Advisor to the Prime Minister, T. K. A. Nair called on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah in Jammu last evening and discussed various matters relating to the development of Jammu and Kashmir. Matters pertaining to panchayats, framework of transfer of functions, functionaries and funds to these institutions and roadmap for elections to Urban Local Bodies from April 2012 came up for discussion in the meeting. The Chief Minister gave resume of the Public Service Guarantee Act and apprised the Advisor to the Prime Minister that some 45 services in six departments of Housing, PHE, Revenue, Transport, CAPD and Power have been brought under the Act for time bound delivery.
Omar Abdullah also talked about various issues relating to the flow of funds from the Centre Government under various schemes. Expressing gratitude to the Central Government for approving an amount of about 1900 crore rupees under RAPDRP in the power sector, Omar asked for concrete efforts to make UDAAN successful. The Chief Minister also emphasized the need for including more educational institutions of the State under a new scholarship scheme sponsored by the Centre Government for the students of Jammu and Kashmir. He also laid stress on sanctioning of 10,460 new Anganwari Centres for which State Government has put up a proposal to the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development. The Advisor to the Prime Minister assured full Central support to the State for faster development and economic growth.