Srinagar, Jan 05 : In a significant move, a consortium of key institutions will undertake an impact assessment study on the overall governance scenario in Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory.
An official record note reveals that J&K’s Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta informed the committee of secretaries (CoS) meeting on November 21, 2022 that during his meeting with directors of Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Management and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, it was decided that an independent assessment of changes in the functioning of the government is required to be undertaken. “It was decided in the meeting that consortium of IIT/IIM/AIIMS shall undertake “impact assessment study” on the overall governance scenario in Jammu and Kashmir,” reads minutes of the CoS meeting, a copy of which is in possession of news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO).
The study shall be completed within a period of 6-8 weeks, the record note further suggests.
In the meeting, the CS directed for constitution of a committee for submission of data for the study.
“The chief secretary directed a committee under secretary, Planning Development & Monitoring Department with representatives of major departments be constituted for providing data as may be sought for the study,” the record note further reveals—(KNO)
