No Funds, Modi Govt Puts On Hold Its Rs 2,600-Crore Education Plan For J&K And Ladakh

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has had to put on hold an ambitious plan it had drafted to improve the quality of education in Jammu and Kashmir, after realizing it doesn’t have the required funds. After Article 370 was scrapped in Jammu and Kashmir, the HRD ministry had drawn up a major plan for Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh as the Narendra Modi government looked at improving education infrastructure in the region and augment the facilities currently available to students. The plan required an estimated Rs 2,600-crore fund. However, according to a senior government official, the ministry doesn’t have adequate funds with it to take up such a project at this point. “We had drawn up the plan and were estimating the available resource envelope for this project. However, we don’t have such funds available currently for such a major initiative,” said a senior HRD official.