The Government has instituted a robust security and intelligence grid along with proactive operations against terrorists. Therefore, the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has improved substantially and there has been a significant decline in terrorist incidents and infiltration of terrorists from across the border. The details are as below:

 

 

The Government has taken several steps to boost development of J&K. Some of these measures are: -

 

1. The progress of projects being implemented in the Union Territory (UT) of J&K under the Prime Minister's Development Package-2015 has been accelerated. 53 projects pertaining to 15 Ministries are being implemented at a cost of Rs. 58,477 crore, in various sectors such as Roads, Power, Health, Education, Tourism, Agriculture, Skill Development etc., out of which 25 projects have been completed/substantially completed. 

 

2. A New Central Sector Scheme has been notified on 19/02/2021 for the Industrial Development of the UT of J&K, with an outlay of Rs. 28,400 crore, which is likely to provide employment to over 4.5 lakh people while boosting the industrial development of J&K.

 

3. The Government of J&K has approved a business revival package of Rs. 1,352.99 crore on 25^th September, 2020.

 

4. Under languishing projects programme, 1,193 projects worth Rs.1,984 crore were completed, including 5 projects which were incomplete for more than 20 years, 15 projects for more than 15 years and 165 projects for more than 10 years.

 

5. J&K has been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) under Swachh Bharat Mission.

 

6. 100 percent saturation has been achieved in 17 Individual beneficiary centric schemes, including Saubhagya, Ujala, Ujjwala and Indradhanush schemes.

 

7. During the year 2020-21, 1,289 road construction works were completed at a cost of Rs.1,638 crore. The construction work of 14,500 km of roads has been completed so far under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna, which has connected about 2,000 places.

 

8. Work has been taken up for setting up of one All India Institute of Medical Sciences each in J&K Divisions at a cost of Rs. 2,000 crore each, besides 7 other medical colleges in the UT of J&K.

 

9. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu have been made functional. 

 

10. 21 hydro power projects with aggregate capacity of 5,186 MW have been taken up for development in next five years.

 

11. An international flight from Srinagar to Sharjah has been started on 23.10.2021. In addition, night flights from Jammu and Srinagar have also been started.

 

12. The scope of High Density Plantation Scheme for Apple has been expanded to include Mango, Litchi, Cherry, Walnut etc.  Kashmiri Saffron has been given the Geographical Indication(GI) tag.

 

13. Under fast-track recruitment, 26,330 posts have been identified in various departments in the UT of J&K and taken up for recruitment. Presently selection process has been completed with respect to 11,324 posts.

 

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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