Commissioner Secretary chairs JKTPO’s
14th BoDs meeting
SRINAGAR, MAY 27:
Commissioner Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Vikramjit Singh, today
chaired the 14th Board of Directors (BoDs) meeting of Jammu and Kashmir Trade
Promotion Organization (JKTPO) here at Civil Secretariat.
The meeting was
attended by Secretary, Rural Development Department, Dr. Shahid Iqbal
Choudhary, who as one of the Directors of the organization, shared his valuable
insights on various agenda items discussed in the meeting.
Khalid Jahangir,
Managing Director, JKTPO, Mahmood Ahmad Shah, Director, Handicrafts &
Handlooms Department, Kashmir, Tej Krishan Bhat, Special Secretary, Agriculture
Production & Farmers Welfare Association and Rakesh Kumar, Additional
Secretary, Finance Department were among the Directors who attended the
meeting.
Khalid Jahangir,
presented the agenda for meeting and apprised the board of the action taken
regarding previous board decisions.
The Board discussed
and deliberated on various agenda items and approved the budget estimates for
the financial year 2024-25 along with the action plan for the activities to be
undertaken by the JKTPO. It also approved the calendar of events proposed by
JKTPO for the financial year. In addition, the meeting approved various
activities to promote the ODOP products of Jammu and Kashmir, being a flagship
initiative.
Besides, some other
directions and decisions were also conveyed by the Commissioner Secretary
regarding various activities being carried out by JKTPO, to bolster and
strengthen the organization's working.
The Board of
Directors appreciated the initiative taken by the JKTPO to generate revenue by
charging participation fee from the exhibitors. He also advised to further
scale up measures to increase the quantum of revenue generation during the
current financial year. It also commended JKTPO for organizing the maiden Jammu
Trade Fair in February, 2024 wherein 104 exhibitors from various parts of Jammu
and Kashmir and Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Uttrakhand exhibited
their products.
Samita Sethi,
Secretary in Industries & Commerce Department, Rayaz Hussain, Director
Finance, Industries & Commerce Department, Tarsaim Kumar, Director
Planning, Industries & Commerce, Sachin Dev Singh, Additional Secretary,
representative from Tourism Department, Dr. Ravi Bharti, Additional Secretary,
representative from Higher Education Department, Kulraj Singh, Joint Director,
representative from Handicrafts & Handlooms Department, Jammu, Vikas Goyal,
CFO, representative from Export Promotion Council of Handicraft, representative
from Carpet Export Promotion Council besides officers and officials from JKTPO
also attended the meeting.