CS Reviews Implementation of PM’s Reform Agenda in J&K
Srinagar, May 25 (PTK): Atal Dulloo on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting with Administrative Secretaries of various departments to review the implementation of reform initiatives emerging from the Prime Minister’s interaction with Secretaries to the Government of India.
The meeting focused on strengthening integrated governance, promoting process simplification and ensuring end-to-end digitization of public services across Jammu and Kashmir.
During the meeting, Atal Dulloo stressed the need for citizen-centric governance, technology-driven systems and inter-departmental coordination to ensure efficient, transparent and accountable service delivery.
He emphasized that departments must move beyond traditional silo-based functioning and work collectively to achieve the developmental goals envisioned under Viksit Bharat @2047.
A detailed presentation on Action Taken Reports related to various reform initiatives was presented by the Planning Development and Monitoring Department.
The meeting was informed that departments including Finance, School Education, Skill Development, Health & Medical Education, Housing & Urban Development, Agriculture Production, Social Welfare, Public Works, Tourism and Higher Education have already adopted convergence-based governance models involving digital integration and collaborative implementation mechanisms.
Regarding the School Education Department, it was informed that vocational education has been expanded to over 1,350 schools across Jammu and Kashmir with enrollment of more than 1.41 lakh students. Digital platforms, ICT laboratories and smart classrooms have also been integrated under the framework of NEP-2020.
The meeting was also informed that flagship programmes like Mission YUVA and PM Vishwakarma are being implemented through coordinated institutional mechanisms involving multiple departments, financial institutions and academic organisations.
The Health & Medical Education Department proposed integrated planning with allied departments for convergence of health, sanitation, nutrition, education and livelihood initiatives, while the Housing & Urban Development Department highlighted technology-driven governance and citizen-centric urban reforms.
The meeting further reviewed reforms aimed at improving Ease of Living and was informed that under the J&K Jan Vishwas reforms, around 32 criminal provisions across 20 Acts have been decriminalized while 19 obsolete laws have been repealed to reduce compliance burden and simplify governance.
Reviewing digitization of Government-to-Citizen services, the meeting was informed that 1,548 G2C services have already been digitized under the E-Unnat platform, while nearly 300 additional services are currently under development.
It was informed that in the first phase, 302 services across departments including Agriculture, Higher Education, Housing & Urban Development, Revenue, Health and Power Development have been identified for complete digital transformation and elimination of offline processes.
The implementation roadmap includes phased execution involving policy notification, workflow re-engineering, system integration, capacity building, real-time monitoring and third-party audits.
Atal Dulloo directed all departments to undertake comprehensive process re-engineering before digitization and simplify existing Government-to-Government, Government-to-Business and Government-to-Citizen procedures to promote faster and citizen-friendly governance mechanisms.
The meeting also reviewed progress under Vision 2030 and Vision 2047 targets and was informed that several departments have already submitted quantifiable targets, achievements and timelines for bridging developmental gaps in Jammu and Kashmir.(PTK)
