Omkar Dattatray
Ever since the parliament of the country and the centre government of Modi changed and annulled the controversial article 370 and did the re-organization of the Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the erstwhile state into two union territories of Jammu ,Kashmir ,there has been a sea change in the fate of the UT and its people .In fact the central government and the LG administration took a number of measures to ensure the social and economic development of the UT with the result there has been a change in the destiny of Jammu and Kashmir and this is an extra-ordinary development and aimed at the changing destiny of the UT and its people .The centre government and the UT administration has and is speeding up the tempo of socio-economic development and landscape of the Jammu and Kashmir. There has been a total change in the economic as well as social profile of the UT and the people are the greatest beneficiary of the schemes and flagship programmes of the centre and these positive changes have resulted in changing the fate and destiny of the Jammu and Kashmir .The initiatives ,schemes and programmes of the centre government and the UT government brought about desired results as it transformed ,reformed and modified the socio-economic canvas of the UT and the citizens are greatly benefitted because of the active cooperation and co-ordination of the centre and UT government and all this resulted in the transparent and quick delivery of the schemes and also the speedy disposal of public grievances and issues as well as concerns .Because of the speedy implementation of the central flagship schemes and programmes ,there ushered a total revolution in the socio -economic profile of the UT and the beneficiaries of the centre and UT schemes has directly benefitted the people and all this has resulted in wholesale and total change which in fact led to change in the destiny of Jammu and Kashmir The other day LG Monaj Shina said that the UT government is determined to change the destiny of Jammu and Kashmir .He said the rapid development and performance of various sectors show the limitless potential of the union territory and we are determined to transform this vast potential into reality to change the destiny of Jammu and Kashmir in Amrit Kaal .It is speedier execution and implementation of programmes which has led to tremendous boost to the economy of J&K and it also plays an important role in maintaining standards of transparency and accountability for effective and efficient public delivery system .The central government and the LG administration is focusing on the socio-economic development of the UT and is trying most for ushering total development resulting into change in the destiny and fate of the people of Jammu and Kashmir .Both the governments are working round the clock for the speedy ,transparent ,honest and quick development of the UT and it gives rise to the efficient public delivery system and all this has resulted into change in the destiny of Jammu and Kashmir and its people who are the real masters of democracy in India .There have been major changes to Jammu and Kashmir as it became a union territory .There will be a trimmed council of ministers ,increased number of assembly segments and an abolished house of elders .The strength of the assembly in the union territory will go up by seven seats ,while the council of ministers will be trimmed to 10% of the total strength of the legislature. These are the major legal and constitutional changes that have been effected in the UT after the centre read down article 370 and divided the state into two UT’s -J&K and Ladakh .There has been discrimination with Jammu division and now with the implementation of the report of the delimitation of the assembly constituencies ,the political discrimination with Jammu will cease .Jammu will likely walk away with the loins share of the new assembly seats .The delimitation of the assemblies was one of the long pending demands of the BJP to end discrimination against Jammu .The assembly term will now be for six years instead of present five years term .The legislative assembly may by law adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or Hindi as the official language or languages to be used for all or any of the official purposes of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir is read in the J&K re-organization act .With the reorganization of the state ,the J&K Legislative Council ,also known as the house of elders has been abolished .Besides this many changes of far -reaching consequences has taken place in Jammu and Kashmir which has a positive impact upon the development of the UT as it has altered the socio-economic profile of the UT .Thus it can be said that there have been sweeping changes in the social .economic and technological spheres and all this has resulted in changing the destiny of Jammu and Kashmir .Post-abrogation of article 370 and the re-organization of the state in August 2019,there have been sea change in the social ,economic ,technological and political canvas of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and the sum total of the changes is resulting in changing the destiny of Jammu and Kashmir .The initiatives ,innovations and prigrammes of the central government and the UT administration has led to the change in the fate and destiny of the Jammu and Kashmir. There has been spectacular development in the tourist economy of the country and the economic and social development and change has led to change in the destiny of Jammu and Kashmir.
(The author is a columnist,social and KP activist).
