ANANTNAG

District Development Commissioner:

District Development is one very important objective of the District Administration. As head of the District Administration, DC is responsible for all round developmental activities in the district under various programmes such as District Plan, MP's Local Area Fund (MPLAD), MLA's fund, Untied Fund, Sub-divisional Plan Scheme Fund, Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) fund and so on. For this work, the DC assigns one Assistant Commissioner (Development) the specific task of looking after and coordinating various developmental activities undergoing in various sectors. There is District Development Board, whose Chairman is generally a Senior Cabinet Minister, with DC its Member Secretary, all MLAs/MLCs and District Officers as members. The District Development Board approves the outlay of the District Plan. All development departments in the district, like PWD, Irrigation, Health, Education and many others are aided in this matter by the Planning Section of the DC's office, headed by the Chief Planning Officer. Under the Government policy of rapid upliftment of rural population, A District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) is functioning in the district which has the DC as the Chairman and one Project Director as its functional head. All schemes for Rural Development are implemented by agency and in this work, it is aided by the 07 (Seven) Community Development Blocks situated in outlying rural areas of the district. These C.D. Blocks are supervised by Block Development Officers (BDOs).

CD Blocks of District Anantnag