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PSUs incur losses worth Rs 2000 crore to JK exchequer Parasites to public purse 10/4/2020 11:29:02 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 4: The Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) continue to incur losses of thousands of crores to the public purse due to these units being mismanaged by the former regimes in the erstwhile J&K State. The official documents in possession of Early Times reveal that the government 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 there was no return in 2017-18, while the in...   READ MORE

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Teachers, School Edu Deptt at loggerheads over disparity in IMPACT training 10/4/2020 11:28:49 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 4: The Government teachers and the School Education Department are at loggerheads over confusion created on Integrated Multidisciplinary Professional Advancement Course for Teachers (IMPACT) training, terming it discriminatory. Sources told Early Times that as per order, the IMPACT training is being initiated for untrained Grade-II, Grade III teachers but the confusion and chaos started over the issue that who will define the citatory of untrained teachers. “Around 37000 teachers fall under Grade II, III for whom the training has been made compulsory but the teachers termed it discriminatory by saying that 90% of teachers under these grades have profession...   READ MORE   B2V-3 programme: Demand of excluding influential from BPL list is yet to be fulfilled While as many deserving poor people are excluded from the existing BPL lists across Jammu region, many influential persons have managed to get their names included in the list of poor in many villages 10/4/2020 11:28:38 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 4: Even as the Government has started the third phase of Back to Village (B2V3) programme with much publicity, promises made during the first two phases are yet to be fulfilled. During the first two phases of B2V programme villagers had raised the demand for re-verification of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) lists but the same demand is yet to be fulfilled. There is anger among villagers that their demand of including genuine poor families in the BPL list is yet not fulfilled by the authorities thus many deserving poor families are being deprived of many welfare programmes launched by them by the Centre. Although villagers had listed a number of problems...   READ MORE   JK issues highest arms licenses in 2018-20 Only three canceled, CBI investigation into fake license scam continues 10/4/2020 11:28:25 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 4: The issuance of fake gun licences in Jammu and Kashmir had created a row following which the case was handed over to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), despite all this J&K still tops the list of places where gun licences with all India permission, were issued during the past three years. According to the investigation carried out by the CBI fake gun licenses were issued in bulk between 2012 to 2016, and two administrative officials were also questioned in this regard but even in last three years, Jammu and Kashmir is still at the top of list of states, which have issued gun licenses with all India permission. According to the latest data shared ...   READ MORE   LG not happy with inordinate delay in completing developmental projects Some officers responsible for delaying developmental projects are likely to face music very soon 10/4/2020 11:27:52 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 4: Not happy with inordinate delay in completion of various vital projects across J&K, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha made it clear on Sunday that those responsible for such misdeeds should be made answerable. “Upon my arrival to J&K, I was surprised to notice unusual delays in projects, and I ensure that those responsible for unwarranted delays will be made answerable. Roadmaps for speedy execution have been made and delays will no more be part of the system” the Lt Governor said while addressing people at Panchayat Halqa, Ashthal, Kulgam during the Back to Village-3 programme. From the day one after his appointment, Lieutenant Governor is working ass...   READ MORE   ‘Influential’ doctor gets transfer order modified in 19 days 10/4/2020 11:27:42 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Oct 4: A doctor, who was transferred last month, has managed to get his transfer order modified within nineteen days. According to documents available with Early Times the Health and Medical Education Department on September 10, 2020, issued an order No. [687-JK(HME) of 2020] to effect the transfer of around three dozen doctors. A doctor, figuring at serial number 6, was also transferred from a primary health center to Konibal, Pampore. However the doctor refused to join at the new place of posting and instead lobbied to get her transfer modified. Exactly after nineteen (19) days, the Health and Medical Education department issued an ...   READ MORE   JK reports 878 fresh cases of COVID-19, 11 more people die; 1053 new recoveries Positive cases 79106, active positive 15460, recovered 62404, casualties 1242 10/4/2020 11:27:32 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 4: The union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reported 878 fresh cases of Corona Virus today while as 11 more virus related deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. The total number of positive cases is 79,106 with the total number of casualties being 1,242. Jammu district reported 252 fresh cases of COVID-19 followed by Srinagar district 156 cases, Bandipora district 54 cases, Budgam district 53 cases, Baramulla district 52 cases, Kishtwar district 49 cases, Rajouri district 35 cases, Ganderbal district 33 cases, Anantnag district 30 cases, Udhampur district 27 cases, Samba district 22 cases, Kathua district 21 cases, Pulwama and Poonch...   READ MORE   Mysterious death of newly married at Bhoond Family terms it murder, alleges police inaction 10/4/2020 11:27:22 PM AVINASH AZAD EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 4: My son was not killed in road accident, but murdered by our ‘rivals’ and paradoxically police is not investigating on same perspective created by his killers, said Kali Devi, mother of Sharu Lal, who mysteriously died in a road accident in Mashka area along Bani-Basohli road on 27th of August this year. Kali Devi, a labourer while narrating her suffering said that her son was a driver and was killed by the family, who has a long enmity with us. “My son, who got married one and half months before his murder, on that fateful day left for Kathua to get medical check of his ailing cousin at Kathua hospital, as she was to be admitted in the h...   READ MORE   Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents Sector 7 Lane 10 Guru Nanak Nagar residents pained due to least concern shown by people at helm 10/4/2020 11:21:15 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 4: People living in the sector 7 lane number 10 Guur Nanak Nagar are perplexed over the bad condition of roads and lanes in the area. They are also upset with the fact that the garbage is not being lifted from the area thus creating nuisance. The sector 7 lane number 10 Guru Nanak Nagar is a part of the Gandhi Nagar constituency and it is presenting a sordid tale of absolute neglect from the people at helm. The successive governments have failed the people of t...   READ MORE   Illegal extraction of sand, gravel deteriorate rivers, nallahs in Sub Division Uri 10/4/2020 11:13:57 PM Mohammad Sarfaraz Early Times Report Baramulla (Uri), Oct 4: Locals from Sub division Uri have expressed serious concern over the worsening condition of beds of rivers, nallahs as sand mafia continues to extract sand and gravel from there unabatedly Sources said that the embankments of Jhelum, Hapat Khaye Boniyar, Bijhama, Kamalkote, Jabla, Nambla and Haji peer Nahllah and others have got immensely worsened due to unabated extraction of sand and gravel by miscreants. The regular exercise ...   READ MORE   ‘Private practice of Govt doctors should be banned’ Lateral entry for medicos could be major reform, say experts 10/4/2020 11:13:33 PM AVINASH AZAD EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 4: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s administration is going to launch lateral entry scheme for senior doctors to overcome shortage of doctors in various specialties, which is undoubtedly a good step but at the same time government should also ban private practice of government doctors like many other Union Territories and states of the country, if same is happened it would be a major reform in medical sector of J&K. A senior doctor told Early Times that tomorrow or a day after tomorrow the government can announce the lateral entry scheme, certainly, it is a welcome step and would serve as a major reform in J&K’s health sector, but the government shou...   READ MORE   Pvt firm allegedly violates Bio Medical Equipment Maintenance prog norms Fails to repair ultrasonography machine in two months! 10/4/2020 11:12:53 PM SAAHIL SUHAIL EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, Oct 4: A private firm, which bagged Bio Medical Equipment Maintenance contract, is allegedly violating the norms of the programme with impunity in Jammu and Kashmir and thus is leaving no stone unturned to fail the Healthy Ministry’s much hyped programme. This can be gauged from the fact that the firm has failed to repair an ultrasonography machine in the last two months at District Hospital Bandipora. “Our USG machine has been out of order for the last two months. The Mediciti firm that has been allotted the contract of maintenance of Bio Medical equipment visited the hospital thrice but couldn’t repair the machine. They are telling us to fe...   READ MORE

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