JU holds workshop for panchayat members on Central schemes

Tribune News Service

Jammu, February 17

The Department of Lifelong Learning, University of Jammu, in collaboration with All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference today organised a day-long workshop on ‘awareness building’ among elected panchayat representatives and community leaders regarding Centrally-sponsored schemes for rural areas in Jindrah village.

The workshop was held under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) and was organised as an extension and outreach initiative of the university to reach out to the people at grass-roots level while taking a cue from the J&K Government’s flagship “Back to the Village” programme.

Dr Vivek Sharma, Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Lifelong Learning/Rural Development, University of Jammu, who conceptualised and coordinated the programme, briefed audience about the objective of organising this programme and said it was aimed at bridging the gap between the achievable and achieved goals of development, taking governance to doorsteps of the people in rural and inaccessible areas and generate credible and empirical feedback, thereby ensuring participatory planning a reality.

In his address, Sudershan Kumar, Director, Rural Development, Jammu, who was the chief guest and the special resource person on the occasion, extended gratitude towards the University of Jammu for organising such a community interaction.

He referred to the formulation of Gram Panchayat Development Plan, which he said was a holistic plan involving 21 departments.

Anil Sharma, UT president, AJKPC, thanked the Director, Rural Development, for sharing vital information with the local people which, he said, would prove to be of importance for the social and economic uplift of the people.

Hundreds of sarpaches, panches, community leaders and people from Dansal block were present on the occasion.