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| Promise to employ 50,000 youth still a dream, not even 18,000 recruited so far | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 17: Even as the Raj Bhawan had promised immediate employment of 50,000 uneducated youth of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, two years on, the Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to recruit even18,000 of them.
In August 2019, what was projected as a “massive decision to tackle unemployment” in the newly-formed Union Territory, the then Governor Satya Pal Malik had announced that the Centre would, in the “next two to three months, create 50,000 government jobs for the people of the region.” The official confirmation, however, about the alleged failure of the government to provide employment came in an official handout released on June 16. Quoting Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, the government handout said 18,000 posts have been advertised by SSB for recruitment in various departments till now.
The government has also negated the promise as made by Sinha’s predecessor Malik. While Malik had promised 50,000 jobs, the government now says only half that number were promised. “We had promised 25000 jobs in the public sector/government departments. We are moving in that direction. We want to empower the people of Jammu and Kashmir, especially the youth. The grassroots democracy is flourishing in J&K for the first time. Youth have an important role to play in the decision making process. We will ensure that the youth is given maximum opportunities,” maintained the Lt Governor, in the handout.
Meanwhile the statement of the LG has left the unemployed up in arms.
“Was the package of 50,000 jobs a cruel joke with the youth and when was it reduced to 25,000 jobs? Is government making a fool of us?” asked a group of visibly upset youth in Jammu.
The youth said the government performance has been so sluggish that even the claim of 18,000 jobs as made by the Raj Bhawan was yet to be accomplished. “Advertising 18,000 jobs doesn’t mean that these many youth have been employed.
Till now it means that government has grabbed a big fee worth crores from 18,000 youth because the actual recruitment is still awaited. So where is the employment,” asked the youth. |
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