In a first of its kind, government of Jammu and Kashmir published its work done under 'Back to Village (B2V)' programme.<br />'' <br />''All the 1930 projects finished during the financial year 2019-20 have been showcased in an e-book recently released by the Finance department.<br />'' <br />''The same has been done to bring in transparency and accountability in the expenditure-making by the government departments.<br />'' <br />''The e-book, depicting the pictorial images and other details of all the B2V works completed in previous year has been released to fetch the necessary feedback from the general public.<br />'' <br />''The Finance department has also designated an officer to receive the complaints/feedback from the people. Anybody having any grievance regarding the works done under 'Back to Village' programme could be sent to Ajay Kumar Sharma, Director Expenditure Division-I at <a href="mailto:directorareaplanning@gmail.com" target="_blank">directorareaplanning@gmail.com</a>.<br />'' <br />''The government is keen to draw feedback from the public so that they have say in the development process going in their areas.<br />'' <br />''About 3 to 5 crore rupees were released to districts to enable them to meet urgent public demands raised during the B2V programme.<br />'' <br />''It is in this direction that during first year of its launch, 1930 projects were completed which are depicted pictorially in the released e-Book.<br />'' <br />''The book further reveals that 4621 Panchayats consisting of 5517 villages were covered under the programme. 4,189 officers visited the panchayats in 2 weeks with each officer spending minimum one night in the panchayat.<br />'' <br />''26000 PRIs and 15,62,155 people have participated in the Programme, as mentioned in the e-book.<br />'' <br />''The book further informs that a total of 4100 works have been identified, out of which 1930 works stand completed.<br />'' <br />''The core objectives of B2V programme, as mentioned in the e-book was to energize Panchayati Raj Institutions towards efficient delivery of mechanisms related to various government schemes.<br />'' <br />''It also helped in collecting feedback from public on government welfare schemes and developmental programmes.<br />'' <br />''The visiting officers carried out first hand assessment of functioning of local Schools, Primary Health Centers, Anganwadi Centres, and other rural welfare offices and schemes.<br />'' <br />''In the summer of 2019, the government started an initiative "Back to Village (B2V)", a public outreach programme to bridge the gap between administration and common masses.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Lauding the programme,  even Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned it in the Mann- Ki- Baat as a festival of development, public participation and public awareness.</span><br />