Chief Secy reviews progress on BISAG-N projects

Srinagar, Oct 29: Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo chaired a high-level meeting to review the progress of a series of technology-driven projects being implemented by various departments of the Jammu and Kashmir Government in collaboration with the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics (BISAG-N).

The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture Production Department; Additional Chief Secretary, Public Works Department; Principal Secretary, Home; Additional Director General of Police, CID; Commissioner Secretaries of Social Welfare and Industries & Commerce; Spl DG, BISAG-N; Secretary, Education; Secretary, Information Technology; Mission Director, Samagra Shiksha; Director, Employment; CEO, JaKeGA; SIO, NIC, and other senior officers.

The Chief Secretary commended the Department of Information Technology and BISAG-N for the successful rollout of several citizen-centric and administrative digital platforms under the Digital J&K initiative, said an official press release.

He observed that projects being implemented in sectors such as Education, Agriculture, and Revenue are pivotal in ushering modern reforms and directed their timely completion to ensure that the envisaged outcomes are achieved within set timelines.

Highlighting the transformative potential of technology, Dulloo emphasized that leveraging AI and audio-visual content for personalized and localized learning would significantly enhance pupil learning outcomes.

He further noted that timely forecasts, advisories, and capacity-building measures for farmers would contribute to improved productivity and higher income levels.

On the modernization of land records, he remarked that digitization of revenue records forms the cornerstone of broader reforms aimed at creating a transparent and efficient governance system across the UT.