Directs for using innovative measures to saturate coverage of PMJAY-Sehat; ensure 100% saturation of public welfare schemes
Jammu: Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, Nitishwar Kumar Friday chaired a series of meeting to assess the progress being made on the implementation of directions of the Lieutenant Governor.
The meetings were held at Civil Secretariat and the Raj Bhavan here in which Administrative Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners were present in person and through virtual mode.
Secretary, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Sheetal Nanda informed the Principal Secretary that the target of 3500 trainings under Himayat scheme has almost been achieved. She also informed that houses under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana are being constructed as per targets and 500 such houses were completed in the last week.
Regarding Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, PMJAY-SEHAT scheme, it was informed that 45 lakh individuals have been registered out of which 37 lakh Golden cards have been issued to the beneficiaries.
The Principal Secretary also summoned daily status report on working and non working/faulty equipments in health centres and hospitals across the UT.
Speaking to the representative from Transport Department, the Principal Secretary directed that the process of launching new fleet of 140 buses of the JKRTC be expedited and launched for the public soon.
It was informed by the Skill Development Department that the Centre for Invention, Innovation, Incubation , and Training (CIIIT) Jammu is ready to be inaugurated by mid-March.
The Principal Secretary took stock of projects of the Power Development Department, MoUs of which were signed earlier this year. The projects include Ratle, Kirthai-II, Uri-I, and Dulhasti hydropower projects and are at different stages of administrative approval and clearances, he was informed.
In a separate meeting held at the Raj Bhavan, the Principal Secretary reviewed the conduct of Block Diwas which was held at each district of the UT yesterday. The meeting was attended by Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners of J&K.
Assessing the successful conduct of the yesterday’s Block Diwas, the Principal Secretary sought further inputs for improving it and widening its reach and ambit. He asked the Deputy Commissioners to further explore possibility of making the event more attractive and inclusive of even greater participation of the public.
Directions were issued by the Principal Secretary for using innovative measures to saturate coverage under PMJAY-Sehat and asked the DCs to use the format devised to include the people left out in SECC data for Golden Cards by approving them on the spot, through a suitable committee.
