's top priorities which is being met with all commitment and care. About 37 deputations and 63 individuals comprising around 300 persons hailing from different parts of the Union Territory called on the Advisor and apprised him of vari- ous issues confronting them. A deputation of retired fire- men of Fire and Emergency Services J&K sought Advisor's intervention regarding the issue of their pay anomaly. Another deputation of SRO- 43 of 1994, SRO-376 candidates of Police Department demanded issuance of their appointment orders pending for clearance from last 18 months. Likewise, a deputation from Baba Deep Nagar, Gangyal sought Advisor's intervention regarding sanitation issue in its area. Meanwhile, a deputation from Mendhar area of Poonch district apprised the Advisor of shortage of underground bunkers for the dwellers at Line of Control. Another deputation from Marhama village of Bijbehara demanded construction of a play- ing field in their area. Similarly, a deputation from Doongian area of Bahu Jammu demanded tile work on a lane in their area. A deputation from Bashir Gujar Basti Satwari, Jammu demanded black topping of a road in their vicinity. Another deputation from Channi-Himmat sought renova- tion of public park in their area. Several other deputations and individuals hailing from different areas of the UT including Kathua, Jammu, Reasi, Ramban, Rajouri, Poonch, Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara, Anantnag, Sopore, Pulwama and other areas met the Advisor and apprised him of their issues. On the occasion, Advisor Khan also issued necessary instructions to the concerned departments for expeditious redressal of people's grievances. Meanwhile, advisor Governor, Farooq Khan released Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) theme based diary of State Resource Centre for Women Development (SRCWD) at Civil Secretariat. State Mission Director, SRCWD, Rifat Arif; Specialist Gender, Sameena Mir and other concerned were present on the occasion. Pertinently, the theme diary has been released on the eve of National Girl Child Week to gen- erate awareness about the BBBP scheme. Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Feb 3: Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Pandurang Kondbarao Pole today said that Administrative Secretaries in Jammu and Kashmir would stay connected with people to provide good governance at their doorsteps. Speaking to various deputa- tions during the public outreach programme held here, Pole said that Government has started a novel initiative of reaching out to the people-primarily for address- ing their grievances and also pro- viding them with better service delivery. He said that the Government through these initia- tives, including ambitious 'Back to Village' programmes aims to strengthen the delivery of public services at ground level. During the programme, sever- al deputations from Pulwama, Baramulla and Srinagar districts apprised the Secretary about their issues and demands. The Secretary gave a patient hearing to the deputations and assured them that all of their gen- uine issues would be looked into and addressed accordingly. Pole said people must come for- ward and register their grievances and also help Government func- tionaries to profile developmental needs of their respective areas, so that they get better services. He directed the officers that the issue of the public importance must be addressed on priority and they must get hassle-free services from the department. "FCS&CA is a vital depart- ment and people have lot of expec- tations from us. We must make sure that we provide better service delivery and enhance the quality of the public distribution system," he said. Pole said that people must avail benefits of several centrally sponsored schemes-urging officers that poorest of the poor must be provided benefits under the schemes. He informed that the Government was taking several measures to streamline the public distribution system. He informed that the DPRs have been formulated to establish District Consumer Forums. Regarding the quality check across Jammu and Kashmir, Pole said that market checking squads in all the district headquarters have intensified their activities. He said that in order to check hoarding, profiteering and black marketing, Special Task Force (STF)have been constituted for regular inspection of stock and supply position of essential commodities including rice, wheat, sugar, LPG, kerosene oil, petrol and diesel in their respective districts. Later, Secretary FCS&CA, took stock of the essentials at a review meeting with the officers of the Department at Directorate of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Srinagar. The meeting was attended by the Director, FCS&CA, Bashir Ahmad Khan, Joint Director FCS&CA, District officers, repre- sentatives from Oil Companies and other concerned. Pole sought detailed feedback from the officers about the func- tion of the department. He direct- ed Enforcement Wing of FCS&CA to conduct regular inspections to check total strength of rationees, consumers, stock and supply position of every ration depot, fair price shops, LPG out- lets, Home delivery position, Kerosene depots, Petrol and Diesel outlets of the Kashmir divi- sion. DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020 (PAGE 9) Ladakh Div Com Saugat Biswas chairing a meeting on Monday. Ladakh Div Com reviews availability of essential commodities Excelsior Correspondent LEH, Feb 3: Divisional Commissioner Ladakh, Saugat Biswas convened a meeting to review the stocking position and shortages of essential commodities in Leh and Kargil districts and to ascertain availability for the next three months at Leh today. The Divisional Commissioner enquired about the existing stock of essential commodities with the Cooperative Department, Cooperative Associations, Merchant Association and Wholesaler Association of Leh and Kargil. He directed the DC, Kargil and ADC, Leh to execute a market survey mechanism to ascertain a data on monthly consumption and total off take in market of the essen- tial commodities like salt, sugar, tomato puree, onion, mutton, dal, ghee etc. He added that based on this sur- vey report shortages will be addressed by air lifting the required commodity. The purchases will be made by the merchant Association with the consent of the respective LAHDCs. Biswas asked the Deputy Commissioners to ensure close monitoring of the market by Cooperative CAPD and Merchant Associations and that no hoarding of material takes place. He instruct- ed the DCs to take meetings with the members of Merchant Associations to ensure a proper sys- tem in place to have adequate stocking of essential commodities in the districts of Leh and Kargil for the next 3 months which he stressed is very crucial. Direction was also given to the CAPD Department to give a daily report of availabilities of essential commodities to the Divisional Commissioner and both the Deputy Commissioners. The meeting was attended by Director Cooperative, Anil Koul, ADC, Leh Zahida Bano, AD CA&PD Sherab Gyaltson, Presidents of Merchant and Wholeseler Association from Leh. DC/CEO LAHDC, Kargil, Baseer Ul Haq Choudhary, officers from Cooperative Department and President Merchant Association Kargil also attended the meeting through video conferencing. Amir Ali, Coordinator, Kargil Courier Service also attended the meeting through video conferencing. 3 Kanal prime land retrieved in Srinagar Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Feb 3: Three kanals prime land was retrieved at Umerabad Peerbagh today in Chanpora Tehsil of Srinagar. The prime land was encroached by way of walling and construction of tin sheds, which was demolished by a team lead by Tehsildar Chhanpora, Mubashir Amin along with field revenue officers. The land worth crores was attempted to be grabbed by some locals who will be proceeded against as per law. Public has been advised to safe- guard common lands and report cases of such encroachments to concerned Tehsildars or Municipal Officers. Similar exercises is also being conducted in other Tehsils of Srinagar. Meanwhile, retrieved land at Eidgah Tehsil was today handed over to Srinagar Smart City Ltd for development of green spaces. Grand Shoba Yatra taken out on eve of Guru Ravi Dass Prakash Divas Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 3: In connection with celebration of 643th Prakash Divas of Satguru Ravi Dass Ji Maharaj , a grand Shoba Yatra cum Nagar Kirtan was organized by Shri Ravi Dass Satsang Society (SRDSS) R S Pura and Bishnah under the supervision of Guru Ravi Dass SS Trust, J&K. The Shoba Yatra started from Shri Guru Ravi Dass Bhawan R S Pura and culminated at Guru Ravi Dass Bhawan Sikander Pur Kothey. It passed via Chohala Morh, Baggaa Morh, Kotli Shah Dovlia, Simbal Morh, Tali Morh, Miran Sahib, Maralian Dak bun- glow, BSF Crossing and Shergadi. It was taken out under the aegis of Swami Gurdeep Giri Ji Maharaj who also flagged off the yatra at 1100 hours. The Sangat and devotees from all walks of life gathered at Guru Ravi Dass Bhawan, R S Pura to participate in the Shoba Yatra. Various Sabhas participated in the yatra with well decorated jhankis. The bands of different schools also formed the part of the Jhanki and they made the Shoba Yatra more colorful. Many organizations wel- comed the yatra enroute and dis- tributed eatables among the Sangat. Swami Gurdeep Ji delivered spiritual sermons and advised the people to shun the path of violence, social evils and follow the path shown by Satguru Ravi Dass Ji Maharaj. Meritorious students were also honoured on the occasion and the Guru Ka Langar was distrib- uted among the Sangat. Dilip Kumar chairman, BDC, Miran Sahib along with Sarpanches and other important senior citizens were also present on the occasion. BJP deceived Jammu people: Malhotra Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 3: While addressing a meeting of District Congress Committee (DCC), Jammu Urban, Vikram Malhotra President DCC criticized the BJP Government at the Centre and the LG Administration of ignoring the rights and aspirations of the people of the UT, especially the people of Jammu region. He said that even after 6 months of dissolution of the erstwhile Dogra State of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, there is no clear poli- cy towards the domicile protection and job security of the youth of the J&K. While on one hand, people from outside the state are not able to register land in J&K nor apply for jobs on the same hand there is no clarity on the state of the protection of the local rights. He urged upon the LG and the Home Minister to clear the ambigu- ity about the same. The youth of the state have no avenues for jobs and both PSC and SSB are lying defunct in the absence of any alter- native job recruitment agency. He said the cruel joke played with the people of Jammu regarding the restoration of mobile internet serv- ices has left the people disappoint- ed. Malhotra urged upon the party members to unitedly expose the anti- Jammu stand of the BJP and apprise the people that the budget proved to be a major disappointed as it did not provide relief to the common man, who is suffering because of high inflammation and GST. Prominent among those attend- ed the meeting included BB Gupta, Dr Rama Kant Khajuria, PS Chouhan, Madan Malagar, Gourav Chopra and Pritam Singh (Both Corporators), Deepak Mehra, Surinder Dutt, JL Koul, Mandeep Singh, Jyoti Vaid, Camres David, Pawan Dev Singh, Rashpaul Singh, Vijay Malhotra,Sat Pal Sapolia, Shivani Sharma and others On this occasion, several peo- ple joined Congress party in pres- ence of Vikram Malhotra and other senior functionaries of the DCC Jammu Urban. They include Marshal Dutta, Sanjay Kumar, Rahul Datta, Sunny Dutta, Shalabh Sharma, Vishal Dutta and Sahil. They expressed full faith in the Congress party and its leadership. DCC Jammu Urban president Vikram Malhotra addressing workers meeting on Monday. Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 3: In order to felicitate officers of Jammu Province on account of out- standing work done during the year -2019 on different fronts, a function was organized by Zonal Police Headquarters, Jammu here today in order to encourage them and award them. The best performers were awarded with “Appreciation Certificate” for their perform- ance in different fields including disposal of cases, disposal of cases related to NDPS and recovery of contraband drugs, bovine smuggling, good work done on anti militancy front, maintenance of law and order, best innovative ideas, on account of data entry in CCTNs and programme organized under CAP. On account of best perform- ance in NDPS cases and recov- ered of huge quantity of contra- band drugs, Best District Award was given to District Jammu, while for strict action against bovine smuggling, Best District Award was given to District Jammu and District Udhampur. For best disposal of cases, Best District Award was given to District Ramban and District Doda, while for outstanding per- formance in connection with arrest of absconders, Best District Award was given to District Kathua and District Doda. On the basis of various pro- grammes organized under Civic Action programme, Best District Award was given to District Rajouri and District Jammu, while for outstanding work on anti militancy front, Best District Award was given to District Kishtwar. For outstanding work on account of data entry in CCTNs, Best District Award was given to District Udhampur, while on account of disposal of cases, Best Police Station Awards was given to Police Station Ramban (Urban) and Police Station Kalakote (Rural) Rajouri. For maintenance of record/best upkeep of Police Station, Best Police Station Award was given to Police Station Gandhi Nagar of District Jammu and Police Station Sunderbani of District Rajouri. For outstanding performance in connection with disposal of cases related to NDPS and recovery of contraband drugs, Best Police Station Award was given to Police Station Udhampur, while for showing professional/exemplary skills in investigation of case FIR No.38/2019 U/S 8/21/22/27-A, 29 NDPS Act, and 13, 16, 17, 21 UAPA related to NDPS/Militancy, Best Police Station Award was given to Police Station City of District Jammu. IGP Mukesh Singh while appreciating these police offi- cers said J&K Police is proud of them who have displayed excel- lent team work and dedication towards duties. Pole takes stock of people’s grievances Secretary FCS&CA, Pandurang Kondbarao Pole during pub- lic outreach programme at Srinagar on Monday. Admn making concerted efforts for prompt redressal of people’s grievances: Advisor Khan Advisor Farooq Khan interacting with a delegation on Monday. ADGP Railways visits GRP Katra, reviews security Excelsior Correspondent KATRA, Feb 3: To review the security, Deepak Kumar, ADGP Railways J&K Jammu, visited GRP Katra where he also inaugurated video conferencing cum meeting hall. The officer held a Darbar and heard the grievances of offi- cers/officials of GRP Sub Divisions Katra/Udhampur at GRP Lines Katra and redressed their genuine grievances. While speaking on the occasion, the ADGP interacted with each offi- cer/official and appreciated the duties performed by them and emphasised to continue it with same zeal & zest so that a fool- proof security can be provided to the yatries/passengers. All the officers/officials were directed to be ready always to face any challenge and per- form their duties with utmost vigil in view of the present secu- rity scenario of the UT of J&K. They were briefed with regard to proper dress code and told that orders issued by seniors from time to time, should be imple- mented in letter & spirit. Stocks of basic amenities and welfare measures were taken and it was assured that whatever help was required by the officers/Jawans of GRP Katra with regard to basic facili- ties/welfare, would be provided. On the occasion, Ranjit Singh Sambyal, SSP GRP Katra, apprised at length the ADGP Railways about the general view of GRP Katra. Roop Raj, SO to ADGP Railways J&K; Naresh Singh, Addl. SP Katra; Bodh Raj, SDPO Railways Katra; Surinder Singh, SDPO Railways Udhampur/ All SHOs/I/C PPs of GRP Katra Coy Commanders of IRP 1st , 24th Bns & JKAP 7th Bn and Officers of RPF were also pres- ent on the occasion. IGP felicitates police officers for outstanding work on different fronts IGP Jammu felicitating police officers. JK Bank waives rentals on POS terminals Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Feb 3: J&K Bank has waived rentals on its Point of Sale (POS) terminals installed in the UT of J&K w.e.f. from August, 2019 to January 2020. The concession will be passed on to POS termi- nals (both GPRS and MPOS devices) having no transactions during the aforementioned peri- od. The move has come as a goodwill gesture from the pre- mier financial institution and aims to give impetus to cashless payments in the region. “Understanding the difficul- ties faced by the business estab- lishments in J&K, the Bank has decided to provide relief to the subscribers of POS machines who could not carry out transac- tions during this particular peri- od”, the Bank’s Chairman and Managing Director, Rajesh Kumar Chhibber said. He also said that the sharp rise in Bank’s fast and safe digital payments, has been possible only through a proactive digital policy of the Bank that envisages 100 percent digital transactions, in the next couple of years. Pertinently, the Bank had earlier featured among the top three positions in achieving tar- gets in digital payment transac- tions as per Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MeitY) “Digidhan Dashboard”- a plat- form for accurate reporting, monitoring and analysis of all digital payments transactions occurring in the country. Div Com inspects progress on Jambu Zoo Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 3: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today visited Jambu Zoo at Nagrota and inspected the ongoing works. He was accompanied by Joint Director Tourism, Neelam Khajuria, Divisional Forest Officer Wildlife, Ajay Sharma besides other concerned officers. He visited various sites includ- ing Cafeteria, Parking Space, Aviary, Leopard Enclosure, Tiger Enclosures, View Points, Lion Enclosures, Sambar Enclosure, Snake House etc. The concerned officer gave a detailed presentation on the works done so far and works to be carried out in phase-I of the project includ- ing water reservoir, leopard clo- sures, fencing, circular restaurant, public amenities etc. It was informed that cafeteria and view- points have been ready and work on aviaries is almost completed. The concerned officers also informed that tenders for road and aviaries have been floated. He further informed that the main attraction in Jambu Zoo will be Asiatic Lion, Royal Bengal tiger, Black Beer, Marsh Crocodile, Black bugs etc. It will also have reptile chambers hosting the poisonous and non-poisonous snake. The Zoo will be one of the biggest in north India. It will also have open amusement theatre and park for children. The zoo will have battery operated cars and bicycle for the visitors to move around. The Div Com asked the con- cerned officers to early start the work on main entry gate, cafeteria, development of water bodies, parks and road so that it could be thrown open for general public as soon as possible. He also asked for consult- ing experts dealing with wildlife and providing inputs for develop- ing the Zoo on modern lines so that it would become one of the best wildlife parks in the country. DGP sanctions scholarship for wards of police personnel Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 3: Continuing with its endeavour to boost the morale and assist the wards of those police personnel who sacri- ficed their lives for nation or died while performing their duties, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh sanctioned scholar- ship of over Rs 1 lakh in favour of twenty school going wards. Rs 12,000 have been sanc- tioned in favour of Arshika Altaf who is pursuing MFSc and Rs 10,000 have been sanctioned for Avneet Kour and Benish Khan doing graduation, Rs 6,000 each have been sanctioned in favour of Mehtab Zaheer and Priyanshi Sharma studying in 8th class. Similarly, Rs 2,400 each have been sanctioned for Amanat Ali, Somaya Zaheer and Mohammad Huzaif studying in classes 5th, 4th and UKG respectively. Rs 5,000 each have been sanc- tioned in favour of wards of deceased police personnel who died while in service due to natural/ accidental deaths. Those awarded scholarships are studying in differ- ent classes of primary and middle include Masrat Ashraf, Nighat Ashraf, Basit Lateef, Taliya Lateef, Jatin Sharma, Sahil Sharma, Azra Jan, Shahid Irshad, Rubeena and Rustum. DGP also sanctioned meritori- ous scholarship of Rs 4,000 each in favour of Anil Singh and Sharad Kumar, wards of serving SPOs for securing above 80 per cent marks in class 10th during the academic session 2018-19. The amount has been sanc- tioned out of Central Police Education Fund/Police Pariwar Fund. The scholarships are granted every year for the school going children of police martyrs to pro- vide them assistance in pursuing education & to boost their morale. Div Com inspecting progress on Jambu Zoo. Prof Neelu Rohmetra, Director, IIM Sirmaur, posing with students, who excelled in various events. Sierra 2020- the annual fest of IIM Sirmaur concludes Oppn criticism of budget ill-founded: Brig Gupta Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 3: Welcoming the first budget of the first decade of 21st century presented by the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman as a progressive, growth-oriented, wealth generat- ing and bold budget, Brig (retd) Anil Gupta, spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also took to task the opposition parties for unnecessary criticism of the budget terming it as "ill-founded and pre-conceived." Elaborating further Brig Gupta said, "The budget focussed on three themes- Aspirational India, economic development and caring society''. This is what BJP has promised to the nation in its mani- festo while driving the country to a five trillion economy. These objec- tives have been broadly addressed. He said the budget focused on wealth and job creation. It has brought cheers to the faces of poor and middle class while at the same time it has given a boost to the start-ups. Another positive in this budget has been 100 per cent tax exemption on income on invest- ments in all forms i.e. dividend, interest, capital gains by sovereign funds in infrastructure sector to boost the sector and provide much needed capital to this sector. Affordable housing has also been given the necessary push." Measures like removal of Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT), listing of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and complete sell down of Government stake in IDBI will give further boost to the economy. With emphasis on privatisation, productivity should improve in the long run, asserted Brig Gupta. With regards to doubling the income of farmers, the budget has come out with unique proposals like launching of 'Kisan Rail', 'Krishi Udaan', Ware Housing, solar pumps, increased milk pro- duction and agricultural credit tar- get of 15 lakh crore for 2020-21. Apart from boosting education and skills the budget for the first time caters for boosting critical strategic and path breaking tech- nologies like Artificial Intelligence and Quantum technology. The emphasis on infrastructure to include rail, sea ports, air ports and highways will not only boost the economy but also create much needed jobs and address the issue of unemployment. The budget has also announced about two lakh jobs in various Central Government ministries, stated Brig Gupta. Taking a dig at the Congress MP, Rahul Gandhi, Brig Gupta said that he appears to be a great economist who declared the budg- et as "Hollow, lacking strategic ideas or anything concrete", immediately after coming out of the Parliament and even without going through the budget. "The strategic vision of the Congress can be gauged from its election manifestoes which are full of free- bies, doles and hollow promises, he added. Shoba Yatra being taken out in R S Pura on eve of Guru Ravi Dass Jayanti.

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Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 3: Sierra 2020,the two-day annual fest of IIMSirmaur concluded today with fes-tive celebrations and enthusiasm.

A horde of competitionschurned out during both the dayswith lucrative prizes for the win-ners and some lifelong learningexperiences for those who did notturn out to be so lucky.

On the second day of the fest,various management events like“Take-Off” by theEntrepreneurship Cell, “Daayitva”by Datonics, “Stock Warz” by Area51, “Capital Market Workshop” byFinserve, “Enigma” by Datonics,“Marka Wars” by Markaizen and“Ophzeus” by Scope-TheOperations Club were held simul-taneously.

IIFT Delhi secured first threepositions of Ophzeus. ADMIFMSMumbai secured first position inDaayitva while NIT Surat securedsecond position. On the culturalfront, solo singing competition (bySong Dew) lined up for the morn-ing.

In sports, Dolphin Institutewon the Volleyball (men) whileUPES Dehradun was the runnerup. Graphic Era took away the TTmen’s title with UPES againsecured the runner up position.Paramjeet Singh from DIT won thesolo dance competition (HHI). Inthe power lifting category, IIMSirmaur won titles in three cate-gories while Himachal Institute ofPharmacy and Guru NanakCollege Yamunanagar each won inone category.

The evening was serenadedwith excellent performance by IIMSirmaur’s band-The Crux. After amusical evening which included

some beautiful melodies from theband, the event drew close to itsclimax: a star night featuring thepopular Punjabi singer, Akhil.

The night began with Akhilwelcoming everyone to the night.It then turned a magnificent shadeof crimson with Akhil performingsome of his famous songs. The per-formance went up to late night with

the crowd driven into what canonly be described as an exhilaratedfrenzy.

Professor Neelu Rohmetra,Director, IIM Sirmaur in a brieffelicitation ceremony gave IIMmemento along with a HimachaliCap and shawl to Akhil, afterwhich the singer concluded hisshow and took his leave.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 3: Advisor toLieutenant Governor, FarooqKhan today reiterated that thepresent administration is makingconcerted efforts towards resolv-

ing grievances of people ofJammu and Kashmir in an expedi-tious manner.

The Advisor, while interactingwith people at his weekly publicoutreach camp held at ConventionCentre, Canal Road, maintainedthat fulfilling people's develop-mental aspirations is one ofGovernment's top priorities whichis being met with all commitmentand care.

About 37 deputations and 63individuals comprising around 300persons hailing from different partsof the Union Territory called on theAdvisor and apprised him of vari-ous issues confronting them.

A deputation of retired fire-men of Fire and EmergencyServices J&K sought Advisor'sintervention regarding the issue oftheir pay anomaly.

Another deputation of SRO-43 of 1994, SRO-376 candidates

of Police Department demandedissuance of their appointmentorders pending for clearance fromlast 18 months.

Likewise, a deputation fromBaba Deep Nagar, Gangyalsought Advisor's intervention

regarding sanitation issue in itsarea.

Meanwhile, a deputation fromMendhar area of Poonch districtapprised the Advisor of shortageof underground bunkers for thedwellers at Line of Control.

Another deputation fromMarhama village of Bijbeharademanded construction of a play-ing field in their area.

Similarly, a deputation fromDoongian area of Bahu Jammudemanded tile work on a lane intheir area.

A deputation from BashirGujar Basti Satwari, Jammudemanded black topping of a roadin their vicinity.

Another deputation fromChanni-Himmat sought renova-tion of public park in their area.

Several other deputations andindividuals hailing from differentareas of the UT including Kathua,

Jammu, Reasi, Ramban, Rajouri,Poonch, Srinagar, Baramulla,Kupwara, Anantnag, Sopore,Pulwama and other areas met theAdvisor and apprised him of theirissues.

On the occasion, AdvisorKhan also issued necessaryinstructions to the concerneddepartments for expeditiousredressal of people's grievances.

Meanwhile, advisor Governor,Farooq Khan released BetiBachao Beti Padhao (BBBP)theme based diary of StateResource Centre for WomenDevelopment (SRCWD) at CivilSecretariat.

State Mission Director,SRCWD, Rifat Arif; SpecialistGender, Sameena Mir and otherconcerned were present on theoccasion.

Pertinently, the theme diaryhas been released on the eve ofNational Girl Child Week to gen-erate awareness about the BBBPscheme.

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Feb 3: Secretary,Food, Civil Supplies andConsumer Affairs (FCS&CA),Pandurang Kondbarao Pole todaysaid that AdministrativeSecretaries in Jammu and Kashmirwould stay connected with peopleto provide good governance attheir doorsteps.

Speaking to various deputa-tions during the public outreachprogramme held here, Pole saidthat Government has started anovel initiative of reaching out tothe people-primarily for address-ing their grievances and also pro-viding them with better servicedelivery. He said that theGovernment through these initia-tives, including ambitious 'Back toVillage' programmes aims tostrengthen the delivery of publicservices at ground level.

During the programme, sever-al deputations from Pulwama,Baramulla and Srinagar districtsapprised the Secretary about theirissues and demands.

The Secretary gave a patienthearing to the deputations andassured them that all of their gen-uine issues would be looked intoand addressed accordingly.

Pole said people must come for-ward and register their grievancesand also help Government func-tionaries to profile developmentalneeds of their respective areas, sothat they get better services.

He directed the officers that the

issue of the public importancemust be addressed on priority andthey must get hassle-free servicesfrom the department.

"FCS&CA is a vital depart-ment and people have lot of expec-

tations from us. We must makesure that we provide better servicedelivery and enhance the qualityof the public distribution system,"he said.

Pole said that people mustavail benefits of several centrallysponsored schemes-urging officersthat poorest of the poor must beprovided benefits under theschemes. He informed that theGovernment was taking severalmeasures to streamline the publicdistribution system.

He informed that the DPRshave been formulated to establishDistrict Consumer Forums.

Regarding the quality check acrossJammu and Kashmir, Pole saidthat market checking squads in allthe district headquarters haveintensified their activities. He saidthat in order to check hoarding,

profiteering and black marketing,Special Task Force (STF)havebeen constituted for regularinspection of stock and supplyposition of essential commoditiesincluding rice, wheat, sugar, LPG,kerosene oil, petrol and diesel intheir respective districts.

Later, Secretary FCS&CA,took stock of the essentials at areview meeting with the officers ofthe Department at Directorate ofFood Civil Supplies andConsumer Affairs, Srinagar.

The meeting was attended bythe Director, FCS&CA, BashirAhmad Khan, Joint DirectorFCS&CA, District officers, repre-sentatives from Oil Companiesand other concerned.

Pole sought detailed feedbackfrom the officers about the func-tion of the department. He direct-ed Enforcement Wing ofFCS&CA to conduct regularinspections to check total strengthof rationees, consumers, stock andsupply position of every rationdepot, fair price shops, LPG out-lets, Home delivery position,Kerosene depots, Petrol andDiesel outlets of the Kashmir divi-sion.

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Ladakh Div Com Saugat Biswas chairing a meeting onMonday.

Ladakh Div Com reviews availabilityof essential commodities

Excelsior Correspondent

LEH, Feb 3: DivisionalCommissioner Ladakh, SaugatBiswas convened a meeting toreview the stocking position andshortages of essential commoditiesin Leh and Kargil districts and toascertain availability for the nextthree months at Leh today.

The Divisional Commissionerenquired about the existing stock ofessential

commodities with theCooperative Department,Cooperative Associations,Merchant Association andWholesaler Association of Leh andKargil. He directed the DC, Kargiland ADC, Leh to execute a marketsurvey mechanism to ascertain adata on monthly consumption andtotal off take in market of the essen-tial commodities like salt, sugar,tomato puree, onion, mutton, dal,ghee etc.

He added that based on this sur-vey report shortages will beaddressed by air lifting the requiredcommodity. The purchases will bemade by the merchant Associationwith the consent of the respectiveLAHDCs.

Biswas asked the DeputyCommissioners to ensure close

monitoring of the market byCooperative CAPD and MerchantAssociations and that no hoardingof material takes place. He instruct-ed the DCs to take meetings withthe members of MerchantAssociations to ensure a proper sys-tem in place to have adequatestocking of essential commoditiesin the districts of Leh and Kargil forthe next 3 months which he stressedis very crucial.

Direction was also given to theCAPD Department to give a dailyreport of availabilities of essentialcommodities to the DivisionalCommissioner and both the DeputyCommissioners.

The meeting was attended byDirector Cooperative, Anil Koul,ADC, Leh Zahida

Bano, AD CA&PDSherab Gyaltson, Presidents ofMerchant and WholeselerAssociation from Leh. DC/CEOLAHDC, Kargil, Baseer Ul HaqChoudhary, officers fromCooperative Department andPresident Merchant AssociationKargil also attended the meetingthrough video conferencing. AmirAli, Coordinator, Kargil CourierService also attended the meetingthrough video conferencing.

3 Kanal prime land retrieved in SrinagarExcelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Feb 3: Threekanals prime land was retrieved atUmerabad Peerbagh today inChanpora Tehsil of Srinagar.

The prime land was encroachedby way of walling and constructionof tin sheds, which was demolishedby a team lead by TehsildarChhanpora, Mubashir Amin alongwith field revenue officers.

The land worth crores wasattempted to be grabbed by some

locals who will be proceededagainst as per law.

Public has been advised to safe-guard common lands and reportcases of such encroachments toconcerned Tehsildars or MunicipalOfficers.

Similar exercises is also beingconducted in other Tehsils ofSrinagar.

Meanwhile, retrieved land atEidgah Tehsil was today handedover to Srinagar Smart City Ltd fordevelopment of green spaces.

Grand Shoba Yatra taken out on eveof Guru Ravi Dass Prakash DivasExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 3: In connectionwith celebration of 643th PrakashDivas of Satguru Ravi Dass JiMaharaj , a grand Shoba Yatra cumNagar Kirtan was organized byShri Ravi Dass Satsang Society(SRDSS) R S Pura and Bishnahunder the supervision of Guru Ravi

Dass SS Trust, J&K.The Shoba Yatra started from

Shri Guru Ravi Dass Bhawan R SPura and culminated at Guru RaviDass Bhawan Sikander PurKothey. It passed via ChohalaMorh, Baggaa Morh, Kotli ShahDovlia, Simbal Morh, Tali Morh,Miran Sahib, Maralian Dak bun-glow, BSF Crossing and Shergadi.It was taken out under the aegis ofSwami Gurdeep Giri Ji Maharajwho also flagged off the yatra at1100 hours.

The Sangat and devotees from

all walks of life gathered at GuruRavi Dass Bhawan, R S Pura toparticipate in the Shoba Yatra.Various Sabhas participated in theyatra with well decorated jhankis.The bands of different schools alsoformed the part of the Jhanki andthey made the Shoba Yatra morecolorful. Many organizations wel-

comed the yatra enroute and dis-tributed eatables among the Sangat.

Swami Gurdeep Ji deliveredspiritual sermons and advised thepeople to shun the path of violence,social evils and follow the pathshown by Satguru Ravi Dass JiMaharaj. Meritorious students werealso honoured on the occasion andthe Guru Ka Langar was distrib-uted among the Sangat.

Dilip Kumar chairman, BDC,Miran Sahib along with Sarpanchesand other important senior citizenswere also present on the occasion.

BJP deceived Jammu people: MalhotraExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 3: Whileaddressing a meeting of DistrictCongress Committee (DCC),Jammu Urban, Vikram MalhotraPresident DCC criticized the BJP

Government at the Centre and theLG Administration of ignoring therights and aspirations of the peopleof the UT, especially the people ofJammu region.

He said that even after 6 monthsof dissolution of the erstwhileDogra State of Jammu, Kashmirand Ladakh, there is no clear poli-cy towards the domicile protectionand job security of the youth of theJ&K. While on one hand, peoplefrom outside the state are not able toregister land in J&K nor apply forjobs on the same hand there is noclarity on the state of the protectionof the local rights.

He urged upon the LG and theHome Minister to clear the ambigu-ity about the same. The youth of thestate have no avenues for jobs andboth PSC and SSB are lyingdefunct in the absence of any alter-native job recruitment agency. Hesaid the cruel joke played with thepeople of Jammu regarding the

restoration of mobile internet serv-ices has left the people disappoint-ed.

Malhotra urged upon the partymembers to unitedly expose theanti- Jammu stand of the BJP andapprise the people that the budget

proved to be a major disappointedas it did not provide relief to thecommon man, who is sufferingbecause of high inflammation andGST.

Prominent among those attend-ed the meeting included BB Gupta,Dr Rama Kant Khajuria, PSChouhan, Madan Malagar, GouravChopra and Pritam Singh (BothCorporators), Deepak Mehra,Surinder Dutt, JL Koul, MandeepSingh, Jyoti Vaid, Camres David,Pawan Dev Singh, Rashpaul Singh,Vijay Malhotra,Sat Pal Sapolia,Shivani Sharma and others

On this occasion, several peo-ple joined Congress party in pres-ence of Vikram Malhotra and othersenior functionaries of the DCCJammu Urban. They includeMarshal Dutta, Sanjay Kumar,Rahul Datta, Sunny Dutta, ShalabhSharma, Vishal Dutta and Sahil.They expressed full faith in theCongress party and its leadership.

DCC Jammu Urban president Vikram Malhotra addressingworkers meeting on Monday.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 3: In order tofelicitate officers of JammuProvince on account of out-standing work done during theyear -2019 on different fronts, afunction was organized by ZonalPolice Headquarters, Jammuhere today in order to encouragethem and award them.

The best performers wereawarded with “AppreciationCertificate” for their perform-ance in different fields includingdisposal of cases, disposal ofcases related to NDPS andrecovery of contraband drugs,bovine smuggling, good workdone on anti militancy front,maintenance of law and order,best innovative ideas, onaccount of data entry in CCTNsand programme organized underCAP.

On account of best perform-ance in NDPS cases and recov-ered of huge quantity of contra-band drugs, Best District Awardwas given to District Jammu,while for strict action againstbovine smuggling, Best DistrictAward was given to DistrictJammu and District Udhampur.

For best disposal of cases,Best District Award was given toDistrict Ramban and DistrictDoda, while for outstanding per-formance in connection witharrest of absconders, BestDistrict Award was given toDistrict Kathua and DistrictDoda.

On the basis of various pro-grammes organized under Civic

Action programme, Best DistrictAward was given to DistrictRajouri and District Jammu,while for outstanding work onanti militancy front, BestDistrict Award was given toDistrict Kishtwar.

For outstanding work onaccount of data entry in CCTNs,Best District Award was given toDistrict Udhampur, while onaccount of disposal of cases,Best Police Station Awards wasgiven to Police Station Ramban(Urban) and Police StationKalakote (Rural) Rajouri.

For maintenance ofrecord/best upkeep of PoliceStation, Best Police StationAward was given to PoliceStation Gandhi Nagar of DistrictJammu and Police StationSunderbani of District Rajouri.

For outstanding performancein connection with disposal ofcases related to NDPS andrecovery of contraband drugs,Best Police Station Award wasgiven to Police StationUdhampur, while for showingprofessional/exemplary skills ininvestigation of case FIRNo.38/2019 U/S 8/21/22/27-A,29 NDPS Act, and 13, 16, 17, 21UAPA related toNDPS/Militancy, Best PoliceStation Award was given toPolice Station City of DistrictJammu.

IGP Mukesh Singh whileappreciating these police offi-cers said J&K Police is proud ofthem who have displayed excel-lent team work and dedicationtowards duties.

Pole takes stock of people’s grievances

Secretary FCS&CA, Pandurang Kondbarao Pole during pub-lic outreach programme at Srinagar on Monday.

Admn making concerted efforts for promptredressal of people’s grievances: Advisor Khan

Advisor Farooq Khan interacting with a delegation onMonday.

ADGP Railways visits GRPKatra, reviews security

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KATRA, Feb 3: To reviewthe security, Deepak Kumar,ADGP Railways J&K Jammu,visited GRP Katra where he alsoinaugurated video conferencingcum meeting hall.

The officer held a Darbarand heard the grievances of offi-cers/officials of GRP SubDivisions Katra/Udhampur atGRP Lines Katra and redressedtheir genuine grievances. Whilespeaking on the occasion, theADGP interacted with each offi-cer/official and appreciated theduties performed by them andemphasised to continue it withsame zeal & zest so that a fool-proof security can be providedto the yatries/passengers.

All the officers/officialswere directed to be ready alwaysto face any challenge and per-form their duties with utmostvigil in view of the present secu-rity scenario of the UT of J&K.

They were briefed with regard toproper dress code and told thatorders issued by seniors fromtime to time, should be imple-mented in letter & spirit.

Stocks of basic amenitiesand welfare measures weretaken and it was assured thatwhatever help was required bythe officers/Jawans of GRPKatra with regard to basic facili-ties/welfare, would be provided.

On the occasion, RanjitSingh Sambyal, SSP GRP Katra,apprised at length the ADGPRailways about the general viewof GRP Katra.

Roop Raj, SO to ADGPRailways J&K; Naresh Singh,Addl. SP Katra; Bodh Raj,SDPO Railways Katra;Surinder Singh, SDPORailways Udhampur/ AllSHOs/I/C PPs of GRP KatraCoy Commanders of IRP 1st ,24th Bns & JKAP 7th Bn andOfficers of RPF were also pres-ent on the occasion.

IGP felicitates police officers foroutstanding work on different fronts

IGP Jammu felicitating police officers.

JK Bank waivesrentals on POS

terminalsExcelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Feb 3: J&KBank has waived rentals on itsPoint of Sale (POS) terminalsinstalled in the UT of J&Kw.e.f. from August, 2019 toJanuary 2020. The concessionwill be passed on to POS termi-nals (both GPRS and MPOSdevices) having no transactionsduring the aforementioned peri-od. The move has come as agoodwill gesture from the pre-mier financial institution andaims to give impetus to cashlesspayments in the region.

“Understanding the difficul-ties faced by the business estab-lishments in J&K, the Bank hasdecided to provide relief to thesubscribers of POS machineswho could not carry out transac-tions during this particular peri-od”, the Bank’s Chairman andManaging Director, RajeshKumar Chhibber said. He alsosaid that the sharp rise in Bank’sfast and safe digital payments,has been possible only througha proactive digital policy of theBank that envisages 100 percentdigital transactions, in the nextcouple of years.

Pertinently, the Bank hadearlier featured among the topthree positions in achieving tar-gets in digital payment transac-tions as per Ministry ofElectronics and InformationTechnology’s (MeitY)“Digidhan Dashboard”- a plat-form for accurate reporting,monitoring and analysis of alldigital payments transactionsoccurring in the country.

Div Com inspects progress on Jambu ZooExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 3: DivisionalCommissioner Jammu, SanjeevVerma today visited Jambu Zoo atNagrota and inspected the ongoingworks.

He was accompanied by JointDirector Tourism, NeelamKhajuria, Divisional Forest OfficerWildlife, Ajay Sharma besidesother concerned officers.

He visited various sites includ-ing Cafeteria, Parking Space,Aviary, Leopard Enclosure, TigerEnclosures, View Points, LionEnclosures, Sambar Enclosure,Snake House etc.

The concerned officer gave adetailed presentation on the worksdone so far and works to be carriedout in phase-I of the project includ-ing water reservoir, leopard clo-sures, fencing, circular restaurant,public amenities etc. It wasinformed that cafeteria and view-points have been ready and workon aviaries is almost completed.The concerned officers also

informed that tenders for road andaviaries have been floated.

He further informed that themain attraction in Jambu Zoo willbe Asiatic Lion, Royal Bengaltiger, Black Beer, MarshCrocodile, Black bugs etc. It willalso have reptile chambers hostingthe poisonous and non-poisonoussnake. The Zoo will be one of thebiggest in north India. It will alsohave open amusement theatre andpark for children. The zoo willhave battery operated cars and

bicycle for the visitors to movearound.

The Div Com asked the con-cerned officers to early start thework on main entry gate, cafeteria,development of water bodies, parksand road so that it could be thrownopen for general public as soon aspossible. He also asked for consult-ing experts dealing with wildlifeand providing inputs for develop-ing the Zoo on modern lines so thatit would become one of the bestwildlife parks in the country.

DGP sanctions scholarshipfor wards of police

personnelExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 3: Continuingwith its endeavour to boost themorale and assist the wards ofthose police personnel who sacri-ficed their lives for nation or diedwhile performing their duties,Director General of Police (DGP)Dilbag Singh sanctioned scholar-ship of over Rs 1 lakh in favour oftwenty school going wards.

Rs 12,000 have been sanc-tioned in favour of Arshika Altafwho is pursuing MFSc and Rs10,000 have been sanctioned forAvneet Kour and Benish Khandoing graduation, Rs 6,000 eachhave been sanctioned in favour ofMehtab Zaheer and PriyanshiSharma studying in 8th class.Similarly, Rs 2,400 each have beensanctioned for Amanat Ali,Somaya Zaheer and MohammadHuzaif studying in classes 5th, 4thand UKG respectively.

Rs 5,000 each have been sanc-tioned in favour of wards ofdeceased police personnel whodied while in service due to natural/accidental deaths. Those awardedscholarships are studying in differ-ent classes of primary and middleinclude Masrat Ashraf, NighatAshraf, Basit Lateef, Taliya Lateef,Jatin Sharma, Sahil Sharma, AzraJan, Shahid Irshad, Rubeena andRustum.

DGP also sanctioned meritori-ous scholarship of Rs 4,000 each infavour of Anil Singh and SharadKumar, wards of serving SPOs forsecuring above 80 per cent marksin class 10th during the academicsession 2018-19.

The amount has been sanc-tioned out of Central PoliceEducation Fund/Police PariwarFund. The scholarships are grantedevery year for the school goingchildren of police martyrs to pro-vide them assistance in pursuingeducation & to boost their morale.

Div Com inspecting progress on Jambu Zoo.

Prof Neelu Rohmetra, Director, IIM Sirmaur, posing with students, who excelled in various events.

Sierra 2020- the annual fest of IIM Sirmaur concludes

Oppn criticism of budgetill-founded: Brig Gupta

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 3: Welcomingthe first budget of the first decadeof 21st century presented by theFinance Minister, NirmalaSitharaman as a progressive,growth-oriented, wealth generat-ing and bold budget, Brig (retd)Anil Gupta, spokesperson ofBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alsotook to task the opposition partiesfor unnecessary criticism of thebudget terming it as "ill-foundedand pre-conceived."

Elaborating further Brig Guptasaid, "The budget focussed onthree themes- Aspirational India,economic development and caringsociety''. This is what BJP haspromised to the nation in its mani-festo while driving the country to afive trillion economy. These objec-tives have been broadly addressed.

He said the budget focused onwealth and job creation. It hasbrought cheers to the faces of poorand middle class while at the sametime it has given a boost to thestart-ups. Another positive in thisbudget has been 100 per cent taxexemption on income on invest-ments in all forms i.e. dividend,interest, capital gains by sovereignfunds in infrastructure sector toboost the sector and provide muchneeded capital to this sector.Affordable housing has also beengiven the necessary push."

Measures like removal ofDividend Distribution Tax (DDT),listing of Life InsuranceCorporation of India (LIC) andcomplete sell down of

Government stake in IDBI willgive further boost to the economy.With emphasis on privatisation,productivity should improve in thelong run, asserted Brig Gupta.

With regards to doubling theincome of farmers, the budget hascome out with unique proposalslike launching of 'Kisan Rail','Krishi Udaan', Ware Housing,solar pumps, increased milk pro-duction and agricultural credit tar-get of 15 lakh crore for 2020-21.Apart from boosting educationand skills the budget for the firsttime caters for boosting criticalstrategic and path breaking tech-nologies like Artificial Intelligenceand Quantum technology. Theemphasis on infrastructure toinclude rail, sea ports, air ports andhighways will not only boost theeconomy but also create muchneeded jobs and address the issueof unemployment. The budget hasalso announced about two lakhjobs in various CentralGovernment ministries, statedBrig Gupta.

Taking a dig at the CongressMP, Rahul Gandhi, Brig Guptasaid that he appears to be a greateconomist who declared the budg-et as "Hollow, lacking strategicideas or anything concrete",immediately after coming out ofthe Parliament and even withoutgoing through the budget. "Thestrategic vision of the Congresscan be gauged from its electionmanifestoes which are full of free-bies, doles and hollow promises,he added.

Shoba Yatra being taken out in R S Pura on eve of Guru RaviDass Jayanti.