DDC chairperson Kishtwar chairs the 4th General District Council meeting
The District Council constitutes district level-BMC besides approves the Annual Development Plan of Rs 4493.80 lacs, for the equitable development of Kishtwar for financial year 2022-23._
Kishtwar, March14.
With an aim to discuss the developmental issues of district Kishtwar besides to constitute the district level, Bio Diversity Management Committee (BMC),the Chairperson, District Development Council, Kishtwar Pooja thakur today Convened 4th District Council meeting here at conference Hall DC office complex Kishtwar.
The general Council meeting was attended by BDCs,DDCs, ADDC/CEO District Council Kishtwar Sham Lal,Joint Director Planning Mohd Iqbal, ACP kishtwar, ACD Kishtwar,DPO Kishtwar,,DFO Kishtwar besides other Key officers of line Departments.
At the outset the Chairperson, District Development Council Kishtwar took feedback on the action taken of the issues raised by the General Council in the previous council meeting besides various other developmental issues were also discussed in the meeting.
DDC, chairperson stressed all the key officers to work in a collective and collaborative manner with the members of the District General Council to redress the grievances of people effectively.
During the meeting, the CEO District Council/ADDC Kishtwar apprised the General Council about the issue pertaining to the constitution of the district-level Bio-Diversity Management Committee(BMC) in the district.
He briefed the house that the District Bio-diversity Management Committee is to be constituted in the district under section 41(A) of the Biodiversity Act 2002 and the under section 22 of the Biological diversity Rule 2004.
Meanwhile, DFO Kishtwar added that BMC so constituted shall consist of Chairperson and not more than six persons nominated by the local body, of whom not less than 18% should belong to the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes besides 1/3 female members nominated by the District Development Council (DDCs). The Chairperson of BMC at the district level shall be elected from amongst the nominated members of the committee, the DFO further added.
The CEO District Council Sham Lal also elaborated the role of the Biodiversity Management Committee and said it will work for the promotion, conservation, maintaining sustainable use of natural resources and documentation of all forms of Bio-Diversity including habitats, water bodies, land resources, folk varieties, cultivars as well as domesticated livestock, etc.
Thereafter, the House passed the resolution unanimously for the constitution of BMC in the presence of the DDC chairperson.
Later, the CEO District Council asked BDOs to share the list of beneficiaries viz. 20 unemployed youths from each Panchayats, who shall be provided training by the JKRLM under the flagship scheme HMMU (Himayat).
The list was also unanimously passed by the district council.
Finally, ADDC/CEO, District Council Kishtwar submitted the Annual Development Plan under the Capex budget of BDC/DDC/PRIs before the house for approval.
Meanwhile, Assistant Commissioner Panchayat Zakir Hussain Wani informed the house that the Annual Development Plan under the Annual Development fund has been received from all the blocks,but the DDC plans were submitted only from the 3 DDC constituencies till date.
The Council chairperson asked the DDC members to submit their DDC plan by or before 20th March 2022 in the office of CEO District Council Kishtwar for further course of action.
The council unanimously passed the proposal plan under the Annual Development Plan for the next fiscal year with the financial ceiling of BDCs Grant @ 25 lacs per block, DDC grant @ Rs 71.40 lakh per constituency and PRI grant @ Rs 23.30 lacs per panchayat.
Hence,a total Annual Dev. plan of Rs 4490 3.80 lacs was passed in today’s Council meeting for the equitable development of Kishtwar District.
