The Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta said on Saturday that the government has pushed reset of the sustainable and participatory development by reimagining work ethics/culture for achieving welfare and developmental goals in J&K.He said that work ethics reset has translated promise into performance, as typified by a spike in completion rate of developmental works and near saturation of social security schemes in J&K.The chief secretary said despite stricter financial regime, around 50000 works will be completed this year. He said completion of such a large number of works has busted the myth that a tighter/rule based financial regime throttles the economic activity. Dr Mehta was speaking in a review meeting of the district Kathua, which was attended by divisional commissioner, Jammu and various sectoral heads of the Jammu division.At the outset, the chief secretary inaugurated a 50 bedded covid block pre fab facility at Associated Hospital GMC Kathua funded by American India Foundation under CSR and SDRF.Earlier, Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, Rahul Yadav gave a presentation, outlining the Physical and Financial achievements of the district under district capex.DC informed that 2400 works will be completed in the district in the current fiscal year, which represents an increase of 10 times over the previous best during the last five years. He said expenditure under MGNREGA has increased considerably since the last review and the department will continue to improve its performance in future as well
