SRINAGAR, Oct. 21 -- Financial Commissioner Finance Department, DrArun Kumar Mehta on Monday held extensive discussions with the Administrative Secretaries of various departments regarding budget proposals for the financial year 2020-2021 for Union Territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir and UT of Ladakh, which will take the formal shape on October 31.

The budget was discussed with around a dozen departments including Finance, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Fisheries, PDD, Horticulture, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Home, Health & Medical Education and other departments.

While chairing separate meetings with various departments, Dr Mehta was informed about the strategies conceived by these departments for the financial year 2020-2021 and the ma...