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Category: INTERVIEWS/PROFILES

Published: 14 January 2017

JAMMU: Speaker J&K Assembly and MLA, Gandhi Nagar, Kavinder Gupta today participated in a seminar on “Economic Growth & National Integration” organized by the India International Friendship Society at India International Center, New Delhi and was conferred with “Glory of India Award-2017”, presented to him by the former Lok Sabha Speaker, Smt. Meira Kumar here today.

The NGO is working towards establishing unity and integrity among the people of Indian origin living around the world and aims to enhance India’s broad relationship, friendship & cooperation with countries across the globe and working towards bringing oneness and real understanding among people by strengthening the bond of peace, love and brotherhood.

The Society presents awards annually to successful meritorious Indian personalities who have specialized in various fields like Science & Technology, education, industry, fine arts, politics and social work for the yeoman services rendered with excellence in their respective fields

Addressing the dignitaries, Kavinder Gupta said it is indeed an honor to receive this award from the society of such high repute and the most importantly to join the club of the personalities who have always been the source of inspiration for him, the lights of Beatified Mother Teresa, Former Vice President, B D Jatti, General Bikram Singh, General J J Singh among others who have received this award before for their selfless service towards the society.

While speaking on the occasion, he said, the state of J&K has seen a reasonable increase in its economic activities in the recent past and is working towards overcoming the memories of separatism and insurgency which somehow slowdown the economic activities of J&K by badly effecting the tourism sector which remained the front runner for decades together in the GDP of the State. He informed that the tourist inflow in J&K which was 50,000 per day in early 1980’s reduced to meager 500 per day by the onset of 21st century.

Applauding the recent move of demonetization by the Narendra Modi led NDA government, he said, "it is a surgical strike on the corruption & his step sisters which includes naxalism, separatism, counterfeit currency, militancy, human trafficking and  would prove to be boon for the economic activities and strengthening the economic condition of the not only one state but for the whole country and the states like J&K, North-East, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal and others being the worst sufferers of such evils would be the major beneficiaries now".