JAMMU, Mar 5: Nearly four and half months after formation of Omar Abdullah Government, the Cabinet today approved Business Rules for Jammu and Kashmir which now will be sent to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha for his nod.
The rules had been finalised by a high level committee of the Government.
Official sources told the Excelsior that the Cabinet met at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s residence at 8 pm for about an hour and gave its nod to amendments in the Business Rules for Jammu and Kashmir which were awaited for last over four and half months.
Omar took oath as the Chief Minister on October 16, 2024 along with five Cabinet Ministers.
“Amendments in the Business Rules were necessitated as Jammu and Kashmir had switched over from the State to Union Territory on August 5, 2019 and this was for the first time that political Government was formed after Assembly elections in September-October last year,” the sources said.
The new Business Rules have defined powers of the Chief Minister, the Cabinet, Ministers and Administrative Secretaries.
Powers of the Lieutenant Governor have already been defined as he holds charge of the law and order, public order and All India Services.
