DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016 (PAGE 3)

PoJK DPs hold rally forfinancial package

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 27: TheDisplaced Persons (DPs) fromPak occupied Jammu andKashmir (PoJK) on the occa-sion of Republic Day held arally here demanding that Rs2000 package announced byModi Govt as first installment ofpackage be released without anydelay and pending demandsshould also be included in thepackage.

A large number of displacedpersons including womenactivists under the banner ofJammu and Kashmir PoJK DPs'Front-1947, 65 & 71 assembledat Exhibition Ground and heldrally. They extended gratitude tothe Prime Minister NarendraModi, for announcing Rs 2000crore financial package for thePoJK refugee families. Thespeakers during the rally

expressed their gratitude to thePM and said that it is big everachievement for the DPs.

Capt ( Retd) Yudhvir Singh,president of the Front, whileaddressing the gathering extend-ed gratitude to the PrimeMinister and Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh for their

efforts in providing justice to thePoJK DPs. He said that the DPsare now hopeful that the PrimeMinister would issue necessarydirections to Union HomeMinister, Rajnath Singh, toinclude the other recommenda-tions as also forwarded by JPCfor making this package a com-plete.

The refugee leader said thatthe rehabilitation package isincomplete till other demands of10 % reservation for the wardsof DPs in professional institu-tions and jobs, reservation of 8Assembly and 2 Council seatsfor DPs are fulfilled. He saidthat creation of DevelopmentBoard for the PoJK DPs andChhamb/ West Pakistanrefugees is also strong demandof the displaced persons. Hedemanded that all the recom-mendations of the JointParliamentary Committeeshould be implemented.

On this occasion Capt Singhunfurled the national flag at thevenue and sung the NationalAnthem.

Much awaited snowfallbrings smile to farmers

Excelsior Correspondent

LEH, Jan 27: The entireLadakh region engulfed in awhite blanket of snowfall thismorning as the region experi-enced light snowfall since yes-terday which brings smile on theface of farmers. It is the firstsnowfall of this season in regionaffecting the normal life, airconnectively and road transportin the region.

The city of Leh and its out-skirt has been experiencing lightsnowfall since yesterday thusforcing the people to stayindoors. Even the flight connec-tivity the only mode to travelduring winter to stay in connect-ed with the rest of the worldwere badly affected due tosnowfall. KBR Leh AirportAuthority sources informed thatSrinagar-Le bound flight gotcancelled however two IndianAirlines and Go Air flight ableto land with much delay.

Due to the snowfall tempera-ture is expected to drop down toreturn the cold weather condi-tions again. Similarly Drass SubDivision in Kargil district whichis the world second coldestplace reportedly received twoand half inches of snow whenlast report received this morn-

ing. After long spell of dry

weather, Ladakh has finallyreceived the first fresh snowfallof this season today. The snow-fall that would help to rebuildthe shrinking glacier is the onlysource of water in this colddesert of Himalayan for cultivat-ing the farming activity in theregion thus such snowfall hasbrought smile on the people par-ticularly to the farmers. Peoplefaced trouble in the morning dueto slippery road and many wereforced to walk bumping theirvehicles in the middle due toslippery road and number ofvehicle collisions took place butno major incident was reported.

Meanwhile, as per PoliceControl Room information theworld highest Motorable roadKhardong la Pass (5603 Meters)which serves as the lifeline forNobra region reportedlyreceived nearly 6 inches of snowand the road remained closed tilllate afternoon. SimilarlyChangla Pass remained closedfor vehicular traffic till laterafternoon today.

View of snow covered Leh city. -Excelsior/Stanzin

PM reviews progress onSolar Parks, Aadhaar

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 27: PrimeMinister, Narendra Modi todayheld his monthly video confer-ence under his Pro-activeGovernance and TimelyImplementation (PRAGATI)initiative, with UnionSecretaries of various Ministriesand Chief Secretaries of States.

Chief Secretary J&K, B RSharma also participated in thevideo conference.

Prime Minister reviewed sta-tus of the scheme for the devel-opment of Solar Parks in various

States including J&K.Prime Minister also

reviewed progress with respectto Aadhaar and its seeding withbank accounts, urging all Statesto complete linkage of Aadharwith Jan Dhan Bank Accountsfor its use to subscribe to variousGovernment run schemesincluding old age pension andwidow pension scheme,enabling easy authentication ofthe beneficiary to receive directbenefit transfer.

Prime Minister in this regardasked all the States to completethe process expeditiously.

Chief Secretary, B R Sharma participating in the video conference of PM.

Dr Jitendra appeals foruse of ‘one-page’ form

Excelsior Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Jan 27: UnionMinister of State (IndependentCharge) for Development ofNorth Eastern Region (DoNER),MoS PMO, Personnel, PublicGrievances, Pensions, AtomicEnergy and Space, Dr. JitendraSingh today appealed to variousMinistries in the CentralGovernment as well as the StateGovernments to cooperate incarrying forward the DoPT's(Department of Personnel &Training) innovative reform toswitch over to the use of "one-page" form or format to applyfor jobs, issue of birth & deathcertificates and availing of vari-ous government schemes.

Briefing the media here, DrJitendra Singh said, time hascome when the service deliverymechanism needs to be not onlycitizen - centric, but essentiallyyouth - centric because it is theyouth who comprise more than65% of India's population today.It is, therefore, the need of thehour, he said, to revisit and re-look the existing practice where-in an individual applying for ajob, a loan or a central schemehas to go through the process offilling up lengthy, often compli-cated and even repetitive infor-mation.

Dr Jitendra Singh disclosedthat DoPT has already introducedone-page form for CentralPensioners and said similarly, thedeath and birth certificates couldalso be simplified immediately.The "National Centre for GoodGovernance" will be holdingworkshops under its initiative"Saral Avedan, Sugam Prakriya,Swachh Prashasan" with differ-ent government departments todiscuss how best to carry forwardthis initiative, he said.

Dr Jitendra Singh pointedout that there are a number offorms which run into severalpages and the information asked

for is repetitive which can beeasily avoided. For example, hesaid, some of the forms ask forthe parentage or marital statusmore than once, even thoughthis may not be essentiallyrequired for the purpose forwhich the application is beingfilled. Citing an instance, hesaid, when a form is filled forpension,the most relevant infor-mation required is age, date ofsuperannuation, last pay scaleand bank account number.

Dr Jitendra Singh said thatthe purpose of the entire exer-cise is that any given formshould be made as simple aspossible, preferably a single A4size page, the contents of theform should be easy to under-stand and brief to fill-in.Similarly, the documents to beattached with the form shouldalso be easy and absolutelyessential, he added. He alsoinformed that the StateGovernments will be persuadedto initiate this exercise at theearliest.

Union Minister Dr JitendraSingh briefing the media aboutDoPT’s ‘one-page’ form initia-tive at New Delhi.

PoJK displaced persons holding rally in Jammu onWednesday. -Excelsior/Rakesh

HC's directive to DC, SSP

Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Jan 27: Vacation

Judge of State High Court,Justice B S Walia has directedDeputy Commissioner Jammuand SSP Jammu that the posi-tion as existing at site as on datein respect of retaining wall/ pro-tection wall of nallah in KhasraNo 282 at village Pargalta shallbe maintained till further orders.

The direction was passed ina writ petition filed by residentsof the area through Advocates AK Sawhney, Aseem Sawhney,Neeraj Singh and Mohd Akram.

After hearing the argumentsof the counsels for the petition-ers, Justice B S Walia issuednotice of motion and in themeantime directed the DCJammu and SSP Jammu toensure that the position as exist-ing at site as on date in respectof retaining wall/ protectionwall of nallah in Khasra No.282 at village Pargalta shall bemainatined till further orders.

Governor chairssecurity review

meetingExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 27: GovernorN.N. Vohra reviewed securitymanagement issues with seniorCivil, Police, and CentralIntelligence Agency officers ina meeting held at the RajBhavan.

While reiterating theimportance of continuing vigilover the situation and main-taining close coordinationamongst all the concernedorganizations, the Governorstressed the importance ofimmediate action being takenon reports received from dif-ferent quarters relating to thesecurity environment. He alsodirected the Chief Secretary toclosely monitor and ensurequick redressal of grievancesrelating to the felt needs ofpeople.

The meeting was attendedby B.R. Sharma, ChiefSecretary; K. Rajendra,Director General of Police;P.K. Tripathi, PrincipalSecretary to Governor; R.K.Goyal, Home Secretary; A.G.Mir, IGP CID and senior offi-cers of Central IntelligenceAgencies.

21 placed on officiating basis in GMCExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 27: Government ordered placement of 21 facul-ty members of the Government Medical College (GMC), Jammuon officiating basis.

According to the order, Dr Anita Vig (Anaesthesia), Dr RajeshMahajan (Anaesthesia), Dr Rachna Magotra (Anatomy), Dr AnilSuri (ENT), Dr Sandhya Arora (Forensic Medicine), Dr SanjayKai (Ophthalmology), Dr Hans Raj (Ophthalmology), Dr RuchiKhajuria (Pathaology), Dr Deepti Mahajan (Pathology), Dr AshuJamwal (Paediatrics), Dr Abdul Ghani (Orthopaedics), Dr SeemaGupta (Pharmacology) and Dr Shabnam Choudhary(Pharmacology) have been posted as Incharge AssociateProfessors.

Dr Narinder Singh (Anatomy), Dr Ashok Kumar Sharma(Ophthalmolog), Dr Subash Chander Bhardwaj (Pathology), DrJyotsna Suri (Pathology), Dr Mrityunjay (Physiology), Dr DineshKumar (S&PM), Dr Brij Mohan Gupta (Pharmacology) and DrVijay Khajuria (Pharmacology) have been posted as InchargeProfessors.

Geelani urges Pak PM to desistfrom Gilgit Baltistan merger

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Jan 27:Hardline Hurriyat faction chair-man, Syed Ali Shah Geelanitoday urged the Pakistan PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharief to desistfrom merging Gilgit Baltistaninto the Pakistan.

In a letter addressed toNawaz, Geelani said the mergerof Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistanwill prove a disaster for the dis-puted nature of Jammu andKashmir and this act will impactthe disputed status of thisregion.

"Ending the internationalconstitutional status of the Statewill end the Kashmir issue and itwill create doubts in the mindsof common people of the State,"

he wrote in the letter. The sepa-ratist politician said Pakistanshould concentrate over the citi-zen rights, development andprosperity of the people ofGilgit-Baltistan and shouldaddress their issues.

Geelani termed the Gilgit-Baltistan as integral part of theJammu and Kashmir and saidthe reports of Pakistan's plan tomerge it with the country madehim uneasy. "My health is notkeeping well since last few daysand the doctors have advised mefor complete rest but I am writ-ing these few lines despite beingin bed because the reports aboutthe Gilgit-Baltistan have mademe uneasy and this forced me topick up the pen," the 87-year oldseparatist said in his letter.