The meeting focused on assessing the readiness of departments across both Kashmir and Jammu divisions and fine-tuning response mechanisms to ensure minimal disruption to public life.
CM Gupta has said that any negligence in pollution control in the national capital will not be tolerated, adding that her government is treating pollution as an emergency mission and is making determined efforts to bring it under control.
Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi, who also holds the charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, has issued a letter in this regard.
Interestingly, Dwivedi has also informed the ACS, principal secretaries and secretaries the ‘replies’ would be approved by the ‘competent authority’ before submitting them to the Parliament.
The candidates appointed against the posts shall be placed at the beginning of the pay scale (level 14 of the Pay Matrix) applicable to regular government employees.
