JK govt appoints retired IAS officer as infra advisor

Jammu and Kashmir government has appointed former IAS officer Pradeep Singh as advisor on infrastructure development in the state.
"The sanction is hereby accorded to the appointment of PradeepSingh, IAS (retd.) as Advisor (Infrastructure Development) to thegovernment of Jammu and Kashmir," Subash Chhibber, additional secretary to the government, said in an order today.
Singh has been tasked to advise the government on infrastructure development and implementation of the flagship central schemes such as Swadesh Darshan, Swachh Bharat etc.
He will also advise on the critical assessment of long- time utilityof projects upon which sufficient resources have already been utilizedwithout any desirable outcome, and exploring all the possible ways of stimulating infrastructural development in the state through Public Private Partnerships (PPP).

Singh has been also tasked to work out modalities to attractprivate sector tostrengthen and upgrade existing infrastructure, and any other task,responsibility as may be assigned by the Chief Minister.
The Advisor shall operate from the Chief Minister's Secretariatwhich will also be his nodal department.
Singh is the third person to be appointed as advisor, after Prof Amitabh Mattoo and B R Sharma.