SRINAGAR, April 1 -- Jammu and Kashmir government has allocated substantial funding of Rs 7097cr in budget 2023-24 to develop a strong ecosystem for the cities, focusing on urban-rural partnership, enhancing market and business opportunities, job creation, filling gaps in the education system and ensuring sustainable economic development in rural and urban pockets of the Union Territory.

The implementation of the Panchayat Development Index helps in developing and replicating best practices that drive improvement across the socio-economic themes of Panchayats under the newly approved Aspirational Panchayat Development Programme (APDP).

The identified Panchayats are given special focus to saturate inclusive development schemes which woul...