Surprisingly, four years after centuries old practice of bi-annual Darbar Move was stopped, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has now announced its revival saying the decision to this effect taken by the UT Cabinet earlier has also been signed by the Lieutenant Governor.

It is perplexing that after achieving so much in the field of digital governance, which has transformed administrative efficiency, what was the need of biannual Darbar Move, involving the physical shifting of government offices between Jammu and Srinagar? With the e-file system now fully operational, giving access to records and communication while remaining in any part of the world, there is no justification for spending crores of rupees and disrupting governance twice a year.

This kind of wastage of time and fiscal drain sh

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