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Jammu Municipal Corporation has a total of 75 members or corporators, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held 2018. [10] Rajinder Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the current mayor of the city of Jammu. [11]
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is the principal administrative authority responsible for the governance of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.Established on 5 March 1948 as the Government of Princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, and the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir after the reorganization of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir in October 2019, the ...
Jammu district is an administrative district of the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is the most populous district in the Jammu division .
The town of Kishtwar lies in the Chenab Valley and is situated at a distance of 209.5 km (130.2 mi) from the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar, and 211.5 km (131.4 mi) from the winter capital, Jammu. A large ground locally called as Chowgan ground is located in the heart of the town. [5]
The Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service is the administrative civil service of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The officers for this post are recruited by the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission through an exam which is known as JKAS examination. The statewide combined competitive examination is conducted for ...
Jammu city serves as the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir state from November to April when all the offices move from Srinagar to Jammu. Srinagar serves as the summer capital from May to October. [33] Jammu was a municipal committee during 2001 census of India. With effect from 5 September 2003, it has upgraded status of a municipal ...
Jammu and Kashmir was also host to the first Khelo India Winter Games, held in 2020 in Gulmarg. [110] Jammu and Kashmir came first with the most gold medals at 26, followed by the Indian Army team with 8 gold medals. [111] The second edition of the winter games were also held in Gulmarg in 2021, with Jammu and Kashmir coming first again. [112]
The history of Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission begins with the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services Regulation volume-II, which explains the civil services of the state. The concept of conducting statewide competitive examination for appointment to specific posts came into consideration way back between 1954-1957.