Jammu | : Member NITI Aayog, Dr. V K Saraswat Friday called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and discussed various development related issues of J&K, here at Raj Bhavan.
Dr. Saraswat apprised the Lt Governor regarding setting up of Atal Tinkering Laboratories in the schools, capacity building of the officers for outcome monitoring, providing of transaction Advisors to Tourism and other departments for resolving pending issues of J&K with various Central Ministries.
He also apprised the Lt Governor about his meetings with the Chief Secretary and Administrative Secretaries of the various departments of J&K where several schemes being run under the aegis of Central Ministries were discussed.
The NITI Aayog member appreciated the efforts of J&K Government regarding Education Quality Index and improvement of Health Index. He also apprised the Lt Governor that J&K is the best performing in terms of own tax revenue generation under GSDP.
The Lt Governor expressed his gratitude towards NITI Aayog headed by the Honorable Prime Minister, for giving dedicated focus on the holistic development of J&K. He also assured all possible help from J&K Government in implementing the vision of NITI Aayog on the ground.