Advisor reviews winter stocking for Ladakh

Leh, Nov 19: Advisor Ladakh Umang Narula convened a meeting to review the position of stocking essential commodities in Leh and Kargil districts for the winter.

During the meeting, the item-wise stocking position of different departments, including Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Food Corporation of India (FCI), Cooperatives, Health, Power Development Department, Forest Division, Animal/ Sheep and Fisheries and the stock position of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limi...

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Advisor Narula chairs third UTLBC meeting

Asks banks to improve the credit-deposit ratio

Leh, August 1: Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula chaired the 3rd meeting of the Union Territory Level Committee (UTLBC) of Ladakh for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, in Leh. 

Keeping in view the low Credit Deposit Ratio in Ladakh as compared to the previous year, Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula stated that though SBI and J&K banks in the UT have maintained a good CD ratio, considerable effort will be required to meet the RBI benchmarks. He was i...

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Improve expenditure on development works: Advisor Ladakh

Leh, July 23: Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula chaired the first meeting to review the quarterly progress report of both capital & revenue expenditure for Ladakh, at the UT Secretariat. 

During the meeting various issues such as booked expenditure, reason for the shortfall as compared to expected expenditure under the Demand for Grants, action initiated to expedite the booking of expenditure, targets fixed for next quarter and status of approved works under SDP/State Plan/ District Plan were ...

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Operationalisation of Civilian Flights to Kargil Airport reviewed

Leh, July 7: Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula attended a meeting under the chairmanship of the Union Home Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla to discuss various issues pertaining to Ladakh.  

The meeting was attended by Pradeep Singh Kharola, Secretary, Civil Aviation, Govt. of India; Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K; Piyush Goyal, Additional Secretary, MHA; Navin Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary, J&K; Manish Tiwari, Joint Secretary, MHA and Ravinder Kumar, Administrative Secretary, Hortic...

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Advisor chairs meeting for monitoring Tribal Sub-Plan

Emphasise on completing ongoing projects this year

Leh, June, 09: Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula, who is also the Chairperson of the Executive committee for monitoring Tribal Sub-Plan, today chaired a meeting of the Executive Committee to discuss the Tribal Sub-Plan for the year 2021-22 of Leh and Kargil district.

Deputy Commissioners, Leh/Kargil, who are the chairman of the District Planning and Monitoring Committee (DPMC), placed the draft annual Tribal Sub-Plan 2021-22 before the Exec...

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Rs. 167.25 Cr Approves for Samagra Shiksha in Ladakh

Leh, May, 11: Advisor Ladakh, Umnag Narula chaired the Governing Body meeting of ‘Yountan Society’ Single Implementing Society (SIS) for Samagra Shiksha today at the UT Secretariat.

Various intervention wise projections under Samagra Shiksha and achievements were discussed in detail.

Talking about the achievements, the meeting was informed about the various initiatives taken by the department including mega community campaign on enrolment drive in the catchment area of 27 Higher Second...

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CEC Kargil discuss various issues with Advisor Ladakh

Leh, April 29: The Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC Kargil, Feroz Ahmed Khan, today met Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula, to discuss various issues related to the development of the Kargil district.

CEC Feroz welcomed the provision of the  ₹ 25 crore subsidy under the district budget. He stated that this would enable LAHDC Kargil to support small and marginal farmers to purchase seeds, fertilisers and farm tools. He further shared that the amount would be used for meaningful interventions in...

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COVID-19: Advisor Ladakh chairs meet to review preparedness

Leh, 25 March: Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula chaired a meeting to review the status and preparedness of COVID-19 management, at the UT Secretariat. 

The meeting discussed the state of preparedness of Covid Care Centres, Quarantine Centres, Isolation Centres, medical equipment, medicines, manpower etc in view of the increase in Covid positive cases.  Advisor was also informed that the first dose 60+ category would be completed within a week and the vaccination for age group of 45 above woul...

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Advisor Ladakh chairs 2nd Apex Committee meeting on JJM in Ladakh

Leh, March 11: Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula chaired the 2nd Apex Committee meeting on Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) at the UT Secretariat. The objective of the Jal Jeevan Mission is to provide piped drinking water to all rural households by 2024.

The issues highlighted during the meeting included the physical progress of coverage of functional household tap connections (FHTCs) against the given target, the 100-day campaign for providing FHTCs to Schools and Anganwadi Centres, improving quality...

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Involve Community to Promote Paper, Cloth Bags: Advisor Narula

Leh, March 5: Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula today convened a meeting at UT Secretariat to review waste management and ban on single use plastics.

The meeting discussed the menace of single use plastics and the need to make alternate products available in the market to the consumers. The Deputy Commissioners informed the meeting that regular inspections of the markets are being conducted and plastics bags are seized.

The Advisor asked the Secretaries to seek community participation in reducing t...

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