Ever since the hollowed Article 370 was read down and the state of Jammu and Kashmir was reorganised into two federally managed Union Territories (UT), the process of reorganisation is still an ongoing project. Interventions are taking place on daily basis and quite a few come to the public domain.
The most recent is the tweaking with the Panchayat Raj law that would envisage an election across Jammu and Kashmir to create a brand new tier – the District Development Council (DDC) in all the 20 districts, 10 each in Kashmir and Jammu. A process is underway to identify 14 ‘territorial constituencies’ in each district and the new superstructure will be placed over the entire developmental tier starting from the Panchayat. Under this new system almost 60 lakh people are expected to vote to elect 280 members to the 20 DDC across Jammu and Kashmir. However, voters who have already elected their representatives in the local bodies’ elections – municipal committees, municipal councils and municipal corporations – will not vote because they are outside the DDCs control.
AMENDED LAW
The Union Cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the amended Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 the amendments were piloted by Ministry of Home Affairs, the de facto ruler of Jammu and Kashmir on October 16 – that will pave way for the creation of DDCs through a direct election.
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Before The Kabul Retreat
Described as the ‘Graveyard of Empires’, Afghanistan was always termed to be at peace when it was at war. But the land-locked desert country that was always in turmoil and one of the worst targets of the Great Game suffered immensely throughout, especially in the last 40 years, Masood Hussain writes
FINGERS CROSSED
Almost everybody in academia and politics that Khalid Bashir Gura spoke to, the response over Kabul happens was simple – wait and watch
Parliamentary Committee In Srinagar
The visiting 28-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs have had detailed interactions with top civil administration and discussed developmental scenario and people’s welfare measures in Jammu and Kashmir. It is on a 4-day visit. Congress leader and MP Anand Sharma is heading the committee.
MUSIC IN MUD HOUSE
Deep into north Kashmir, Faheem Mir meet a small community that sings and lives on folk music but is facing a tense situation in the last few years
THE KABUL SPILLOVER?
Security experts are divided over the possible impact of the Kabul situation on Kashmir. But the dramatic Taliban triumph has altered the region’s geopolitics, for the time being, writes Riyaz Wani
Durga Bhawan At Katra
To enhancing facilities for the convenience of the Vaishno Devi pilgrims, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha laid the foundation for the Durga Bhawan, a high utility pilgrim-centric facility worth Rs 24.4 crore. The facility will accommodate 4000 pilgrims.
Women Empowerment
In the first, 480 talented girls from Jammu and Kashmir were included in the degree and diploma courses of the Pragati Scholarship. Jammu and Kashmir has also got nine scholarships under the Saksham Scheme for Persons with Disabilities.
‘SOME HISTORIANS BELIEVE THAT AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT IS THE OUTCOME OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN KASHMIR STAND-OFF'
Foreign policy expert and editor of HardNews magazine, Sanjay Kapoor believes that Taliban 2.0 has more legitimacy unlike in the past as it had signed a deal with the US and negotiated with other countries of the region, but the final verdict can be passed only after it manages ticklish issues involving half of its population, the women
Boredom Is Creative?
Getting bored is not as boring as it gets, writes Azra Hussain
LG In Bangus
Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha inaugurated the Bungus Awaam Mela amidst grand arrangements for village games, exhilarating local performances, and other activities to celebrate the 75th year of Independence.
