‘My Town My Pride’, ‘Back to Village’ programmes helping in developing Jammu and Kashmir: Govt

During the B2V4 programme, as per official data, around 54 deliverables of 21 departments were saturated across the length and breadth of Jammu and Kashmir, reports ANI.

As per the official data, the programme has also been successful in providing self-employment opportunities to 21,329 individuals. 277 cooperative societies were also registered in various fields like poultry, housing, transport, health etc. In the agriculture sector, 14,567 Soil Health Cards as well as 5,914 Kissan Credit Cards were also issue, the Indian news agency reported.

The UT government said labourers and migrant workers also benefitted during B2V4 as 24,179 beneficiaries were enrolled and 4,063 e-Shram cards were generated. In the health sector, 95,959 PMJAY-SEHAT Golden Cards were issued thereby giving health insurance coverage to 49,526 families.

In line with Back to Village programme, 5,159 Disability Cards (UDID) were digitised and 30,231 Anganwadi beneficiaries were seeded. Moreover, 211 Divyang Camps were also organised by the department.

In addition, over 1.55 lakh e-challans were issued by the Mining Department with a unique QR code integrated with an online payment system for the sale and purchase of minerals through the zero-manual interface.

Similarly, with the ‘My Town My Pride’ public outreach programme, the government said it is putting people at the heart of urban transformation and unlocking cities’ full potential to drive growth, empower local governance and ensure seamless delivery of services at the doorsteps, ANI reported.