The government on Wednesday ordered major reshuffle transferring 50 senior police officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect.

In an order, the government said Swarn Singh Kotwal, SSP, Security, Jammu, is transfered and posted as Commandant, SDRF 1 st Bn. Srinagar, against an available vacancy.

Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, Commandant, IR-13 Bn., is transferred and posted as Commandant, IR-10 Bn., vice Fayaz Ahmad Lone.

Mohd Arshad, Commandant, IPO-12 07 Bn., is transferred and posted as Commandant,IR-13 th Bn., vice Aijaz Ahmad Bhat.

Mohd Arif Rishu, SSP, Railways, Jammu, is transferred and posted as Commandant, IR-8th Bn., against an available vacancy.

Fayaz Ahmad Lone, Commandant, is transferred and posted as SO to IGP Armed/IRP Kashmir, vice Javid Ahmad Dar.

Shamsheer Hussain, Commandant JK.AP-13 th Bn., is transferred and posted as SSP, Security, Jammu, vice Swarn Singh Kotwal.

Manzoor Ahmad Mir, SP Traffic (Rural), Kashmir, is transferred and posted as Staff Officer to ADGP Security J&K, vice Ravinder Paul Singh.

Mohd Yousuf, SP Awantipora, is transferred and posted as SP Pulwama, vice Gh. Jeelani Wani, who shall await orders of posting in Police Headquarters, J&K.

Ravinder Paul Singh, Staff Officer to ADGP Security, is transferred and posted as SP Traffic (Rural), Kashmir, vice Manzoor Ahmad Mir.

Liaqat Ali, SP APCR Kashmir, is transferred and posted as Commandant IR-9 thBn against an available vacancy.

Abrar Ahmad Choudhary, Commandant IR-5th Bn., and posted as Commandant IR-12th Bn., vice Mohd Arshad.

Jameel Ahmad, Vice Principal, STC Talwara, is transferred and posted as Principal, STC Talwara, against an available vacancy.

Javid Ahmad Dar, Staff Officer to IGP Armed/ IR Kashmir, is transferred and posted as Commandant, JKAP3rd Bn. (Security), vice Sukhdev Raj.

Sanjay Kumar Bhagat, Commandant, Women Bn. Kashmir, is transferred and posted as Commandant, JKAP 14th Bn., vice Raj Singh.

Sukhdev Raj, Commandant, JI<AP 3rd Bn. (Security), is transferred and posted as Commandant, IR-7dl Bn., against an available vacancy.

Raj Singh, Commandant, JKAP 14dl Bn., is transferred and posted as SP, CID Cell, New-Delhi, against an available vacancy.

M. Fiesel Qureshi, Joint Director (Headquarters), SSF, is transferred and posted as SP Traffic (City), Jammu, against an available vacancy.

Ranjit Singh, Vice Principal, PTS, Kathua, is transferred and posted as SP Traffic (Rural), Jammu, vice Mohan Lai Kaith.

Nasir Ahmed, Addl. SP, Security, Jammu, is transferred and posted as Dy. Commandant, Bn., vice Farooq Qesor Malik.

Dushant Sharma, Staff Officer in APHQ, is transferred and posted as Vice Principal, PTTI Vijaypur, vice Rajinder Singh Rahi.

Mohd. Aftab Mir, Dy. Commandant IR-22nd Bn., is transferred and posted as SP, CID SB, Kashmir, against an available vacancy.

Mohan Lal Kaith, SP, Traffic (Rural) Jammu, is transferred and posted as SP, Railways, Jammu, vice Mohd Arif Rishu.

Raja Adil Hamid Ganaie, Dy. Commandant Bn., is transferred and posted as SP, CID (A) Headquarters, vice Shri Aijaz Ahmad Zargar.

Aijaz Ahmad Zargar, SP, CID (A) Headquarters, and posted as SP, Awantipora, vice Mohd Yousuf

Tahir Ashraf Bhatti, SP, HR CID Headquarters, is transferred and posted as SP, CID Cl, Kashmir, against an available vacancy.

Farooq Qesor Malik, Dy. Commandant Bn., is posted as SP at CID Headquarters, against the overall available posts at the level of Superintendent of Police.

Naresh Singh, SP, PC Jammu, is transferred and posted as Addl. SP, Shopian, vice Ifroz Ahmad.

Raj Kumar, Addl. SP PC Doda, is transferred and posted as SP, APCR Kashmir, vice Liaqat Ali.

Sanjay Kumar Parihar, Addl. SP, CID SB, Jammu, is transferred and posted as SP, CID CI, Jammu, against an available vacancy.

Mubbasher Hussain, Addl. SP, CID CI, Kashmir, is transfened and posted as SP, SIA, Kashmir, against an available vacancy.

Ifroz Ahmad, Addl. SP, Shopian, is transferred and posted as Dy. Commandant, IR-6th Bn., against an available M vacancy.

Parvez Ahmad Dar, Addl. SP, PC Anantnag, is transferred and posted as Dy. Commandant, 2 nd Women Bn., Srinagar, against an available vacancy.

Tilak Raj, Dy. Commandant, IR-5th Bn., is transferred and posted as Dy. Commandant, IR-lh Bn., against an available vacancy.

Shakeel Rehman Bhat, Dy. Commandant, IR-17th Bn., is transferred and posted as Addl SP, Headquarters Doda, against an available vacancy.

Amit Verma, Addl. SP, Anantnag, is transferred and posted as SP, West Srinagar, against an available vacancy.

Munish Kumar, Dy. Commandant, IR-10th Bn., is transferred and posted as Dy. Commandant, IR-24tll Bn., against an available vacancy.

Narrinder Singh Parihar, Dy. Commandant, IR-20th Bn., is transfen•ed and posted as Dy. Commandant, IR-22d Bn., vice Mohd Aftab Mir.

38. Karanvir Singh, Dy. Commandant, JKAP 9th Bn., and posted as Dy. Cömmandant, IR-19d1 Bn., vice Diwakar Singh.

Rajinder Singh Rahi, Vice Principal, PTTI Vijaypur, t is transferred and posted as Dy.Commandant, IR-19 ‘ Bn., aoainst an available vacancy.

Abdul Khalid, Dy. Commandant, JKAP 3rd Bn. (Security), is transferred and posted as Addl. SP, SIA, Kashmir, against an available vacancy.

Diwakar Singh, Dy. Commandant IR-19dl Bn., is transferred and posted as Addl. SP, SIA, Jammu, against an available vacancy.

B.K Ganjoo, Dy. Commandant, IR-16th Bn., is transferred and posted as Dy. Commandant, IR-14th Bn., vice Raja Adil Hamid Ganaie.

Mohd Afzal is posted as Dy. Commandant, JKAP 3rd Bn. (Security), vice Shri Abdul Khalid.

Masood Ahmad is posted as Dy. Commandant, IR-9th Bn., against an available vacancy.

Sheikh Zafarullah is posted as sp, HR CID Headquarters, vice Tahir Ashraf Bhatti.

Pawan Kumar is posted as Dy. Commandant, JKAP 4th Bn., against an available vacancy.

Farooq Ahmad is posted as Dy. Commandant, IR-9th Bn., against an available vacancy.

Fayaz Ahmad is posted as Dy. Commandant, IR-8th Bn., against an available vacancy, Shabir Ahmad Khan is posted as Addl. SP (Highway), Qazigund, against an available vacancy, Zahoor Ahmad Pir is posted as Dy. Commandant, JKAP 12th Bn., against an available vacancy.

Authorities on Wednesday terminated the services of a policeman for remaining absent from duty for more than a year in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said.

The orders to this effect was issued by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Samba, Benam Tosh.

The Selection Grade Constable ( SgCT ) Amar Singh had been unauthorisedly absent from duty for one year and two months after deserting sensitive security posting at district police lines (DPL) on December 23, 2021 and continued to remain absent, officials said.
The departmental action against the official was initiated by the Senior Superintendent of Police in terms of J&K civil services regulations after the suspended official did not bother to report back for duties for 14 consecutive months despite several wireless signals, two attendance notices and final show-cause notice, which also got published in English and Hindi dailies.

“Being a member of disciplined police force, his act of unauthorized absence from the sensitive sentry duties, continued prolonged absence and non-compliance of attendance notices and show-cause notice, was gross service-misconduct and warranted stern departmental action under rules”, a senior official said.

The suspended official, Amar Singh, was given ample opportunity to resume duties, but he had seemingly no interest to serve in the police department anymore and hence, he has been removed from service under the rules, the officials said.

Big decision by J&K administration

The Jammu and Kashmir Government has approved a five-year project on ‘Innovative Extension Approaches for Revitalizing Agriculture in Jammu and Kashmir.’

“The project has an outlay of Rs. 463 crores and is aimed at empowering farmers and educated youth through technology-driven and inclusive agri-extension services,” said Atal Dulloo, Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary) Agriculture Production Department on Wednesday.

He said that one of the critical outcomes of the project is the creation of 2,000 Kissan Khidmat Ghars (KKGs), which will serve as a one-stop center for extending farmer-oriented services.

“The extension system in Jammu and Kashmir faces many challenges, including serving a large clientele with structural complexity and functional diversity. Currently, there is a significant gap between extension workers and farmers, with a ratio of 1:1100 and contact intensity of one hour per farmer per year,” said Dulloo adding that the existing system is also plagued by defects such as lack of realistic base-level information, poor coordination and cohesiveness among the extension players, and a low level of public confidence.”
He added, “the project aims to address these issues by developing a dynamic Agri-extension system using IoT-enabled real-time big data for farm-centric planning and resource allocation.”

Dulloo further said that this technology-enabled system will form the basis for a proactive agriculture extension system with a cluster approach, adding, “this approach will use real-time regional analysis of climate and agro-ecology information to promote niche agriculture under given agro-climatic conditions.”

He said, “innovative extension approaches for revitalizing agriculture in Jammu and Kashmir” is one among the 29 projects, which were approved by the Jammu and Kashmir administration after being recommended by the UT Level Apex Committee for holistic development of Agriculture and Allied Sectors in UT of J&K.

The prestigious committee is headed by Dr Mangala Rai, Former DG ICAR and has other luminaries in the field of Agriculture, Planning, Statistics and Administration like Ashok Dalwai, CEO NRAA, Dr. P. K Joshi, Secretary, NAAS, Dr. Prabhat Kumar, Horticulture Commissioner MOA & FW, Dr. H. S Gupta, Former Director, IARI, Atal Dulloo, Financial Commissioner (Addl Chief Secretary) APD apart from the Vice Chancellors of the twin Agriculture Universities of the UT.

‘The project aims to promote sustainable and profitable agriculture with a significant increase in the share of agricultural GDP. To achieve this goal, the project will establish 2,000 Panchayat level KKGs, revitalizing the Block-level Extension Advisory Committee, and promoting Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) as a hub of convergence of services at the district level,” he added.

“The project will also establish business orientation centers at SKUAST-K & J and facilitate real-time problem redressal through cyber extension, including RS-GIS-driven agro-advisories and ICT-based virtual contacts and communication systems,” said the ACS.
He said that the he Kissan Khidmat Ghar will be a one-stop center for farmers to access a range of services related to agriculture and allied sectors. It will serve as a knowledge center with modern ICT tools, including a kiosk, to provide direct access to various information such as input supply, technology, marketing, and more.

“The KKG will be a platform for public-private partnership to manage the value chain effectively and economically. Each KKG will have a technical facilitator to provide end-to-end services to farmers at nominal charges. The project will also create a strong MIS system to maintain transparency and accountability in service delivery and information sharing with parent departments and administration,” said Dulloo.

He said that the KKG will function in close coordination with the Panchayat, fostering public-private-panchayat partnership. The key functions of KKG will include the execution of direct services in agriculture and allied sectors, input booking/delivery, market intelligence services, capacity building and skill development, facilitating custom hiring services, and generating baseline information for policy planning and review of operational schemes at block and higher levels.

“The project will focus on holistic planning and execution of “production to profit” agriculture with area and commodity-specific extension approaches based on the agri-knowledge system (JK Agri stack platform). It will converge functional extension resources and approaches for participatory planning and decentralized decision making to promote remunerative agriculture. The project will provide seamless agricultural extension services with perfect outreach and dynamic contact across the value chain and real-time resource person-client interaction,” he added.

He further said that it will also focus on capacity building in agricultural extension and skill development for generating entrepreneurship and employment, adding, “the project will also reorient capacity building programs and promote secondary agriculture with post-harvest and non-farm activities as the primary focus for harnessing better returns.”

This will include trainings in agri-business, marketing, secondary agriculture, and non-farm activities. The project will constitute an “Agri-Extension Club” promoting regular online Expert Extension Lecture Series (EELS) and skilling farmers and youth in mission mode for profitable agriculture, entrepreneurship development, agri-business start-ups, employment generation, and livelihood security.

The project will also synergize PPP extension systems and accreditation of service providers at the UT level with outcome-linked incentives. It will establish sustainable market linkages for physical and e-market and promote secondary agriculture, he said.

The project will also focus on the augmentation of mechanization, automation, and digital agriculture, awareness programs, and demonstrations, and entrepreneurship in farm machinery services, Dulloo said adding that the project will promote research in extension, technology and service gaps, technology adoption, and impact assessment. It will use a bottom-up approach and employ IoT-enabled real-time big data to monitor the impact of the project at the backend. The project aims to promote a smart technology-driven seamless innovative, implementable, and inclusive agri-extension service that empowers farmers and educated youth to realize the sustainably progressive growth of the agricultural sector in the country.

“By providing farmers with access to modern tools and techniques, the project hopes to increase agricultural productivity and improve food security, while also reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development.

In conclusion, the implementation of a smart, technology-driven approach to agricultural extension services has the potential to revolutionize the way farmers access information and support. By leveraging the power of IoT-enabled big data, the project can measure the impact of its efforts in real-time, providing valuable insights for future decision-making,” he said.

The ACS asserted that as a result, the project has the potential to contribute significantly to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to food security, poverty reduction, and sustainable development, making a positive impact on the lives of millions of people.