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| In five years, Govt owned companies incur losses worth Rs 3000 crores | | Draining of public purse | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 16: Causing an impeccable level of stress to the already cash starved Jammu and Kashmir, the government owned companies in mere five years have caused losses worth more than three thousand crores to the public purse.
As per the official documents in possession of the Early Times, the past State Government how UT had cumulative investment of Rs 653.52 crore in 24 Companies (Rs 279.76 crore), three Statutory Corporations (Rs 322.74 crore), eight Co-operative Institutions/ Local Bodies (Rs 37.83 crore), two Rural Banks (Rs 12.85 crore) and two Joint Stock Companies (Rs 0.34 crore).
During 2013-14, 2014-15 the dividend/interest receipt was Rs 128.88 crore.
However it decreased to Rs 54.13 crore in 2015-16, Rs 45.11 crore in 2016-17 and during the year 2017-18, no amount was received.
The return on investment solely came from the Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited, in which the Government holds 59.23 per cent equity.
The rate of dividend/interest was 24.17 per cent during the year 2013-14 and it continuously decreased during the subsequent years and ... | |
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| Another Kashmiri politician to send his kid abroad for studies | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: Even as the politicians of Kashmir are often accused of sending their own wards for studies abroad while making the common people suffer in the name of so called “Kashmir issue”, yet another politician is going the same way.
Sources said a politician, who is a separatist turned mainstream leader, who lives in Srinagar and has remained a minister in the past, is sending his son for studies abroad.
It was reliably learnt that the said politician had also done his higher studies from abroad, from England, and wants his son to follow the same.
Sources said the politician thinks that the future of his son would be brighter if he studies abroad and thus... | |
| | | | Resentment in BJP against proposing new comers as DDC chairmen | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 16: The open differences have surfaced in Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) over the election of new District Development Committee(DDC) chairman when some senior party leaders showed support towards the new comers to head the posts.
This was strongly resisted by senior functionaries and Prabharis of the district saying this will set a precedence in the party and senior activists will get totally annoyed.
According to sources the party Prabharis and incharges of the district totally objected the head of the organisation in J&K whenv he hinted the names of some new commers including a kin of a former MLA for the posts of Discs.
Taking serious exception to the... | |
| | | | Emboldened AEE of I&FC pays no heed to orders of seniors, does not do his duty | | | | Ajay Sharma
Early Times Report
NOWSHERA, Jan 16: An Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) of the Irrigation & Flood Control Department posted in this division of Rajouri district is so ‘emboldened’ that he does not obey the orders of his seniors and carries out work according to his own wishes and whims.
Sources told Early Times that the AEE posted in the sub-division Siote has not been transferred for the past four years or so and he is virtually doing nothing so as to provide some relief to the people. His inactiveness has led to the blockage of many irrigation canals in the area thus leading to problems for the people in general and farmers in particular.
“Over the past few years... | |
| | | | LG cautions people against rumour mongers over COVID-19 vaccination | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday cautioned people against rumour mongers spreading lies about COVID-19 vaccine even as the administration said it is fully prepared to ensure a successful inoculation drive in the union territory.
The coronavirus vaccination drive started at forty centres across Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday where healthcare workers were administered jabs.
The UT had received the first batch of 1,46,500 doses of Covi... | |
| | | | Mehbooba averts clash between PDP leaders, likely to visit Jammu on 20 | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: Even as with the timely intervention of party president Mehbooba Mufti a possible clash between two warring factions of PDP was averted on Thursday, infighting is likely to be intensified in the days to come due to helplessness of the incumbent leadership. Two warring factions in the Jammu unit of PDP are not ready to accommodate each other.
Keeping in view the prevailing situation, PDP president and former chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti is coming to Jammu on January 20 to bring ceasefire among warring factions of the party. “As infighting in Jammu unit is taking ugly turn, Mehbooba Mufti has decided to personally interact with both the warring faction... | |
| | | | No end in sight for unemployed Dental Surgeons in JK UT | | 12 years on, aggrieved graduate doctors waiting for notification of posts | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 16: There seems no end to the long wait of the unemployed Dental Surgeons, who had been sitting idle for the years and waiting for the notification of posts in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory which had not been published since 2008. Sources told Early Times that it has been 12 years since the government has failed to advertise even a single post of dental surgeons in J&K UT, leaving thousands of trained dentists unemployed. Moreover there is a large area particularly of rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir which have been deprived of dental facilities. They further informed that last time the posts of dental surgeons in the Health Department were advertised ne... | |
| | | | ZEOs defy CEO's order, refuse to release TA of employees | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 16: Zonal Education Officers of several zones have defied the order of the Chief Education Officer (CEO) Kathua to release the Travelling Allowance (TA) of employees falling in their jurisdiction.
Though as per precedence in the government functioning, the subordinate staff has to oblige the orders of seniors to smoothly run the administrative machinery but by openly defying the circular, a peculiar situation has erupted in the system in which employees have been denied their genuine rights.
As per documents available with Early Times, the CEO Kathua had issued a circular vide no CEOK/24584, dated 31st of December 2020, which reads, "All DDO's are hereby di... | |
| | | | Poonch Admin sitting on State land encroachment issue | | Report of Committee on encroachment nowhere in sight | | | RAJESH TANDON
Early Times Report
POONCH, Jan 16: The administration of Poonch district has been sitting on state land encroachment issue, which can be well understood from the fact that the administration had ordered the constitution of a committee to identify cases but the report of the same is nowhere in sight.
Sources told Early Times that after number of cases had reported about encroachment of State land in Poonch district after 2014 particularly Irrigation Department land, the Deputy Commissioner Poonch had constituted a committee nearly three months ago to conduct inquiry and identify such cases and had directed the committee to submit its report within 15 days.
"But it has been ... | |
| | | | Constructed by SICOP over a year back, toilet complex in industrial area awaits inauguration | | |  ASHWANI SHARMA
Early Times Report
UDHAMPUR, Jan 16: Constructed by SICOP over a year back, the toilet complex in Industrial area at Battal Ballian is yet to be thrown open for public use.
However, the absence of the facility is forcing the people to use deserted fields and open areas to ease themselves thereby giving a setback to PM Modi's Swachch Bharat Abhiyan.
"Work on this toilet complex started about two years back and it got completed about a year ago but is yet to start," Fateh Singh... | |
| | | | JK has just one percent of active cases of COVID-19; 109 new cases, one fresh death | | Positive cases 123217, active positive 1280, recovered 120016, casualties 1921 | | | JEHANGIR RASHID
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 16: The active number of COVID-19 cases in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir has dropped to one percent of the total number of positive cases as on date. With 109 new cases the positive cases reached 1, 23,217; the death toll reached 1,921 following one fresh death.
Jammu district reported 47 new cases of Corona Virus followed by Srinagar district 20 cases, Baramulla district eight cases, Pulwama district seven cases, Budgam, Kupwara and Ganderbal five cases each, Samba district three cases, Shopian and Kathua districts two cases each and Anantnag, Kulgam, Udhampur, Poonch & Ramban districts one case each. Bandipora, Rajouri, Doda, Ki... | |
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