In the cabinet meeting held in Jammu on Monday, nod was given to a policy to allocate five marlas of land to families who lost their property and became landless in the massive floods that wreaked havoc during monsoons in UT this year. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chaired the meeting in which important administrative and developmental issues were discussed.
“Chief Minister today chaired the Cabinet meeting, which considered important administrative and developmental matters,” the office of the chief minister said on X.The meeting was attended by the council of ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary, ministers Sakina Itoo, Javed Ahmed Rana, Javid Ahmed Dar and Satish Sharma. Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo was also present.
“The policy for allotment of five marlas land to the flood-hit people has been finalized. Once the Cabinet gives nod to it tomorrow, the policy will go to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha for approval,” it was disclosed after the meeting by one of the senior officials.
While several administrative issues were taken up during the meeting one of the main topics of discussion was a policy to allocate five marlas of land to individuals or families who became landless due to floods. This initiative aims to provide permanent rehabilitation for affected families, allowing them to rebuild their homes and livelihoods.
Additional administrative decisions discussed included financial support for cooperative banks, as well as pay upgrades and redesignations for various positions. On December 3, Omar chaired his first cabinet meeting in Jammu since the resumption of the ‘Darbar Move’.One more important agenda of the Cabinet meeting was to infusion of Rs 118 crore in Jammu Central Cooperative Bank and Anantnag Central Cooperative Bank to revive them.
Both these banks have been facing serious issues on financial and other fronts. However, the two banks are crucial in Cooperative sector in Jammu and Kashmir and, therefore, the Government proposed to infuse funding in the two banks for their revival. The Cabinet is also scheduled to give nod to re-designation of about 20 posts of the District Panchayat Officers as the Block Development Officers in the Rural Development Department.
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