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Excelsior daily REGD.NO.JK-71/15-17 RNI No. 28547/65 Vol No. 53 No. 296 JAMMU, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017 14 Pages ` 5.00 2 Principals among 33 transferred Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 26: On stop gap arrangement, the Higher Education Department today ordered transfer and postings of 2 Principals, 20 Incharge Principals and 11 Associate Professors with immediate effect. According to the order, Mudasir Afshan, under order of transfer to Incharge Principal DGC Larnoo has been posted as Incharge Principal GDC Kangan, Nazir Ahmad Tantray, Associate Professor Physics JKIMS Srinagar will look after the post of Principal GDC Larnoo, Abdul Wahid Makdoomi, under order of adjustment as Incharge Principal GDC Gool has been posted as Incharge Principal GDC Hadipora, Abdul Rehman Najar, under order of transfer as Incharge Principal GDC Leh has been posted as Incharge Principal GDC Banihal and Diskit Angmoo, Associate Professor English GCW Gandhi Nagar has been transferred and posted as Incharge Principal GDC Leh. Fazal Rehman Beigh, Incharge Principal GDC Kilam has been transferred and posted Incharge Principal GDC Boys Baramulla, Farooq Ahmad Malik, Principal GDC Boys Kupwara has been transferred and posted Principal GDC Kilam, Fayaz Ahmad Lone, Associate Professor Botany GDC Boys Kupwara will look after the routine affairs of GDC Boys Kupwara, Khurshid Ahmad Khan, Incharge Avtar Bhat JAMMU, Oct 26: Terming the so-called separatists strug- gle in Kashmir valley "a mer- cenary movement," Union Minister in PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that the peo- ple who wore robe of sepa- ratism became millionaires overnight by misleading and deceiving the poor youth of Kashmir for their vested inter- ests. Dr Jitendra Singh was addressing a mammoth public rally organized by State Unit of BJP in connection with Accession Day at Parade here today to pay tributes to Maharaja Hari Singh, the last Dogra ruler of the State for tak- ing a historic decision by sign- ing the instrument of accession with Government of India. Dr Jitendra Singh took Congress and National Conference (NC) leaders to task, who are repeatedly accusing BJP that it didn't struggle for declaration of State holiday on Maharaja's birthday, and said that when the statue of Maharaja was unveiled near Tawi bridge the then Mayor of Jammu and BJP leader Kavinder Gupta had invited the leaders of both the parties to attend the function but they boycotted it. Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 26: Finally, the Government has constitut- ed three Empowered Committees for scrutinizing the applications for regular- ization of illegal/ unauthorized constructions in the capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar and holy town of Katra under the new policy. The policy was notified by the Housing and Urban Development Department vide SRO-391 dated September 20, 2017 in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Jammu and Kashmir Civic Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2014. However, the General Administration Department was soft-paddling on framing of Empowered Committees, which otherwise are supposed to play vital role in the implementation of the policy. The dilly-dallying approach was exclusively highlighted by EXCELSIOR in its edition dated October 24 mentioning that delay in fram- ing of Empowered Committees by the General Administration Department was creating hurdles in imple- mentation of the policy. The Commissioner/ Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department Khurshid Ahmad today issued Order No.1376 framing three Empowered Committees---one each for Jammu City, Srinagar City and Katra town. As per the order, Divisional Commissioner Jammu is the chair- man of the Empowered Committee for Jammu city with Vice-Chairman Jammu Development Authority, Chief Engineer R&D, Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control, Deputy Commissioners of Jammu and Samba, Commissioner of Jammu Municipal Corporation and Chief Town Planner, Town Planning Organization Jammu as its members. Similarly, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir is the chairman of the Empowered Committee for Srinagar city with VC SDA, VC Lakes and Waterways Development Authority, Chief Engineer R&B, Scrutinization of unauthorised constructions in Jammu, Srinagar, Katra Suhail Bhat SRINAGAR, Oct 26: In the uplands of Pulwama district in South Kashmir, two dams at Karpora and Tujan are lying abandoned for last three decades owing to Government's failure to resume the construction work. The project has been crying for attention for decades but its completion has remained in abeyance. The locals alleged that the project was started only to siphon off money from the public exchequer and was left out soon after the money was withdrawn for the work done. "Everyone might have taken their share otherwise how would a project like this evade the eye of authorities," a local said. While explaining the impor- tance of the project, the locals said with an aim to irrigate the Karewa lands of several villages including Rahmo, Parigam, Newa and Wahibug, the con- struction work was started some three decades ago, but the proj- ect turned out to be a big failure. "Over the years the absence of proper irrigation facilities for which it was constructed, the crop production has dwindled. The dams would have been proved beneficial during the droughts," Ashiq Ahmad, a local said, adding that for last three years, different departments have conducted surveys several times but to no avail. The locals also said the land that was acquired by the Government for the project has been encroached upon and the farmers, who have already been compensated, have turned the site into dense orchards. "All machinery and raw material were looted by vested interests in nexus with some employees who were guarding the site," said Rehman, another resident of Rahmo village. He, however, added that almost 90 percent of the con- struction work on the dam was completed in the early 90s but the rest of the work was never completed as the authorities abandoned the project after the outbreak of militancy in Kashmir. "I think it was the only project which was aban- doned. We, however, have made Twin dams in Pulwama lying abandoned for 3 decades Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 26: The Government today issued orders of promotion of 32 Incharge Assistant Executive Engineers as Incharge Executive Engineers (X-Ens) and transfers and postings of 88 Incharge Executive Engineers in the Power Development Department. Those promoted are- Neel Kanwal Singh, Davinder Singh Bedi, Anil Gupta, Jatinder Singh, Meenakshi Razdan, Mushtaq Hussain Wani, Syed Khursheed Ahmed, Mohd Yousuf Malik, Yoginder Saproo, P D Singh Jamwal, SC Basnotra, Mohd Maqbool Lone, Shabir Ahmed Sheikh, Ajaz Ahmed Khan and Sanjeev Mohan-all the 15 Degree holders. Seventeen Diploma holders promoted as Incharge X-Ens are- Niyaz Ahmed, Bilal Ahmed Wani, Mohd Arif Mughal, Jagdish Singh Rathore, Tassaduq Hussain Sheikh, Sukhdev Singh, Bodh Raj Kundal, Jagdish Lal, Reena Ladwal, Altaf Hussain, Feroz Ahmed Wani, Narotam Kumar, Rattan Lal, Gopal Singh, Mohd Shafi, Shamim Ahmed and Aftab Ahmed. Consequent upon the promo- tions, the Government has issued orders of transfers/ post- ings of 88 Incharge Executive Engineers. Pankaj Gupta has been shift- ed from DCP office to JKPDC, Hilal Ahmed Sheikh from ED-I Srinagar to LDMT Sgr, Hamidullah Wani from ED-III Sgr to Survey Div Sgr, Mohd Ayub Khawaja from ED-IV Sgr to JKPDC, Mohd Shafi Shah from ED Sumbal to ED Awantipora, Muzaffar Jan Mattoo from ED Awantipora to ED Sumbal, Irshad Hussain from ED Shopian to Project Wing Jammu, EPD Rajouri; Wali Mohd Mir from ED Bijbehara to STD-II Sgr, Gulzar Ahmed Kuchey from ED Pulwama to ED Shopian, Tundep Spalzang from ED Leh to STD Leh, Manzoor Ahmed Dar from STD-II Sgr to ED Bijbehara, Nassarullah Jan from STD Sopore to STD Pulwama, Muzaffar Ahmed Lone from STD Pulwama to STD Bijbehara, Farooq Ahmed Teli from STD Kargil to ED Budgam, AK Gupta from ED-I Jammu to Project Wing (EPD) Jammu, Ravinder Kumar 32 AEEs promoted; 88 X-Ens shifted, posted in PDD Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Oct 26: In a major decision aimed at pro- viding respite to the industri- alists, the State Government has approved tax incentives for industry sector and a detailed notification specifying the eligibility and mode of dis- bursement will be issued in next few days. Moreover, the Government of India has agreed to further extend non- tax incentives under Industrial Development Scheme for Jammu and Kashmir till 2020. Official sources told EXCELSIOR that ever since the implementation of Goods and Service Tax (GST) in Jammu and Kashmir, serious concern was being expressed by the industrialists that after Excise Duty ceased to exist under new tax regime, the exemptions extended to them under the duty will end and this would have adverse impact on the industries. The industrialists raised this issue at different forums in the State Government and even sought the intervention of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. Finding the concern of the industrialists as genuine, the Department of Industries and Commerce started putting pres- sure on the Finance Department for granting tax incentives to the industry sector under new tax regime. After several rounds of dis- cussions, the Finance Department prepared a proposal and placed the same before the State Cabinet, which on October 23, 2017 held detailed delibera- tions on the same. Finally, the Cabinet vide its Decision No.199/12/2017 put seal of approval on J&K GST Budgetary Support Scheme. "The Cabinet has decided reimbursement of remaining 42% of the Budgetary Support Scheme of the Union to the units located in the State till the period the Union Scheme is valid", reads the Decision No.188/12/2017, the copy of which is available with EXCELSIOR. The Cabinet has also decided reimbursement of 100% of SGST paid by the eligible units after utilization of input tax credit and the Finance Department has been asked to issue a detailed notification specifying the eligibility and mode of disbursement, which is likely in next some days. Moreover, the Cabinet has directed the Finance Department to consider mak- ing an allocation in the next year's budget to nullify the impact of erstwhile Central Sales Tax (CST) for industries in Jammu and Kashmir, sources informed. It is pertinent to mention here that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on August 16, 2017 given nod to the scheme for providing Budgetary Support under Goods and Service Tax regime for the eligible industrial units located in J&K, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and North Eastern States. The Scheme has been approved for the period from July 1, 2017 till March 31, 2027 for such industrial units located Govt approves tax incentives for industry sector under new regime Sanjeev Pargal JAMMU, Oct 26: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today held high-level review of security situation and Prime Minister's Development Package (PMDP) for Jammu and Kashmir and a way forward in dialogue after the announce- ment of Dineshwar Sharma, retired Intelligence Bureau (IB) Director as Centre's Special Representative on Jammu and Kashmir. Rajnath and Mehbooba also had one-on-one meeting after the meeting of security and PMDP review, which was attended by top officials of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Jammu and Kashmir Government, in the Union capital. In the evening, Dineshwar Sharma met Mehbooba Mufti at Kashmir House in New Delhi for about half an hour in which they were reported to have dis- cussed some modalities on initi- ating dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir. Sharma has already stated that he would be visiting J&K after about eight to 10 days for initiating dialogue. Sources said both of them were reported to have discussed facilitation of dialogue with var- ious stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir to carry forward the process initiated by the Centre by appointing Dineshwar Sharma as its Special Representative for talks on J&K. Significantly, Dineshwar has been given the rank of Cabinet Secretary and mandate to talk to anyone he wants to in the State. No time-frame has been fixed for the dialogue. After the meeting, Sharma said that the main focus of his visit will be engaging with the youth and providing them with a platform to air their views. Sharma said that he will talk to all stakeholders in a bid to resolve the Kashmir imbroglio. The Centre’s Special Mehbooba meets Rajnath, Dineshwar; discusses dialogue process, PMDP 14 transferred in Finance Deptt Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 26: Finance Department today ordered transfer and postings of 14 offi- cers. According to the order issued, Bharti Samyal, CAO, in the office of Chief Engineer, System and Operations Jammu has been transferred and posted as Joint Director J&K Funds Organization Jammu, Sukhwant Kour Sasan, CAO District Fund Office Jammu has been trans- ferred and posted as CAO in the office of Chief Engineer, System and Operations Department Jammu, Archana Kumar, Chief Pay and AO, J&K SPDC Jammu has been trans- ferred and posted as CAP Directorate of Social Welfare Jammu and Ashu Behl, CAO, Northern Zonal Accountancy Training Institute Jammu has been transferred and posted as HC for CCTV cameras in Gulmarg Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 26: The High Court today directed for installation of CCTV cameras on toll posts and check posts at Gulmarg so that construction material and polythene do not enter within the limits of resort. Court has been informed by Advocate Tawheed Ahmad Sofi, who is Amicus Curie to the PIL that despite ban, the construction is going on within the limits of resort as such the Division Bench of Chief Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad and Justice Ali Mohammad directed for installation of CCTV cam- eras on toll posts and check posts leading towards Skii resort. DB directed the CEO GDA to ensure that the cameras are Vyas gets 3-month extension Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 26: As exclu- sively reported by the Excelsior yesterday, the Centre Government today approved 3- month extension in the services of Chief Secretary BB Vyas beyond November 30. An order to this effect was issued today by the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Vyas, who is due to retire on November 30, would now have Jain appointed Chairperson of JKSWRRA Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 26: Government has appointed IAS officer Parmod Jain as Chairperson of Jammu and Kashmir State Water Resources Regulatory Authority (JKSWR- RA). The SRO-458 issued by the Government today reads: "In exercise of the powers con- ferred by Section 139 of the J&K Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010, the Government hereby appoints the new Guv promulgates Property Damage Ordinance Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 26: Governor N N Vohra has prom- ulgated "The Jammu and Kashmir Public Property (Prevention of Damage) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017" which amends the existing law relating to damage to public property to more effectively dis- courage/ prevent the deleterious activities of individuals/ organi- zations which result in damage to public and private properties. NIA raids Yousuf’s house Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 26: National Investigation Agency (NIA) today raided the house of Shahid Yousuf, son of Hizb ul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, in Soibugh village of Central Kashmir's Budgam district. An NIA team raided the res- idence of Shahid Yousuf around 4:30 am and left after couple of hours. They took some cell phones and a laptop along with them during around two hours raid. Restrictions in parts of Srinagar, trains suspended Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 26: Amid call for shutdown by separatists, authorities have imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar even as Railways announced to suspend its services in Kashmir for Friday. The Deputy Commissioner Srinagar has ordered imposition of restrictions within the juris- diction of police stations Nowhatta, MR Gunj, Khanyar, Rainawari, Safakadal, Maisuma 3 SEs Hydraulic promoted as CEs Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 26: The Government today placed three Superintending Engineers (Hyd) as Incharge Chief Engineers in the PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control department. Ghulam Qadir Bhat, I/C SE Hydraulic Circle Baramulla has been placed as Incharge Chief Engineer in JKSPDC against an available vacancy; Jitender Kumar Sharma I/C SE Hyd Circle Kargil has been placed as in Chenab Valley Power Projects Ltd while Mir Shahnawaz, I/C SE Hyd Circle, Anantnag has been placed as I/C Chief Engineer Irrigation and Flood Control, Kashmir. INSIDE WEATHER Snag in Administration ...Page 6 * By consensus not arbitration Pensioners to get insurance cover from next year ...Page 3 HC sets-aside SSB notification relating to descriptive test in Urdu ....Page 3 Central, State-run schemes to constitute single corpus for reducing administrative costs: Drabu ...Page 5 Kashmiri know their leaders need not any advice: Soz ...Page 7 Gujarat thrashes J&K by innings & 64 runs ...Page 12 JAMMU : Mainly dry. TEMPERATURE Max: 30.6 Degree C Min: 16.7 Degree C RELATIVE HUMIDITY RH-I (Morning): 64.0 per cent RH-II (Evening): 54.0 per cent Sunset on Friday: 05.47 p.m. Sunrise on Saturday: 06.46 a.m. SRINAGAR: Mainly dry. TEMPERATURE Max: 23.6 Degree C Min: 2.6 Degree C RELATIVE HUMIDITY RH-I (Morning): 73.0 per cent RH-II (Evening): 47.0 per cent LEH: TEMPERATURE Max: 15.9 Degree C Min: -5.2 Degree C Download Mobile Apps of Daily Excelsior for Android and IOS http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/apps/ Download on the Google Play Store Download on the App Store (Contd on page 11 Col 7) (Contd on page 11 Col 3) (Contd on page 11 Col 3) (Contd on page 11 Col 5) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chairing a meeting on the development projects in Jammu and Kashmir, in New Delhi on Thursday along with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. Directions issued for nullifying impact of erstwhile CST GoI agrees to further extend non-tax incentives till 2020 Govt frames Empowered Committees (Contd on page 11 Col 3) Ducks and Geese rest on the banks of Dal lake in Srinagar. -Excelsior/Shakeel MHA, J&K top officials review situation Roads, power, health to get priority Dr Jitendra, Nirmal accuse Oppn of misleading people on Maharaja’s holiday, talks (Contd on page 11 Col 1) (Contd on page 11 Col 5) (Contd on page 11 Col 7) (Contd on page 11 Col 7) (Contd on page 11 Col 3) (Contd on page 11 Col 1) (Contd on page 4 Col 1) 4 injured in two grenade attacks Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 26: Militants today carried out two grenade attacks on Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Kulgam and Tral areas of South Kashmir injuring four persons including three security men. Militants attacked the police station with a grenade at around 4.30 resulting in injuries to two cops and a civilian at DH Pora in Kulgam district. BJP national vice president, Avinash Rai Khanna and Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh dur- ing Accession Day rally at Jammu on Thursday. Another pic on page 11. -Excelsior/Rakesh (Contd on page 11 Col 7) (Contd on page 4 Col 1) (Contd on page 11 Col 5) *Watch video on www.excelsiornews.com
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REGD.NO.JK-71/15-17RNI No. 28547/65Vol No. 53 No. 296 JAMMU, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017 14 Pages `̀ 5.00
2 Principals among 33 transferred
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 26: On stopgap arrangement, the HigherEducation Department todayordered transfer and postingsof 2 Principals, 20 InchargePrincipals and 11 AssociateProfessors with immediateeffect.
According to the order,Mudasir Afshan, under order oftransfer to Incharge PrincipalDGC Larnoo has been posted asIncharge Principal GDCKangan, Nazir Ahmad Tantray,Associate Professor PhysicsJKIMS Srinagar will look afterthe post of Principal GDCLarnoo, Abdul WahidMakdoomi, under order ofadjustment as Incharge PrincipalGDC Gool has been posted asIncharge Principal GDCHadipora, Abdul Rehman Najar,
under order of transfer asIncharge Principal GDC Leh hasbeen posted as InchargePrincipal GDC Banihal andDiskit Angmoo, AssociateProfessor English GCW GandhiNagar has been transferred andposted as Incharge PrincipalGDC Leh.
Fazal Rehman Beigh,Incharge Principal GDC Kilamhas been transferred and postedIncharge Principal GDC BoysBaramulla, Farooq AhmadMalik, Principal GDC BoysKupwara has been transferredand posted Principal GDCKilam, Fayaz Ahmad Lone,Associate Professor BotanyGDC Boys Kupwara will lookafter the routine affairs of GDCBoys Kupwara, KhurshidAhmad Khan, Incharge
Avtar BhatJAMMU, Oct 26: Terming
the so-called separatists strug-gle in Kashmir valley "a mer-cenary movement," UnionMinister in PMO, Dr JitendraSingh today said that the peo-ple who wore robe of sepa-ratism became millionairesovernight by misleading anddeceiving the poor youth ofKashmir for their vested inter-ests.
Dr Jitendra Singh wasaddressing a mammoth publicrally organized by State Unit ofBJP in connection withAccession Day at Parade heretoday to pay tributes to
Maharaja Hari Singh, the lastDogra ruler of the State for tak-ing a historic decision by sign-ing the instrument of accessionwith Government of India.
Dr Jitendra Singh tookCongress and National
Conference (NC) leaders to task,who are repeatedly accusingBJP that it didn't struggle fordeclaration of State holiday onMaharaja's birthday, and saidthat when the statue ofMaharaja was unveiled near
Tawi bridge the then Mayor ofJammu and BJP leader KavinderGupta had invited the leaders ofboth the parties to attend thefunction but they boycotted it.
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 26: Finally,the Government has constitut-ed three EmpoweredCommittees for scrutinizingthe applications for regular-ization of illegal/ unauthorizedconstructions in the capitalcities of Jammu and Srinagarand holy town of Katra underthe new policy.
The policy was notified bythe Housing and UrbanDevelopment Department videSRO-391 dated September 20,2017 in exercise of the powersconferred by Section 3 of theJammu and Kashmir Civic Laws(Special Provisions) Act, 2014.However, the GeneralAdministration Department wassoft-paddling on framing of
Empowered Committees, whichotherwise are supposed to playvital role in the implementationof the policy.
The dilly-dallyingapproach was exclusivelyhighlighted by EXCELSIORin its edition dated October 24mentioning that delay in fram-ing of EmpoweredCommittees by the GeneralAdministration Departmentwas creating hurdles in imple-mentation of the policy.
The Commissioner/Secretary to the Government,General AdministrationDepartment Khurshid Ahmadtoday issued Order No.1376framing three EmpoweredCommittees---one each forJammu City, Srinagar City and
Katra town.As per the order, Divisional
Commissioner Jammu is the chair-man of the Empowered Committeefor Jammu city with Vice-ChairmanJammu Development Authority,Chief Engineer R&D, ChiefEngineer, Irrigation and FloodControl, Deputy Commissioners ofJammu and Samba, Commissionerof Jammu Municipal Corporationand Chief Town Planner, TownPlanning Organization Jammu as itsmembers.
Similarly, DivisionalCommissioner Kashmir is thechairman of the EmpoweredCommittee for Srinagar citywith VC SDA, VC Lakes andWaterways DevelopmentAuthority, Chief Engineer R&B,
Scrutinization of unauthorisedconstructions in Jammu, Srinagar, Katra
Suhail BhatSRINAGAR, Oct 26: In the
uplands of Pulwama district inSouth Kashmir, two dams atKarpora and Tujan are lyingabandoned for last threedecades owing toGovernment's failure toresume the construction work.
The project has been cryingfor attention for decades but itscompletion has remained inabeyance. The locals allegedthat the project was started onlyto siphon off money from thepublic exchequer and was leftout soon after the money waswithdrawn for the work done."Everyone might have takentheir share otherwise how woulda project like this evade the eyeof authorities," a local said.
While explaining the impor-tance of the project, the localssaid with an aim to irrigate theKarewa lands of several villagesincluding Rahmo, Parigam,Newa and Wahibug, the con-struction work was started somethree decades ago, but the proj-ect turned out to be a big failure.
"Over the years the absenceof proper irrigation facilities forwhich it was constructed, thecrop production has dwindled.The dams would have beenproved beneficial during thedroughts," Ashiq Ahmad, a localsaid, adding that for last threeyears, different departmentshave conducted surveys severaltimes but to no avail.
The locals also said theland that was acquired by theGovernment for the project
has been encroached upon andthe farmers, who have alreadybeen compensated, haveturned the site into denseorchards. "All machinery andraw material were looted byvested interests in nexus withsome employees who wereguarding the site," saidRehman, another resident ofRahmo village.
He, however, added thatalmost 90 percent of the con-struction work on the dam wascompleted in the early 90s butthe rest of the work was nevercompleted as the authoritiesabandoned the project after theoutbreak of militancy inKashmir. "I think it was theonly project which was aban-doned. We, however, have made
Twin dams in Pulwama lyingabandoned for 3 decades
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 26: TheGovernment today issuedorders of promotion of 32Incharge Assistant ExecutiveEngineers as InchargeExecutive Engineers (X-Ens)and transfers and postings of88 Incharge ExecutiveEngineers in the PowerDevelopment Department.
Those promoted are- NeelKanwal Singh, Davinder SinghBedi, Anil Gupta, JatinderSingh, Meenakshi Razdan,Mushtaq Hussain Wani, SyedKhursheed Ahmed, MohdYousuf Malik, Yoginder Saproo,P D Singh Jamwal, SC Basnotra,Mohd Maqbool Lone, ShabirAhmed Sheikh, Ajaz AhmedKhan and Sanjeev Mohan-all the15 Degree holders.
Seventeen Diploma holders
promoted as Incharge X-Ensare- Niyaz Ahmed, Bilal AhmedWani, Mohd Arif Mughal,Jagdish Singh Rathore,Tassaduq Hussain Sheikh,Sukhdev Singh, Bodh RajKundal, Jagdish Lal, ReenaLadwal, Altaf Hussain, FerozAhmed Wani, Narotam Kumar,Rattan Lal, Gopal Singh, MohdShafi, Shamim Ahmed andAftab Ahmed.
Consequent upon the promo-tions, the Government hasissued orders of transfers/ post-ings of 88 Incharge ExecutiveEngineers.
Pankaj Gupta has been shift-ed from DCP office to JKPDC,Hilal Ahmed Sheikh from ED-ISrinagar to LDMT Sgr,Hamidullah Wani from ED-IIISgr to Survey Div Sgr, MohdAyub Khawaja from ED-IV Sgr
to JKPDC, Mohd Shafi Shahfrom ED Sumbal to EDAwantipora, Muzaffar JanMattoo from ED Awantipora toED Sumbal, Irshad Hussainfrom ED Shopian to ProjectWing Jammu, EPD Rajouri;Wali Mohd Mir from EDBijbehara to STD-II Sgr, GulzarAhmed Kuchey from EDPulwama to ED Shopian,Tundep Spalzang from ED Lehto STD Leh, Manzoor AhmedDar from STD-II Sgr to EDBijbehara, Nassarullah Jan fromSTD Sopore to STD Pulwama,Muzaffar Ahmed Lone fromSTD Pulwama to STDBijbehara, Farooq Ahmed Telifrom STD Kargil to EDBudgam, AK Gupta from ED-IJammu to Project Wing (EPD)Jammu, Ravinder Kumar
32 AEEs promoted; 88 X-Ensshifted, posted in PDD
Mohinder VermaJAMMU, Oct 26: In a
major decision aimed at pro-viding respite to the industri-alists, the State Governmenthas approved tax incentivesfor industry sector and adetailed notification specifyingthe eligibility and mode of dis-bursement will be issued innext few days. Moreover, theGovernment of India hasagreed to further extend non-tax incentives under IndustrialDevelopment Scheme forJammu and Kashmir till 2020.
Official sources toldEXCELSIOR that ever since theimplementation of Goods andService Tax (GST) in Jammuand Kashmir, serious concernwas being expressed by theindustrialists that after ExciseDuty ceased to exist under newtax regime, the exemptionsextended to them under the duty
will end and this would haveadverse impact on the industries.
The industrialists raised thisissue at different forums in theState Government and evensought the intervention of ChiefMinister Mehbooba Mufti.Finding the concern of theindustrialists as genuine, theDepartment of Industries andCommerce started putting pres-sure on the Finance Departmentfor granting tax incentives to theindustry sector under new taxregime.
After several rounds of dis-cussions, the FinanceDepartment prepared a proposaland placed the same before theState Cabinet, which on October23, 2017 held detailed delibera-tions on the same. Finally, theCabinet vide its DecisionNo.199/12/2017 put seal ofapproval on J&K GSTBudgetary Support Scheme.
"The Cabinet has decidedreimbursement of remaining42% of the Budgetary SupportScheme of the Union to theunits located in the State tillthe period the Union Schemeis valid", reads the DecisionNo.188/12/2017, the copy ofwhich is available withEXCELSIOR.
The Cabinet has also decidedreimbursement of 100% ofSGST paid by the eligible unitsafter utilization of input taxcredit and the FinanceDepartment has been asked toissue a detailed notificationspecifying the eligibility andmode of disbursement, which islikely in next some days.
Moreover, the Cabinet hasdirected the FinanceDepartment to consider mak-ing an allocation in the nextyear's budget to nullify theimpact of erstwhile CentralSales Tax (CST) for industriesin Jammu and Kashmir,sources informed.
It is pertinent to mentionhere that the Cabinet Committeeon Economic Affairs chaired byPrime Minister Narendra Modihad on August 16, 2017 givennod to the scheme for providingBudgetary Support under Goodsand Service Tax regime for theeligible industrial units locatedin J&K, Uttarakhand, HimachalPradesh and North EasternStates.
The Scheme has beenapproved for the period fromJuly 1, 2017 till March 31, 2027for such industrial units located
Govt approves tax incentives forindustry sector under new regime
Sanjeev PargalJAMMU, Oct 26: Union
Home Minister Rajnath Singhand Chief Minister MehboobaMufti today held high-levelreview of security situationand Prime Minister'sDevelopment Package(PMDP) for Jammu andKashmir and a way forward indialogue after the announce-ment of Dineshwar Sharma,retired Intelligence Bureau(IB) Director as Centre'sSpecial Representative onJammu and Kashmir.
Rajnath and Mehbooba alsohad one-on-one meeting afterthe meeting of security andPMDP review, which wasattended by top officials ofMinistry of Home Affairs(MHA) and Jammu andKashmir Government, in theUnion capital.
In the evening, DineshwarSharma met Mehbooba Mufti atKashmir House in New Delhifor about half an hour in whichthey were reported to have dis-cussed some modalities on initi-ating dialogue in Jammu andKashmir. Sharma has already
stated that he would be visitingJ&K after about eight to 10 daysfor initiating dialogue.
Sources said both of themwere reported to have discussedfacilitation of dialogue with var-ious stakeholders in Jammu andKashmir to carry forward theprocess initiated by the Centreby appointing DineshwarSharma as its SpecialRepresentative for talks on J&K.Significantly, Dineshwar hasbeen given the rank of Cabinet
Secretary and mandate to talk toanyone he wants to in the State.No time-frame has been fixedfor the dialogue.
After the meeting, Sharmasaid that the main focus of hisvisit will be engaging with theyouth and providing them with aplatform to air their views.
Sharma said that he will talkto all stakeholders in a bid toresolve the Kashmir imbroglio.
The Centre’s Special
Mehbooba meets Rajnath, Dineshwar;discusses dialogue process, PMDP
14 transferred inFinance DepttExcelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Oct 26: Finance
Department today orderedtransfer and postings of 14 offi-cers.
According to the orderissued, Bharti Samyal, CAO, inthe office of Chief Engineer,System and Operations Jammuhas been transferred and postedas Joint Director J&K FundsOrganization Jammu, SukhwantKour Sasan, CAO District FundOffice Jammu has been trans-ferred and posted as CAO in theoffice of Chief Engineer,System and OperationsDepartment Jammu, ArchanaKumar, Chief Pay and AO, J&KSPDC Jammu has been trans-ferred and posted as CAPDirectorate of Social WelfareJammu and Ashu Behl, CAO,Northern Zonal AccountancyTraining Institute Jammu hasbeen transferred and posted as
HC for CCTVcameras inGulmarg
Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 26: The
High Court today directed forinstallation of CCTV camerason toll posts and check posts atGulmarg so that constructionmaterial and polythene do notenter within the limits of resort.
Court has been informed byAdvocate Tawheed AhmadSofi, who is Amicus Curie tothe PIL that despite ban, theconstruction is going on withinthe limits of resort as such theDivision Bench of Chief JusticeBadar Durrez Ahmad andJustice Ali Mohammad directedfor installation of CCTV cam-eras on toll posts and checkposts leading towards Skiiresort.
DB directed the CEO GDAto ensure that the cameras are
Vyas gets 3-month extension
Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Oct 26: As exclu-
sively reported by the Excelsioryesterday, the CentreGovernment today approved 3-month extension in the servicesof Chief Secretary BB Vyasbeyond November 30.
An order to this effect wasissued today by the UnionMinistry of Personnel, PublicGrievances and Pensions.
Vyas, who is due to retire onNovember 30, would now have
Jain appointed Chairperson
of JKSWRRAExcelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Oct 26:
Government has appointed IASofficer Parmod Jain asChairperson of Jammu andKashmir State Water ResourcesRegulatory Authority (JKSWR-RA).
The SRO-458 issued by theGovernment today reads: "Inexercise of the powers con-ferred by Section 139 of theJ&K Water Resources(Regulation and Management)Act, 2010, the Governmenthereby appoints the new
Guv promulgatesProperty DamageOrdinance
Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 26:
Governor N N Vohra has prom-ulgated "The Jammu andKashmir Public Property(Prevention of Damage)(Amendment) Ordinance, 2017"which amends the existing lawrelating to damage to publicproperty to more effectively dis-courage/ prevent the deleteriousactivities of individuals/ organi-zations which result in damageto public and private properties.
NIA raidsYousuf’s house
Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 26:
National Investigation Agency(NIA) today raided the house ofShahid Yousuf, son of Hizb ulMujahideen chief SyedSalahuddin, in Soibugh villageof Central Kashmir's Budgamdistrict.
An NIA team raided the res-idence of Shahid Yousuf around4:30 am and left after couple ofhours. They took some cellphones and a laptop along withthem during around two hoursraid.
Restrictions inparts of Srinagar,trains suspended
Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 26: Amid
call for shutdown by separatists,authorities have imposedrestrictions in parts of Srinagareven as Railways announced tosuspend its services in Kashmirfor Friday.
The Deputy CommissionerSrinagar has ordered impositionof restrictions within the juris-diction of police stationsNowhatta, MR Gunj, Khanyar,Rainawari, Safakadal, Maisuma
3 SEs Hydraulicpromoted as CEs
Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 26: The
Government today placed threeSuperintending Engineers(Hyd) as Incharge ChiefEngineers in the PHE, Irrigationand Flood Control department.
Ghulam Qadir Bhat, I/C SEHydraulic Circle Baramulla hasbeen placed as Incharge ChiefEngineer in JKSPDC against anavailable vacancy; JitenderKumar Sharma I/C SE HydCircle Kargil has been placed asin Chenab Valley PowerProjects Ltd while MirShahnawaz, I/C SE Hyd Circle,Anantnag has been placed asI/C Chief Engineer Irrigationand Flood Control, Kashmir.
INSIDE WEATHERSnag in Administration ...Page 6* By consensus not arbitrationPensioners to get insurance coverfrom next year ...Page 3HC sets-aside SSB notificationrelating to descriptivetest in Urdu ....Page 3Central, State-run schemesto constitute single corpus forreducing administrativecosts: Drabu ...Page 5Kashmiri know their leadersneed not any advice: Soz ...Page 7Gujarat thrashes J&K byinnings & 64 runs ...Page 12
JAMMU : Mainly dry.
TEMPERATUREMax: 30.6 Degree C Min: 16.7 Degree C
RELATIVE HUMIDITYRH-I (Morning): 64.0 per centRH-II (Evening): 54.0 per centSunset on Friday: 05.47 p.m.Sunrise on Saturday: 06.46 a.m.
SRINAGAR:Mainly dry.
TEMPERATUREMax: 23.6 Degree C Min: 2.6 Degree C
RELATIVE HUMIDITYRH-I (Morning): 73.0 per centRH-II (Evening): 47.0 per cent
LEH: TEMPERATURE
Max: 15.9 Degree C Min: -5.2 Degree C
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chairing a meeting onthe development projects in Jammu and Kashmir, in New Delhion Thursday along with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
Directions issuedfor nullifyingimpact of erstwhile CST
GoI agrees to further extend non-tax incentives till 2020
Govt frames Empowered Committees
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Ducks and Geese rest on the banks of Dal lake in Srinagar. -Excelsior/Shakeel
MHA, J&K top officials review situation
Roads, power, health to get priority
Dr Jitendra, Nirmal accuse Oppn of misleadingpeople on Maharaja’s holiday, talks
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4 injured in twogrenade attacks
Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 26:
Militants today carried out twogrenade attacks on Police andCentral Reserve Police Force(CRPF) in Kulgam and Tralareas of South Kashmir injuringfour persons including threesecurity men.
Militants attacked the policestation with a grenade at around4.30 resulting in injuries to twocops and a civilian at DH Porain Kulgam district.
BJP national vice president, Avinash Rai Khanna and Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh dur-ing Accession Day rally at Jammu on Thursday. Another pic on page 11. -Excelsior/Rakesh
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