JAMMU: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who also holds charge of the Finance Department and will present his maiden budget in the Assembly session beginning March 3, has decided to hold pre-budget consultations with MLAs and District Development Council (DDC) chairpersons from today.
Omar will interact with MLAs of four districts each on Wednesday and Thursday.
He will hold consultations with MLAs and DDC chairpersons of Anantnag, Budgam, Kathua, and Samba districts tomorrow and will hold similar meetings with legislators of Baramulla, Kulgam, Ramban, and Udhampur on Thursday.
The meetings are aimed at making the budget more inclusive and participatory.
The MLAs views will be taken to identify priority sector works to the tune of Rs 40 crore in their respective constituencies.
The list of these priority-sector works has been submitted by DCs to the Government.
