His vision remained purposeful!
- He worked round the clock to get this event successful and the achievements are exemplary.
- The people have witnessed a complete difference in the fourth phase of Back to the Village as compared to the previous three phases, which is the biggest achievement.
RC Sharma Chankaya
Jammu, Nov 13: ‘Back to Village-4’ remained a successful programme under the able and wise guidance of Rohit Kansal IAS Principal Secretary Higher Education/Information Department as the government appointed him as chairman of a committee for successful conduct of “Fourth Phase of Back to Village Programme (B2V-4)”.
The fourth phase of ‘Back to Village’ remained very different and successful as compared to the past three phases and there was record breaking people participation in their respective areas and all this was well planned and well-informed programmes.
The officers of rank of Additional Chief Financial Commissioner, Principal Secretary, Commissioner/ Secretary and Secretary personally attended the phase-4 Back to Village and such attempts of the officers have boosted the development projects and other projects chalked out for the welfare of the people of J&K.
The 35 participating departments were successful in saturation of 54 deliverables set as their respective targets for the programme. The rest of the set 101 deliverables have also been partially achieved.
Among numerous success stories of the B2V4 programme, the readmission of 13,977 school dropouts into schools, with quality education assured, stands out as the biggest achievement of the programme. Besides, to foster a connection with the youth, 23 musical talent shows from all over J&K were hosted on YouTube during the programme.
Similarly, 15 role models have also been identified to inspire youth through a contemporary digital format.
The most successful part of the programme was to provide self-employment opportunities to 21,329 individuals belonging to villages.
Moreover, total of 277 cooperative societies were also registered in various fields like poultry, housing, transport, and health.
In the agriculture sector, 14567 Soil Health Cards and 5914 Kissan Credit Cards were issued during Jan Abhiyan.
Labourers and migrant workers also benefitted during B2V4 as 24,179 beneficiaries were enrolled and 4063 e-Shram cards were generated.
The scheme now stands 88 percent saturated so far in J&K.
In the health sector, 95,959 PMJAY-SEHAT Golden Cards were issued, giving health insurance coverage to 49,526 families.
With the achievement, the scheme has reached to 93 percent saturation rate in J&K.
The Revenue Department has been successful in issuing 6.6 lakh Land Passbooks.
During B2V4, 8.46 lakh persons were introduced to the ‘Apki Zamin Apki Nigrani’ portal enabling them to access revenue records from the comfort of their homes.
The Social Welfare Department digitised 5159 Disability Cards (UDID) and seeded 30,231 Anganwadi beneficiaries and 11,313 Ladli Beti beneficiaries with Aadhaar.
The neglected section of the society, 211 Divyang camps were also organised by the department.
In addition, more than 1.55 lakh e-challans were issued by the Mining Department with a unique QR code integrated with an online payment system for the sale and purchase of minerals through a zero-manual interface.
