KL Report
Srinagar
Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, Abdul Rahim Rather on Friday said that grant of honorarium to Panchayat representatives in Jammu and Kashmir is under consideration of the government.
Responding to issue taken up during his interaction with various delegations and a large number of people at Sher-i-Kashmir Bhawan, Jammu, he reiterated that the government has taken various initiatives to empower Panchayat Raj Institutions for playing a larger role in development at the grass roots level.
The issue was raised by a delegation of Panchs and Sarpanchs, led by MLCs Dr Shehnaz Ganai and Ali Mohammed Dar.
The interactive session, second in the series of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s initiative to address the public issues, enabled people belonging to different walks of life to highlight various issues and problems.
Rather sought larger public participation in decision making, saying the will of the people forms main plank of development strategy of the coalition government. He said that assuaging urges of the people as per their aspirations is imperative in parliamentary democracy.
Rather described the Chief Minister’s initiative as historic, saying such interactive sessions provide opportunity to those in the government to frame up policies and programmes as per needs of the people besides having a feel of their problems.
