Jammu: The Rehbar-e-Ziraat employees would be regularised in three phases, beginning April 1 this year, after completion of seven years of continuous service, the state government said Saturday.

Replying to a question in the Assembly, Minister of State for Agriculture, Nazir Ahmed Gurezi, said ReZ employees would be regularised in three phases after completion of seven years of continuous service as envisaged in ReZ regularisation policy.

He said regularisation of ReZ employees in the first phase would start from April 1 this year. The second and the third phase would commence on April 1, 2015, and 2016 respectively.

Under the ReZ scheme, technocrats (agriculture) are employed on temporary basis in the state government.

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