Kundu Committee Submits Post Sachchar Evaluation Report

BS Post: 125, Dated : 09 October 2014 / New Delhi.

The Post Sachar Evaluation Committee headed by Prof. Amitabh Kundu presented the final report to Dr. Najma A Heptulla, the Union Minister for Minorities Affairs here today. Thanking Prof. Kundu and other members of the committee for their efforts, Dr Najma Heptulla promised implement the recommendation after studying the report as early as possible. 

The Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India had constituted the Committee under the Chairmanship of Prof. Amitabh Kundu of Jawaharlal University, New Delhi and seven other eminent social scientists in September,2013. The mandate of the committee was to evaluate the process of implementation of Sachar Committee Report and the Prime Minister’s new 15 points programme. The committee was also asked to assess the outcome of the programmes implemented by Ministry of Minority Affairs and other Ministries and to recommend the corrective measures by September, 2014. As per mandate of the committee, it evaluated and assessed the implementation of the of the recommendations of the Sachar Committee and made suggestions for obtaining better outcome in its Final Report submitted to the Minister of Minority Affairs. 

Press Information Bureau - 09-October-2014

Passports for flood affected passport holders of J-K to be given without any fee.

BS Post: 124 , Dated : 08 October 2014.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday announced its decision to issue replacement passports with same particulars and remaining validity and waiver of fees to those whose passports have been lost or damaged in the recent Jammu and Kashmir floods.

An official release by the MEA stated that this waiver of fee would be one time exception for the passport holders whose earlier passport has been issued either from Passport Office, Jammu or from Passport Office, Srinagar.

The release further said that this scheme would be valid for next six months ,valid from the date of issue of Gazette notification in this regard.