Ministers to start visiting J&K to review development: Jitendra

Over 800 central laws applicable for UT

Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said more than 800 central laws have become applicable to Jammu and Kashmir after it got the UT status. He said the Modi government was committed to transparency and “justice for all”. PTI

Srinagar, July 1

A team of four Union ministers will soon start visiting J&K every week to review development activities in the Union Territory and carry feedback of the public as well as the administration for the consideration of the central government, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday.

He said the team would comprise two ministers each for the Jammu and Kashmir regions. “We are very soon going to start the touring of the Central ministers in the UT. We did that experiment in the month of January when we had about 35 central ministers travelling here within one week or month. They also got back with a good experience, it was great exposure for the people of the UT as well as the officers,” Singh, the minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office, said.

He was addressing a two-day regional conference on replication of good governance practices at SKICC here. Singh said Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had proposed that instead of sending 35 ministers together, two ministers should visit the UT every week. — PTI