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| Despite incentives, industries refuse to commit on jobs | | Abhishek | | | Abhishek
Jammu | Jan 14
The Industrial package of 2004, which was meant to revolutionize the industrial scene in the state, has failed to bring in the much-expected renaissance.
This is due to the fact that large number of industrial units set up under this scheme, despite enjoying huge incentives from the state have failed to provide equivalent employment to the locals.
In an interesting revelation it has been found that despite giving lot of benefits under the State Industrial package scheme 2004, the government has not been able to secure a promise that a majority of the jobs created by these industries will be provided to the state subjects.
Incidentally, the state govt had stipulated that the firms getting incentives would have to provide 90 percent of job to locals, however this figure was revised later.
This inability of the govt has however, created massive disaffection among the people particularly the unemployed youth of the state, who have alleged that these industries are making money at the cost of the state exchequer.
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| Pranab's Pak visit didn't start on perfect note | | Kasuri's 'no' to Siachen AGPL authentication | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI|JAN 14
Pakistan government, as was expected, extended due courtesies to the VIP visitor from India, Pranab Mukherjee, after his arrival in Pakistan on Jan. 13 on a two-day official visit. However, Mukherjee's maiden visit to Pakistan as Minister for External Affairs did not quite start on the perfect note. Nonetheless, he and his Pakistani counterpart, Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, more than made up for the initial hiccup.
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| | | | Delhi-Lahore bus service is hit hard | | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI, JAN 14
It is offical: Bus service between New Delhi and Lahore has been hit hard. The service which was started in 1999, has ceased to be much sought after for quite sometime now. And the New Delhi-Lahore bus service is not the only channel to continue people-to-people contacts between India and Pakistan.
It is also offical: Waiting time to get a seat on the Delhi-Lahore bus has dramatically dropped from two months to just 10 days. There is no maddening rush at the Ambedkar terminal in central Delhi where the Sada-e-Sarhad (Call of the borders) bus commences its journey.
True, the bus is still running 'house-full'. But the response has now become lukewarm, with booki... | |
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