Union minister Jitendra Singh said that more than 800 central laws have become applicable to Jammu and Kashmir after it got the Union Territory status. The minister of State for Personnel was speaking after the inauguration of a semi-virtual regional conference on “replication of good governance practices” in Srinagar, on Thursday. The conference was attended by 750 officers from 10 states.
Citing several governance initiatives undertaken by the J&K administration, including the long-pending cadre review, establishment of CAT benches, extension of RTI Act he said that the Modi government is committed to transparency and “justice for all”.
“People-friendly reforms taken in the last seven years have benefitted the entire country including people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Many far-reaching reforms of Modi Government like prevention of Corruption Act, abolition of interviews for Group C and D posts and more than 800 Central laws became applicable to J-K after it got the Union Territory status,” he said in the conference.
In his address he also mention that the capacity building of 2,000 civil servants in collaboration between National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) and the Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management Public Administration and Rural Development (IMPARD) will be undertaken.
