UT Ladakh approves Rs 9 crore Annual Action Plan under RKVY

Leh, October 17: Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula, chaired a meeting of the UT level Approval & Monitoring Committee to approve the Annual Action Plan under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) scheme for UT Ladakh.

The Committee approved Rs 4.5 crore each for Leh and Kargil districts under the Annual Action Plan under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVJ) after a detailed discussion.

During the meeting, Advisor Narula emphasised the need to implement drip and sprinkle irrigation, control cod...

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UT Ladakh holds first meeting of Wetland Authority

Leh, Sep 22.  The first meeting of the Wetland Authority for UT of Ladakh was held under the chairpersonship of Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula, today, at the UT Secretariat.  

The member-secretary of the Authority, Preet Pal Singh briefed the members about the duties and responsibilities of the Authority as mentioned in the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017. 

It was decided that wetlands in Ladakh would be identified using a combination of available geospatial imageries ...

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Financial Commissioner Revenue Ladakh chairs LLaRMA Governing Body meeting

Leh, Sep 13: Financial Commissioner Revenue, UT Ladakh/ CEO LLaRMA, Dr Pawan Kotwal chaired a meeting of the Governing Body of the Ladakh Land Records Modernization Agency (LLaRMA) to discuss the progress under DILRMP & SVAMITVA. Also, discussion on issues of getting the survey/ resurvey of the non-Abadi deh area including agricultural land in all the villages/ estates of the villages as per Record of Rights (RORs) and the Barren & Waste Lands as defined under the Section 39 of the Land Reve...

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UT Ladakh signs MoU with Border Roads Organisation

Leh, Sept. 28: A historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the UT Administration and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for upgradation and improvement of the Road Network of Ladakh, today, at the UT Secretariat in presence of Principal Secretary, Dr Pawan Kotwal and Lt General, Rajeev Chaudhary, VSM.  

The MoU was signed by Brig. Arvinder Singh, Chief Engineer, Project HIMANK, Brig. Ashish Gambhir; Chief Engineer Project VIJAYAK and P.C. Tanoch, Chief Engineer, PW(R&B). ...

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Ladakh to host the first Himalayan Film Festival

Leh, August 10: The UT Administration of Ladakh is hosting the first edition of “The Himalayan Film Festival-2021” (THFF) from September 24 to 28, 2021 at Leh in collaboration with the Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, GoI. 

Popular films from the Himalayan states viz Assam, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir  and Ladakh besides Indian Panorama...

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Ladakh to set up Sustainable Development Goals Coordination Centre

Leh, August 02: Principal Secretary, Planning, Development & Monitoring Department, UT Ladakh, Dr Pawan Kotwal, today, convened a meeting to discuss projects for setting up of Sustainable Development Goals Coordination Centre (SDGCC) under the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) in Ladakh on the pattern of SDGCC in the state of Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Nagaland already set up by the UNDP. 

A detailed presentation was given by the team of UNDP on the SDG/ Localisa...

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Social/Tribal Welfare Department Ladakh signs Tripartite MoU with Help Age India

Helpline for senior citizens to be fully functional within two months

Leh, July 31: The UT Administration of Ladakh is starting the Senior Citizen Helpline in UT of Ladakh shortly. The Social/Tribal Welfare Department, UT of Ladakh today signed the Tripartite MoU with Help Age India ( a Company Incorporated under Company Act 2013) and National Institute of Social Defence (NIDS), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Gol. 

The MOSJE, Govt. of India, (National Institute of Social D...

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First meeting under National Seismic Risk Mitigation Programme held in Ladakh

Leh, July 20: Secretary, Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, UT Ladakh, Saugat Biswas chaired a meeting with the members of State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU) under National Seismic Risk Mitigation Programme NSRMP, today at the UT Secretariat.

The meeting discussed the finalization of the draft Project Investment Plan (PIP) under NSRMP for UT Ladakh.

A detailed presentation of the draft (PIP) under NSRMP was presented by the State Coordinator DDF- AKDM...

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Ladakh to implement SVAMITVA Scheme soon

Leh, July 08: Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Dr Pawan Kotwal chaired a meeting regarding the implementation of the SVAMITVA Scheme in the Union Territory of Ladakh.

Discussion regarding the villages to be covered for a drone and Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) Network based survey, identification of sites for setting up of CORS network, MoU with Survey of India for drone survey of rural areas and implementation of the scheme were held during the meeting.  

Dr...

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Ladakh Admin designates officers as Collectors Land Acquisition

KARGIL JULY 03, 2021: In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (g) of Section 3 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh vide a notification issued on July 1, 2021 has designated officers as the Collectors Land Acquisition to perform the functions of Collector under the said act and rules framed thereunder in their respective jurisdictions in the UT.

As per the no...

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