The Modi government has formed a group of ministers constituting Ravi Shankar Prasad, Narendra Tomar and other ministers to prepare a plan of development for Jammu and Kashmir.
The Modi government has formed a Group of Ministers (GoM) to prepare a blueprint of development in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources say the GoM has already met twice to discuss the development of Kashmir and its youth.
Sources told India Today TV, “A group of ministers has been constituted for Kashmir. Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Thawar Chand Gehlot, Jitender Singh, Narendra Tomar and Dharmendra Pradhan are part of the GoM.”
According to sources, the GoM has been tasked with the preparation of a blueprint on the proposed development of Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.
Ravi Shankar Prasad’s Law Ministry and Information Technology Ministry, Thawar Chand Gehlot’s Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry, Narendra Tomar’s Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Ministry and Ministry of Rural Development along with Dharmendra Pradhan’s Petroleum & Natural Gas Ministry and Steel Ministry has been asked to prepare a proposal on how each of these departments can contribute towards J&K’s development.
The group is expected to submit a report before October 31.
GoM’s report could be the basis of another economic package that is expected to be announced by the Prime Minister.
Sources also said that the GoM has already met twice and skill development of youth will be one of the key focus areas of this group.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Wednesday referred a batch of petitions challenging the changes in Jammu and Kashmir’s constitutional status by abrogating provisions of Article 370 to a five-judge Constitution bench.
The apex court, which said the petitions will be listed for hearing in the first week of October, also issued notices to the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration on the batch of pleas challenging the presidential order abrogating Article 370 of the Constitution.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi did not agree with the Centre that there was no need for issuing notices in the matter as Attorney General K K Venugopal and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta were marking their presence in the court.
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