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J&K’s dependency syndrome swells amid mounting liabilities 50% of UT’s financial system directly dependent on GoI grants 12/4/2021 11:32:02 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 4: Jammu and Kashmir’s financial system is completely dependent on central grants. The figures paint a grim picture about the dependency syndrome dominating the fiscal set-up of the erstwhile state. As per the official documents in possession of the Early Times, the Jammu and Kashmir government is dependent on grants-in-aid from the Government of India to the extent of around 50 percent entirely of the revenue receipts. The GoI had operated new Sub-Major Heads under Major Head-1601 Grants-in-Aid (GIA) for providing GIA to States during 2017-18 and discontinued Plan and Non-Plan classification. Documents reveal that during 2017-18 an amount of Rs 22,702 crore was routed through State Budget as grants by the Government of India. In addition, there were more than 55 schemes involving a total amount of Rs 1,105 crore, which continued under direct funding mode by the Union Government to the J&K Implementing Agencies (Institutions, Corporations, Societies, etc.) during 2017-18. There was increase of Rs 477 crore i.e.76 per cent in direct transfer of...   READ MORE

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Citing security reasons, admin serves eviction notice to Kathua border residents People set to lose agricultural land, livelihood 12/4/2021 11:31:49 PM Harpreet Singh Sethi Early Times Report Kathua, Dec 4: In the coming days hundreds of villages situated along the India and Pakistan border in Kathua district will present a deserted look as government has asked the people to vacate their homes. Sources said that the denizens been asked to move to some safer places due to security reasons. Earlier residents putting up in frontier areas used to migrate to safer places due to skirmishes on the border but this time administration has asked them to move out. The people living close to border are known as second line of defence and they have played very significant roles during the wars between India and Pakistan in 1965 and 1971 and ...   READ MORE   In 4 days, 198 Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrims test Covid positive; authorities worried 12/4/2021 11:31:35 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 4: Amid the threat of the Omicron variant of Coronavirus, pilgrims of Mata Vaishno Devi have added worries to the Health Department because during the last four days 198 devotees, from different parts of the country, have been tested positive. 61 pilgrims were tested positive during testing at Katra on Saturday. On Friday, 30 pilgrims of Mata Vaishno Devi were tested positive during RT-PCR testing at Katra-the base camp of the cave shrine. 18 devotees from different parts of the country were tested positive on Thursday. 89 pilgrims of Mata Vaishno Devi shrine belonging to different states tested positive for COVID-19 on their arrival at Katra Railway ...   READ MORE   COVID-19: Jammu reports 88 new cases, Kashmir 114 12/4/2021 11:31:29 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Dec 4: The Government today informed that 202 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 88 from Jammu division and 114 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 337646. Moreover, 179 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 36from Jammu Division and 143 from Kashmir Division. The Bulletin informs that no new case of Mucormycosis has been reported today. On COVID vaccination, the bulletin informs that 56,472doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulative number of doses admini...   READ MORE   GMC Anantnag flouting recruitment norms, allege aspirants Principal rebuts allegations, says posts reserved as per procedure 12/4/2021 11:31:22 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Dec 4: The authorities at Government Medical College Anantnag are allegedly flouting norms and are carrying on recruitment contrary to advertisement notification. A group of aspirants told Early Times that the authorities were ‘selectively’ reserving posts for different categories. “The GMC Anantnag administration reserved technician posts for different categories but didn’t reserve junior staff nurse posts for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Class categories despite the fact that both the recruitments are being carried under SRO-364,” they claimed, however wished anonymity. Earlier this year, GMC Anantnag issued a recru...   READ MORE   Unemployment, backwardness biggest enemies of country: Azad 12/4/2021 11:31:06 PM Early Times Report Ramban, Dec 4: The former J&K chief minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today demanded submission of Delimitation Commission report by March and announcement of elections within six months after it. While addressing a rally here, Azad described unemployment, backwardness and poverty as the biggest enemies of the country. “This is the actual Jihad which the INC will continue,” he added. “No party or leaders are my enemies. I want to fight poverty, unemployment and other issues. More than politicians we have to be reformers,” Azad said. Condemning the selective killings of civilians, policemen and security personnel in Kashmir, Azad urged the govern...   READ MORE   Elections in J&K after delimitation, statehood later: Amit Shah 12/4/2021 11:31:00 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 4: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that elections in the union territory of J&K will be held after delimitation following which "the process of restoration of statehood will start". Replying to a question at the HT Leadership Summit, Shah said, "First delimitation will take place and then elections will be held after which the process of statehood restoration will start in accordance with the act of the Parliament". Over the demand by some J&K politicians to restore J&K's statehood before holding elections, the Home Minister said, "They know the order of things (to be followed), but they want to create a political disput...   READ MORE   MeT forecasts light to heavy snowfall over 2-days 12/4/2021 11:30:52 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 4: The meteorological department on Saturday forecast light to heavy snowfall over two days in Jammu and Kashmir, even as the minimum temperature improved at most places in the Valley. Jammu and Kashmir is most likely to receive snowfall from Saturday evening till Monday evening, with the main activity on Sunday, the MeT said. It said snowfall is most likely to commence from late Saturday night, increasing gradually in intensity and spatial distribution with the peak on Sunday. The plains in Kashmir are likely to receive light (two to three inches) of snowfall, whereas higher reaches of J-K are likely to receive moderate snowfall (up to six to sev...   READ MORE   Railway cop escapes life bid 12/4/2021 11:30:45 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 4: Militants on Saturday fired upon a railway policeman in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, official sources said. They said while the policeman escaped unscathed, police and security forces cordoned off Dogripora village of the Awantipora amid reports that militants went inside the village. A police officer said that railway policeman is “safe”. “After attack militants went inside Dogripora village. The village has been cordoned off and searched are underway,” the officer added....   READ MORE

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