Srinagar to get Rs 100 cr, Jammu Rs 200 cr for development

Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar continues to get a raw deal in funding for development works, notwithstanding the PDP-BJP government’s Common Minimum Program (CMP) that “assures” equitable and balanced development in all parts of State. As the incumbent regime—like its predecessor NC-Congress government—is banking on obsolete methods to work-out the district-sector allocations, Srinagar is again at receiving end with the district likely to get Rs 100 crore for 2016-17. On the other hand, Jammu would get the highest funding among 22 districts of the State at Rs 200 crore.…

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