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| 80,000 youth to be recruited in Govt service soon: Omar | | |  early times report
Srinagar, Jan 5: Asserting that employment generation in the state has been flagged as top most concern by his government, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today announced fast track recruitment of 80,000 educated youth in government service in the coming months.
"As many as 80,000 educated youth will be provided government jobs by fast track recruitment through service selection agencies within next some months," Omar said while addressing a rally of panches and sarpanches here.
The rally coincided with the completion of four years of the National Conference led coalition government in the state.
"We have already set in motion a mechanism to fill up vacancies in government departments as fast as possible," Omar said.
The Chief Minister also indicated the intension of the government to make provision in the next year's Budget for stipend and insurance cover of sarpanches and panches irrespective of getting any financial support from the Centre in this regard.
"This is likely to involve Rs 100 crores annually," he said.
Omar said that a powerful Panchayati Raj system in the state is his government's commitment and every effort would be made to realise this goal.
"Jammu and Kashmir is a state which cannot be governed from the Secretariat but by the grass root level democratic institutions representing aspirations of the people, as such, we have moved forward with a commitment to create a powerful panchayat system in the state," he said.
Meanwhile Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister who also laid foundation of OPD emergency block and 'Sarai', said his government wants the institution (SKIMS) to achieve new heights and be at par with AIIMS and other reputed health institutions in the Country.
"Though the growth and development of SKIMS received jolt due to turmoil in the Valley, the institution provided best possible medicare to the people in all times," he said.
The Super Speciality Hospital at Jammu and various modern district hospitals would further strengthened the health care status of the state, he said adding "the focus is also on to expand orbit of modern health care to people in villages and reduce the pressure on hospitals in the cities and towns."
Omar, who was accompanied by Director, SKIMS Prof Showkat Ali Zargar, also interacted with faculty members and received first hand appraisal of the functioning of the institute.
The Centre for Genetic Study and Clinical Research has been completed at a cost of over Rs 6.51 crores while Madr-e-Meherban College of Nursing involved an expenditure of Rs 7.88 crores.
The Sarai-I and Sarai-II will cost Rs 12 crores and OPD Block Rs 10 crores, an official spokesman said. |
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