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Three Years of Freedom from Article 370 Special Report

drinking water to every household by 2024, UNPRECEDENTED TRANSPARENCY IN
and the Government of Jammu and Kashmir FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
is going to fulfill this target by August 15,
2022. Jammu and Kashmir is the only state E-tendering mandatory Geo Tagging and 100%
for all works
Certification
or UT in India where every person has got
the benefit of the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman
Bharat Yojana. Under the Pradhan Mantri People's Scheme, empowerment portal for public
participation in which any citizen can get complete
Awas Yojana- Urban and Rural, houses are information about any ongoing project. There are about 39
being provided to the people. thousand projects available on this at present.
To understand what has changed after
the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu NEW CHAPTER OF GOOD GOVERNANCE:
and Kashmir, one has to look at the pace of
development and the standard of living of 50276
the people in the last 70 years. In 70 years,
about 2,20,000 families of Jammu and Project Projects were
Kashmir could not get even basic facilities Jammu and Kashmir completed in 2021-22,
became the benchmark
like houses, toilets, electricity, and water, but for the country in the Good while 12367 projects were
Prime Minister Narendra Modi provided all Governance Index completed in 2019-20.
these necessary facilities to the people in 2-3
years. Democracy in Jammu and Kashmir has Big leap in the energy sector
reached every village. The hill people never
used to get the benefit of reservation, but now 3500
they are getting it. Electricity is reaching every
house in Jammu and Kashmir. MW generation so far,
While preparing the plan of industrial which is targeted to
development in J&K, care has been taken that double in the next three
those who set up industries in less developed years and triple in the
areas should get more benefits, so that next 7 years.
there can be an all-inclusive and all-around
development of Jammu and Kashmir. J&K
now also has a UT cadre, which will ensure In 2019-20, 1325 km of 84 projects were
the availability of adequate manpower. Also, roads were built under approved by NABARD
Hindi and English have been given official Pradhan Mantri Gram in 2019-20, while in
language status along with Urdu and Dogri, Sadak Yojana, which 2021-22, 400 projects
which will make work easier. The elections increased to 3284 km were approved.
to the three-tier panchayat system in Jammu in 2021-22. Under this More than 200 services
and Kashmir were conducted peacefully. scheme, 125 bridges made online to
Today everyone is exercising their rights. will be constructed to develop single window
These elections marked a new beginning of connect remote areas. facilities.
development in Jammu and Kashmir. Due to Agriculture and farmer's prosperity
improved peace and security in Jammu and
Kashmir, the tourists' footfall has increased. n J&K has been ranked third in terms of monthly
The tourism industry is attaining its rightful income from agriculture, while in terms of
place. Those places are being identified agriculture and allied sectors, it has become the 5th
in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh which best performing state-Union Territory.
can become top tourism destinations. 137 n Saffron of Kashmir got a GI tag and an increase in
mountain peaks of the Himalayas have been production doubled the income of saffron growers.
opened for foreign tourists, out of which The scope of benefits of Kisan Credit Card, PM Kisan
15 peaks are from Jammu and Kashmir, Yojana increased rapidly. One paddy thresher was
given free of cost in 4219 panchayats. Other local
and Ladakh. The plan for the first Central agricultural products are being promoted globally.
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