CS assesses preparations for first-ever household enumeration to identify multidimensionally poor families across J&K
09/07/2026
SRINAGAR, Jul 8: In a major policy initiative aimed at further strengthening inclusive governance and ensuring that government welfare schemes reach the most deserving families, the Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting of Planning, Development & Monitoring Department (PD&MD) to have first hand appraisal of the proposed household-level enumeration of multidimensionally poor families across J&K.
The meeting was attended by the concerned Administrative Heads including ACS Finance; Commiss-ioner Secretary, PD&MD; Commis-sioner Secretary, FCS&CA; Commis-sioner Secretary, Social Welfare; Secretary, RDD; HoDs of the Planning Department and other concerned officers.
Deputy Commissioners attended the meeting through video conferencing.
Speaking on the proposed initiative, the Chief Secretary maintained that the proposed household enumeration represents the next logical step in our development journey.
He remarked that this initiative seeks to identify the actual households that continue to experience multiple deprivations with an objective to create a scientifically validated and technology-enabled database that will help Government departments deliver welfare benefits with greater precision, improve inter-departmental convergence and ensure that no deserving family is left behind.
He further stated that the proposed exercise is the first step towards data-driven governance, transparency and inclusive development, and would provide an institutional framework for identifying and addressing pockets of deprivation across Jammu & Kashmir.
He impressed upon the Deputy Commissioners to work out the human resource requirements in coordination with the Planning Department.
He also directed the Department to frame capacity building programmes for these resources so that the exercise is taken up after the culmination of the 2 phases of the Census operations across the UT including the pastoral populations of J&K.
The proposal, presented by the Commissioner Secretary, Planning, Development & Monitoring Department, R Alice Vaz lays down a scientifically designed framework for identifying households experiencing multiple deprivations across health, education and living standards as per the GoI norms.
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