With Parliament approving a six-month extension of President\u2019s Rule\nin Jammu and Kashmir, the Union government has initiated a three-pronged\n strategy to improve political and economic environment in the state,\nsay officials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Centre\u2019s priority areas in the state are: wining people\u2019s trust in the administrative system, isolating militant and separatist outfits, and strengthening the panchayat system, they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the state on June\n26-27. Top officials, who attended the meetings Shah held during his visit,\nsaid they are expecting radical changes at all levels in the state in coming\ndays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Home Minister has given clear instructions to encourage transparency in administration and to deal sternly with cases of corruption,\u201d an official told PTI, requesting anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Top security and civil administration officials said expeditious efforts are being put in to make the administration accountable, keeping in view the priorities of the new government at the Centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unnecessary departments are being shelved and senior\nofficials are being asked to establish direct contact with common masses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senior officials believe that the success of\nfirst-of-its-kind \u201cBack to Village\u201d programme reflects people\u2019s trust\nin the administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Top officials from the Army, Central Reserve Police Force,\nJammu Kashmir Police and Border Security Force said that with the help of confidence-building\nmeasures, they have managed to eliminate the fear from people\u2019s mind to a large\nextent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor the first time in the past few years, we are witnessing a reverse trend in recruitment of locals by militant organisations,\u201d said a top security official. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As many as 26 youths, who were missing from their villages\nand were believed to have joined militant organisations, were traced and handed\nover to their respective families, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They said that such campaign by the army and other security\nagencies in South Kashmir, which is the worst hit region in the state, has had\na positive impact on the locals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has happened for the first time that there was no\nmilitancy related incident or a bandh call by separatist organisations during a\nvisit by a Union home minister in the state, they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials believe that President\u2019s Rule has facilitated\nbetter coordination among different security agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Governor\u2019s Rule was imposed in the state in June last year when the then chief minister Mehbooba Mufti had to resign after the BJP pulled the plug on the BJP-PDP coalition government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As per the constitution of the state, Jammu and Kashmir\ncannot be under the Governor\u2019s Rule for more than six months. Hence,\nPresident\u2019s Rule was imposed in December 2018, which was extended for six\nmonths last week after Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha gave its approval. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources said that besides directing officials to improving\nthe security and administrative arrangement in the state, the Centre has also\nasked them attach priority to development works at the panchayat level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elections in around 4,300 panchayats in the state were held\nin November last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A top official in the administration said that they are\nexpecting that Rs 4,000 crore will be allocated to panchayats in the Union\nbudget and that it will give a boost to development works at the grassroots\nlevel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Top officials in the state say that after formation of a new government in New Delhi, the attitude of people associated with political parties and those in the administration has changed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This has rekindled the hope of a change in work culture at all levels of administration and strengthened the possibilities of cooperation from the common people, they said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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