<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary Home Shaleen Kabra today visited Shopian and held a review meeting with officers of various departments to assess the status of ongoing development works besides taking stock of implementation of other schemes in the district.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Principal Secretary, who is also the Administrative Secretary in charge of Shopian district, took a detailed review of the functioning of Rural Development Department, Horticulture, Health Education, Social Welfare, Labour Department, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Departments. He asked the district and frontline officers of various departments to work in tandem to identify and quantify the sector specific needs and potential of the district based on natural and human resources.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He impressed upon the officers to work towards empowering people through credit dissemination in priority sectors in capacity areas which will enable promotion of entrepreneurship. He observed various departmental shortcomings and directed officers to rectify constraints in scheme implementation and work execution and service delivery.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Principal Secretary took first hand appraisal of the economic hardships being faced by the public due to COVID lockdown period. He issued instructions for giving importance to rural economy and facilitating employment of labour in rural areas under flagship employment guarantee scheme MGNREGS to provide much needed man-days to rural populace amid COVID-19 pandemic to mitigate their financial crisis.</span><br />''