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LG Manoj Sinha calls on Dr. Jitendra

New Delhi
September 28, 2020

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, currently on a visit to the Union Capital, today called on Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh and held a 30 minute long meeting, discussing various central projects in the Union Territory and other related issues. The Minister and the Lieutenant Governor exchanged notes and briefs on various centrally sponsored schemes and new initiatives by the UT government.

The Lieutenant Governor also appreciated the manner in which Dr. Jitendra Singh took a keen personal interest in following up with the Central Government each of the Union Territory related issues.

Dr. Jitendra Singh informed Manoj Sinha about the Centre's plan to revive the process of regular visits to the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir by the Union Ministers. He said, the experience of 36 Union Central Ministers travelling to the Union Territory within a span of two weeks in the month of January had proved extremely gratifying and generated a lot of optimism and hope among the local population. He recalled that the initiative had been undertaken on the personal intervention and advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes away, the process will be started again.

Dr. Jitendra Singh also updated Lieutenant Governor Sinha about a mega initiative by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) whereby three Bamboo clusters will be set up in the Jammu region and these will be devoted to the production of Agarbatti, Charcoal and Baskets respectively. He also revealed a plan to set up a Bamboo Technology Centre in Jammu & Kashmir which would impart skill and vocational training to youth for entrepreneurship in the Bamboo sector.