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| Nepotism, corruption in J&K cross all limits | | 'Corruption as tool for appeasement' | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 29: The recent questionable appointments of the kith and kin of influential ruling party politicians to plum government posts in Jammu & Kashmir has angered the youth. Reports say that "the recent questionable appointments of the kith and kin of influential ruling party politicians to plum government posts have plummeted the politics of appeasement in the state to a new low" and that "the growing instances of brazen nepotism and corruption are now threatening to foment further social and economic unrest in the strife-torn state".
Reports in this regard said: "The rampant misuse of power and opportunism has created an uproar among the youth in the state where the rate of unemployment of 24.6 percent in the age group of 18-29 years is nearly double the national average of 13.2 percent. Obviously, such high unemployment rate is not merely due to a lack of job opportunities or lack of education and requisite qualifications of the Jammu & Kashmiri youth".
The CMS-India Corruption Study 2017 has, in addition, placed Jammu and Kashmir among the top corrupt states in India". Placing Jammu & Kashmir among the top corrupt states in India, the CMS-India Corruption Study 2017 has said: "The recent questionable appointments of the kith and kin of influential ruling party politicians to plum government posts in the state suggest that 84 percent of the people surveyed perceived increased corruption in public services. The state has for long been also accused of misusing Central grants and financial irregularities".
A report has further said: "Jammu & Kashmir received Rs 1.14 lakh crore (10 percent) of all Central grants given to states over the 17-year period of 2000-2016, despite having only one percent of the country's population. That means Jammu & Kashmir, with a population of 12.55 million according to the 2011 Census, received Rs 91,300 per person, while Uttar Pradesh, the country's most populous state, received Rs 4,300 per person over the same period. The government has also been slammed time and again by CAG for "serious financial irregularities".
Besides, the report has said: "The latest admonishment from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) came because of the government dragging its feet on the implementation of the National Food Security Act and keeping a large section of the needy population deprived of the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) coverage, while "issuing foodgrain worth Rs 17.89 crore to ineligible families".
"Corruption as a tool for political appeasement in Jammu & Kashmir was adopted as a strategy by the Government of India after 1953, and was institutionalized by Jawaharlal Nehru with the sole objective of keeping political elites in the state happy," the report has further said. |
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