Deputy CM chairs meeting on creation of new administrative

The Cabinet Sub Committee (CSC) formed to examine the creation of new administrative units in Jammu and Kashmir today met under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, and held detailed deliberations on the representations it had received.
Higher Education Minister Mohammad Akbar Lone, PHE and Flood Control Minister Sham Lal Sharma, Planning & Development and Labour & Employment Minister Ajay Sadhotra, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliament Mir Saifullah, and Minister for Tourism Ghulam Ahmad Mir attended the meeting.
The CSC discussed in detail various issues while deciding creation of new administrative units in different regions and sub-regions of the state, an official spokesman said.

The meeting decided that regional imbalance, regional discrimination particularly in hilly and tough terrains as well as issues left unattended by the Ganai Committee would be considered before finalising the report.
The committee would present its final report at the next cabinet meeting, he said.
The Deputy Chief Minister said the Cabinet Sub Committee had been framed to ensure that new administrative units were formed in a transparent manner and extensive exercise on the mandate of creating new administrative units had been done.
A comprehensive report keeping in view the feedback received from cross section of society would be submitted before cabinet for approval, he added.

Chand instructed the revenue secretary to submit the set of norms and minimum parameters to be followed for creation of new units at different levels at the next CSC meeting.