In Jammu And Kashmir Around 14,000 Dropouts Re-join Schools...

Back to Village Programme...


On tuesday, in Jammu and Kashmir during the just concluded fourth phase of Back-to-village (B2V) programme about 14,000 dropouts rejoined their schools, said officials.

Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta chaired a meeting with Administrative Secretaries here to review the achievements of the recently concluded Back to Village-4 program.

Dr. Arjun Kumar Mehta, chief secretary, who was here to review the achievements of the programme held from October 27 to November 3, The information was given at a meeting, government officials aid.
 
13,977 school dropouts were re-admission into schools, with quality education assured, stands out as the biggest achievement of the programme, official said.

In fields of such as, poultry, housing, transport, and health a total of 277 cooperatives societies were also registered.

In case of providing self employment, The programme has been successful opportunities to 21,329 individuals, according to the officials.

14,567 soil health cards and 5,914 Kisan Credit Cards were issued during ‘Jan In Abhiyan' the agriculture sector, said. They said that 24,179 labourers, including migrant workers, were also enrolled in the duration of programme with generation of 4,063 e-Shram cards.
 
In the health sector, they said that 95,959 PMJAY-SEHAT golden cards were issued granting health insurance to 49,526 families – covering 93 per cent of the target in his sector.

During B2V4, 8.46 lakh people were introduced to ‘Apki Zamin Apki Nigrani’ portal enabling them to access revenue records from the comfort of their homes, the officials said. Additionally, to foster connection with the youth, 23 musical talent shows from all over J&K were hosted on YouTube during the programme, the officials said.

 

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