BJP fails to deliver on promise of filling vacant govt posts in J&K

BJP fails to deliver on promise of filling vacant govt posts in J&K

Srinagar: Three years ago, when the BJP withdrew from its coalition with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, it said that all vacant positions in the government will soon be filled with new recruitments. The BJP’s claim was based on the fact that it was ruling J&K through its appointed governor’s administration. Now, having the control for three years, more than 16,000 posts, both gazetted and non-gazetted, continue to remain vacant.
According to information furnished by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Rameshwar Teli, in the Lok Sabha, 10,000 Class-IV vacancies across various departments, 12,379 gazetted and non-gazetted vacancies remain vacant in J&K. The minister said that most of these posts are under the recruitment process.
The Lieutenant Governor’s administration has constituted an Accelerated Recruitments Committee (ARC) for filling up these posts, the minister said. As per the information received from Jammu and Kashmir government through the Ministry of Home Affairs, he said, the J&K government has constituted an ARC with the aim to identify vacancies for being filled up on immediate basis and finalising the procedure to be followed at all levels.
He also said that the unemployment rate in Jammu and Kashmir was less in comparison with other states. However, it was more than the national average, he said.
“As per the results of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted during 2019-20 by the National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the unemployment rate in J&K (for all the age groups for all persons) on usual status basis (ps+ss) was 6.7 percent which is much lower than many other states.”
About what the government has done during the years, he said that under the Back to Village programme, more than 17,000 unemployed youth have been provided financial assistance for self-employment through bank lending. Under the ‘Himayaat’ scheme, he said, 20,827 candidates have completed their training and 7,076 candidates have been placed in jobs.
Masoodi seeks moratorium for MSMEs in JK for one year
New Delhi: National Conference Member of Parliament from Anantnag Hasnain Masoodi on Thursday called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman and demanded moratorium on loan repayment for MSME and small businesses.
In a statement, NC said that Masoodi brought to the notice of the Union Finance Minister the predicaments suffered by the MSME and small traders in Jammu and Kashmir and drew her attention towards the disruptions caused by the successive Clampdowns and Covid-19 induced lock downs.
Masoodi held that most of the start-ups and MSMEs have landed up in uncertainty due to the problem in the demand side. The small scale businesses, Masoodi maintained have no money to repay the loans amidst disruption in the income. He also told the concerned mister that six-month moratorium on terms loans announced by the RBI helped the MSMEs briefly but the reprive, he stated fell short in addressing their recovery concerns amid the demand slump.
“The much needed deferment in repaying of loans will provide oxygen mask for the survival of distressed MSMEs, and other small scale traders and businesses. The repaying of loans, I implored upon the concerned minister should be postponed until the demand side improves. I told her how MSMEs and other small businesses have taken extra hit due to the interruption in the economy activity since 2019,” he said.
In his interaction with the minister, he stated that nearly 3000 MSMEs in JK are staring at closure. The holders he said aren’t not able to pay wages to their workers as the entire supply chain network has broken creating liquidity crises. “I informed her the situation
got worse after second wave of the pandemic and is bound to get compounded in wake of the imminent third wave,” he added.
Party MP Hassnain Masoodi also brought to the notice of the concerned minister the unavailbity of banking facilities in the remote areas of Jammu and Kashmir. “The role of commercial banks in rural settings is very important. The rural branches motivate people for savings, ensures availability of micro-credit for agriculturalists, capital formation, and sustain and developing cottage and small scale industries. I implored upon the concerned minister that the much needed establishment of banking services in these far-flung areas particularly Qamar, Verinag, Kapran, and Utarsoo in Shangus will go a long way in areas will give flip to whole lot of economic activities. While putting across the demand, I apprised the minister how people living in these far-flung areas are not able to benefit under various welfare schemes due to the dearth of banking facilities in their areas,” he said.
Masoodi also brought to union minister’s notice the trepidation suffered by the borrowers due to the practice followed by JK Bank, which requires for having government employees as guarantors at the time of granting loans. He called to union minister’s attention how the bank coerces the guarantors in wake of the incapacity of the borrowers to pay off loans. “The practice followed by JK bank, I told the concerned minister, has made the lives of guarantors miserable. In some cases these tactics have, I told her, pushed both borrowers and guarantors to commit suicide. I impressed upon her that the practice should be disbanded and the withheld salaries of such guarantors released forthwith,” he said.
PTI

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