Leh, March 19: A meeting was today chaired by Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department Ladakh, Saugat Biswas to discuss the functioning and progress of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VKVKs) in UT Ladakh.
Director Industries & Commerce, Moses Kunzang gave an overview of the status and the progress of VKVKs. He said that eight VKVKs have been established in Leh & Kargil districts whereas two more VKVKs would be established soon.
Secretary Biswas exhorted the officials to ensure that prod...
Leh, March, 16: The Department of Technical Education & Skill Development is organising Kaushal Mela as part of the Skill Development Programme of the Government of India under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). Kaushal Mela will be organised at Auditorium Hall Kargil on March 24 and in Leh at Sindhu Sanskriti Hall on March 27.
The workshop aims to take forward the mantra of the Prime Minister for the youth to ‘skill, reskill and upskill’ to remain relevant in the rapidly chang...
Leh, March 11: Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula chaired the 2nd Apex Committee meeting on Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) at the UT Secretariat. The objective of the Jal Jeevan Mission is to provide piped drinking water to all rural households by 2024.
The issues highlighted during the meeting included the physical progress of coverage of functional household tap connections (FHTCs) against the given target, the 100-day campaign for providing FHTCs to Schools and Anganwadi Centres, improving quality...
Leh, March 5: Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula today convened a meeting at UT Secretariat to review waste management and ban on single use plastics.
The meeting discussed the menace of single use plastics and the need to make alternate products available in the market to the consumers. The Deputy Commissioners informed the meeting that regular inspections of the markets are being conducted and plastics bags are seized.
The Advisor asked the Secretaries to seek community participation in reducing t...
Leh, March 3: Secretary, Labour Department, Ravinder Kumar today issued a circular regarding the fixation of minimum labour rate in UT Ladakh.
Secretary Labour stated in the circular that fixing the labour rate by organisations and public representatives is against the norms as per the Minimum Wages Act under section 3(2).
He impressed upon the organisations (both government and non-government) not to carry out such exercises and stressed that only the Labour Department is authorised ...
KARGIL FEBRUARY 27, 2021: Member Secretary, State Executive Committee, Ladakh Disaster Management Authority, Saugat Biswas has through a fresh order today issued COVID-19 Management guidelines/instructions in Ladakh UT.
The order reads that “ Whereas, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) vide No.403/2020-DM-I (A) dated:- 26-02-2021 had directed that guidelines for Surveillance, Containment and Caution on COVID-19, issued vide Ministry of Home Affairs Order of even number date...
Kargil, February 26, 2021: After “neglecting” the Purgi language in the task list for implementing the New Education Policy, people in Purgi majority Kargil district has once again dejected over “step motherly” treatment by the UT administration.
The Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust (IKMT) in a letter to the Lieutenant Governor Ladakh R K Mathur, has demanded recognition of Purgi as one of the language under NEP task list of Education Department UT Ladakh.
“It is learnt that in the context...
KARGIL FEBRUARY 24, 2021: According to a notice of the In Charge Police Post (PP) Bazar, Kargil, a female namely Mrs. Alka Sharma D/O J.C. Sharma, aged 56 years, height 5 feet approximately, R/O 502 Dhulagiri Khushambi Ghaziabad U.P is in District Hospital Kargil for last many days and she is not able to speak about her relatives.
In this connection it has been informed through the notice that any relative of the said female may contact PCR Kargil (Mobile No: 8491938293, Landline No: 0198...
Leh/ February 17, 2021: Commissioner Secretary, Tourism, Rigzin Samphel today attended a meeting chaired by Rakesh Kumar Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, GoI to discuss and seek feedback and suggestions on developing a roadmap and master plan for adventure tourism in Ladakh.
During the meeting, the officials discussed destinations in Ladakh that could be offered to the tourists and unique tourist attractions in Ladakh that could be promoted at both national and international l...
On 72 Republic Day Ladakh got the opportunity to showcase its own debut at the Republic Day parade. The tableau of Ladakh led the cultural tableaus and became the first-ever tableau from Ladakh to showcase at national platform since it curved out from erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir.
The tableau from Ladakh with the theme “vision to future” depicted the iconic Thiksey monastery located at a top of a hill and the carbon-neutral vision of newly created UT Ladakh with that it also glorifie...
