Lieutenant Governor Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said an unprecedented number of tourists visited the Union territory last year as the security situation has improved.
LG Manoj Sinha said, The law and order situation has improved appreciably in J&K and this year highest number of 1.88 crore tourists visited J&K.
“The Jammu and Kashmir has been among top performers in the country for implementation of schemes like Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Amrit Sarovar, SVAMITVA Scheme, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Nasha Mukt Abhiyan and Renewable Energy Development. Most of the social security schemes have been saturated in J&K”, he said.
Under “My Youth My Pride, Har Din Khel Har Ek Kay Liye Khel” nearly 50 lakh youth have participated in different sports activities this year.
Under Digital J&K initiative, 445 online services are being provided through
e-UNNAT portal.225 e-services have been integrated with Rapid Assessment System for real time feedback on quality of service delivery. All the online services have been linked with Public Service Guarantee Act in J&K.
He said that J&K is the first among States/Union Territories to have District Good Governance Index for assessing the public service delivery at district level.Aspirational Panchayat Development Programme, Aspirational Block Development Programme and Aspirational Town Development Programme are the three new initiatives being implemented in J&K.
Highest ever investment of Rs 1547.87 crore received during the last 10 months of this year.500 start ups have come up during last 3 years.
Unemployment rate is marginally reduced; 33426 Posts have been referred to recruiting agencies.25450 selections have been made including 2436 selections of J&K Bank Limited.
Around 2, 02,749 youth have been covered under various self-employment schemes and target is to cover 2, 37,000 by end of current year. Next year around 3 lakh will be covered under all the self-employment schemes.
In 2018-19, 9228 works have been completed;
in 2019-20, 12637 works have been completed,
in 2020-21, 21943 have been completed,
In 2021-22, 50627 works have been completed and this year we expect 70,000 works to be completed.
“This is the paradigm shift in the pace of development in J&K over the last three to four years.Road construction nearly doubled to 3200 kilometres against 1500-1600 Km in 2018”, he said.