A 3-days training cum workshop on NGDRS (National Generic Document Registration System) was conducted at Jammu, J&K from 24th to 26th of February, 2020. The event was inaugurated by the Inspector General of Registration Dr. Pawan Kotwal, IAS in presence of the Divisional Commissioner Sh. Sanjeev Verma, IAS, Addl. Commissioner (Central), Deputy Commissioners, ROs, SROs and several officers from NIC J&K and NIC SDU Pune including Sh. Mohd. Saleem Khan, Addl. SIO J&K and Mr. Rajesh Bhusari, Scientist-F, Mrs. Anjali Bembalkar, Scientist-F NIC SDU Pune flew to Jammu.

The program was attended by the Registration Officers of all 10 districts of Jammu Division of the UT of J&K as well as all SROs of Jammu District which has been selected for the roll-out of pilot phase of the project in J&K. During workshop the complete NGDRS application work flow, its components, features and other implementation strategies were discussed.

In Jammu and Kashmir, the process of registration of documents was being handled by judicial officers till recently. Government of J&K created a separate Registration Department which would function under the overall administrative control of the Revenue Department. Consequently, the Financial Commissioner Revenue has been designated as Inspector General of Registration. Further, Registrars and Sub Registrars have been notified for the entire UT.