In Jammu and Kashmir, the process of holding the Block Development Council (BDC) elections will be completed by the end of October, 2019. This was revealed in a meeting convened by Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam with Deputy Commissioners of Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh divisions.<br />''<br />''During the meeting, the Chief Secretary reviewed the preparations for upcoming Block Development Council (BDC) elections, implementation of Back to Village Programme, availability of essential commodities, winter stocking and the status of major developmental projects and Apple procurement etc. He asked the Deputy Commissioners to gear up for the upcoming BDC elections for which preparatory work has already begun and the necessary notification relating to the schedule of the elections will be issued shortly.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''The Chief Secretary stressed on the DCs to make efficient use of the grants of five crore rupees released for each District for implementation of the Back to Village Programme. This is over and above 800 crore rupees made available to the Panchayats under the 14th Finance Commission Grants. Mr Subramanayam asked DCs to hold at least one Gram Sabha in every Panchayat by 30th of September and generate awareness about the single use plastic campaign, designation of separate place for collection of plastic waste in each village and Shramahan for collection of plastic waste on 2nd of October this year.      </span><br />