Arun Kumar Mehta Is The New Chief Secretary of J&K
Jammu SRINAGAR: Senior IAS officer Arun Kumar Mehta has been today appointed as the new Chief Secretary of J&K. Mehta a resident of Bihar qualified the prestigious civil service examination in the year 1988 and was subsequently allotted the J&K cadre succeeded BVR Subrahmanyam who served as the Chief Secretary of J&K for a period of nearly three years.
Pertinent to being appointed as the 31
st Chief Secretary of J&K, Arun Kumar Mehta served as the Financial Commissioner in J&K government’s finance department
A letter issued by the Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla to LG Manoj Sinha reads,
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha
The Jammu and Kashmir government last week handed over a cheque of Rs 250 crore to Jammu and Kashmir Bank as the second instalment of 5 per cent Interest Subvention under Economic Package, as Covid-19 relief for the business sector.
Till date, around 3.41 lakh small and big business establishments have availed the benefits of the Interest Subvention. Highlighting the initiatives taken by the government for bringing reforms in the economic sector in J&K, the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said that an amount to the tune of Rs 264 crore was disbursed as financial assistance to 16,800 youth identified to become entrepreneurs under the
CS Chairs HLC Meeting Of Amarnath Shrine Board
CS chairs HLC meeting of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board
The Chief Secretary reviewed in detail the facilities for safe, smooth, and secure movement of pilgrims particularly along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and Baltal and Chandanwari yatra tracks up to the Holy Cave.
The Chief Secretary also reviewed the status of track up-gradation works on Baltal & Chandanwari routes, improvements at the access control gates, establishment of temporary camps, shelter sheds, health/medical camps and Emergency Operation Centers (EOCs) at various locations, provisions of drinking water supply, lighting, LPG, ration, Medicine and mobile connectivity besides establishment of Joint Control Rooms as per NDMA suggestion.