The Union Cabinet has approved special package worth Rs. 520 crore for Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission.
Briefing media after the Cabinet Meeting, Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said, this will ensure sufficient funds under the mission, as per need to the Union Territories.
He said, it is also in line with Central Government’s aim to universalize all centrally sponsored beneficiary-oriented schemes in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in a time bound manner.
