REASI NOVEMBER 17: Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale today conducted extensive tour of District Reasi under third phase of Central Government’s Public Outreach Programme and took on spot assessment of development scenario across the district.
During the visit, the Union Minister also inspected the stalls set up by different departments.
Later, the Minister distributed Motorized Tricycles/ Scooties/Hearing Aids among beneficiaries sponsored by Social welfare Department.
The Union Minister also took stock of the special school for differently abled children. While Interacting with the officers there, the Minister stressed on further strengthening the facilities at VMS for the betterment and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
He assured the management that all possible support and assistance from the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment will be provided to them on regular basis.
During the programme, the Minister also distributed Land passbooks amongst the Landowners under “Apki Zameen Apki Nigrani”. He said that it is a landmark initiative taken by the J&K Government to provide Land Passbooks to the lawful land owners to further improve the service delivery, enhance transparency and accountability in the system. The Minister also distributed Power Tillers among the farmers.
Meanwhile, the Minister also distributed Training certificates among aspiring Women Entrepreneurs trained under Tejaswini Scheme and urged the educated women of the district to come forward and take advantage of different Self-Employment Schemes (SES) launched by the UT Govt. to overcome the unemployment issue in the district.
