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JK becomes 2nd worst unemployed place in India, courtesy Babu Raj Bureaucracy bulldozing dreams of qualified youth 3/21/2022 11:52:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 21: What could once again expose the questionable function of the present Jammu and Kashmir administration are the latest figures on unemployment in the erstwhile state- depicting a grim picture of the functioning of the government in tackling the menace effectively. A report titled “Periodic Labour Force Survey April-June 2021” released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revealed that the unemployment figures among educated youth in J&K have reached 46.3 percent, the second-highest in India. Such startling figures have put a serious question mark on the efficacy of the government that so far has been claiming that has made positive strides vis-à-vis ending the unemployment and providing educated youth viable opportunities for livelihood generation. “This is yet another instance when the tall claims of the government have been unmasked. This has led to wide-scale speculations about how the government has been utterly failing to deliver on the ground. In spite of being in possession of ample resources, the bureaucratic...   READ MORE

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46% unemployment rate punctures Govt claims: NC 3/21/2022 11:51:58 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 21: Jammu and Kashmir has the second highest unemployment rate in the country at 46 per cent, the National Conference said on Saturday, citing a report which, it said, contrasts the government’s claims on job creation post Article 370’s abrogation. The “Periodic Labour Force Survey April-June 2021” released by the statistics and programme implementation ministry is in stark contrast to the “false realities” projected by the Centre on fostering employment in Jammu and Kashmir after the article was revoked, party spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said. The data published by the premier government agency flies in the face of the central government and the Ja...   READ MORE   Periodic Labour Force Survey opens Pandora’s 3/21/2022 11:51:52 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 21: The Jammu & Kashmir administration has been claiming that it has brought down the unemployment rate in the union territory but on the ground the facts belie the tall claims of the people at helm. The “Periodic Labour Force Survey April-June 2021” released by the statistics and programme implementation ministry clearly spells out 46 percent of youth are unemployed in Jammu & Kashmir. Jammu & Kashmir figures at second spot as far as unemployment percentage in the country is concerned. The magnitude of unemployment in Jammu & Kashmir can be gauged by the fact that more than five lakh unemployed youth applied for around 8,000 jobs for class IV posts adve...   READ MORE   New JU Vice-Chancellor once faced ABVP wrath for 'derogatory' remarks against PM Modi 3/21/2022 11:51:44 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 21: Within hours after Raj Bhawan issued formal order regarding the appointment of Prof. Umesh Rai as new Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University, social media flooded with stories published in different newspapers and websites in April 2014 when the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor had faced the wrath of the activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for allegedly passing highly derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Some netizens ex...   READ MORE   Farooq Khan’s resignation raises many eyebrows! 3/21/2022 11:51:29 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 21: The sudden resignation of Farooq Khan from the post of advisor to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has raised many eye-brows because BJP leadership in J&K was unaware of any such development till Sunday evening. Secondly, Khan’s resignation within 24 hours after the visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah has fueled rumours in the corridors of power. “What was the emergency? Why Farooq Khan was asked to resign after Union Home Minister reached Delhi?”, these are the questions being raised in the corridors of power in Jammu and Srinagar. Highly placed sources said that the J&K unit of BJP was still not aware of what assignment the party high-command was...   READ MORE   Youth dismayed over non-development of stadium at Bhagwati Nagar 3/21/2022 11:51:24 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 21: Youth of the Bhagwati Nagar and the adjoining ones have expressed concern over the failure of the administration to develop the stadium sanctioned by the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) in the Bhagwati Nagar. The aggrieved youth said that although the land has been sanctioned by the JDA but it has not been developed by the concerned agencies and the departments. They said the land has not been attended to by the people at helm due to which the motive be...   READ MORE   LG admin, Auqaf in slumber as people dump garbage at Talab Tillo graveyard 3/21/2022 11:51:06 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 21: Residents of Talab Tillo area have expressed concern over the dumping of garbage at the local graveyard by some people and blamed the Auqaf for its failure to make the graveyard free from the graveyard. A group of people said that they contacted the concerned Auqaf officials with the hope that necessary corrective action would be taken. They said that although the matter was raised but in turn they got mere assurances with no action being taken by the peo...   READ MORE   Contractor builds bridge, forgets approach road Authorities in slumber even after 5-years 3/21/2022 11:50:53 PM Early Times Report Rajouri, Mar 21: In yet another instance of the official apathy, a bridge connecting Sole village with Sada hamlet in Rajouri district has been left incomplete. According to the residents this bridge was constructed five years ago but the contractor forgot to construct the approach road leading to the bridge. “We have approached the concerned officials on many occasions but our pleas have fallen flat on the deaf ears. “It seems the bills of the contractor were cleared by ...   READ MORE   Rename Jammu East constituency as Temple City Jammu: Cong 3/21/2022 11:50:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 21: The Congress has demanded naming Jammu East as” Temple City Jammu” assembly, Bahu segment as “Bawe wali Mata” Assembly and Thannamandi as “Shahdara Sharief “ Assembly. In the written objections filed by the Party to delimitation Commissiom, the party has taken strong objections to the several violations of norms and ignoring peoples aspirations like clubbing of Anantnag, Poonch Rajouri lok sabha seat instead of increasing one more Lok sabha seat, ignoring genuine aspirations of due representation of kashmiri pandits, Sikh and Christian minority and POJK displaced. Congress has also serious questions about the ratio and large variiations in populatio...   READ MORE   We are orphans, listen to us: SRO-43 aspirants 3/21/2022 11:50:28 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 21: Youths who were promised jobs under SRO-43 and SRO-120 staged a protest here on Monday against the alleged failure of the government to provide them with the compassionate appointments. Protesters while talking to Early Times said that they have been running from pillar to post for the past three years but the officials haven’t paid any heed towards their pleas. “We request Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to direct the concerned officials to pay some atten...   READ MORE   Civilian killed, non local wounded in Kashmir attacks 3/21/2022 11:49:54 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 21: A civilian was killed and a non-local individual was wounded in two separate attacks in Kashmir on Monday evening, police said. In the first incident, a civilian Tajamul Mohi-ud-din was shot dead in Budgam district. "Terrorists barged into the house of one civilian Tajamul Mohi-ud-din Rather, a resident of Gotpora area of Budgam and fired indiscriminately upon him. In this terror incident, he had sustained critical gunshot injuries and was immediately shifted to nearby hospital for treatment however, doctors declared him dead on arrival, " a police officer said. A non local worker from Bihar was wounded in a militant attack in south Kashmir’...   READ MORE   Tulip garden: Present J&K regime trying to take credit for Azad’s brain child 3/21/2022 11:49:43 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 21: The present dispensation in Jammu and Kashmir is trying to take credit for the works which were completed by the former chief ministers of the erstwhile state. Recently, the government issued an advertisement about Tulip Garden in Srinagar being thrown open for the people. “It seems that the present dispensation has forgotten that the Tulip Garden at the banks of Dal Lake was the brainchild of the former J&K chief minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and it was ma...   READ MORE   Water bodies in Anantnag all set to die as people dump garbage in them 3/21/2022 11:14:59 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Mar 21: Most of the water bodies in South Kashmir's Anantnag district have turned up as garbage dumping sites since most of the people dump their household waste in the rivers, streams and rivulets in this South Kashmir district. Reports reaching here said that the water bodies in the Anantnag are all set to die an untimely death due to the negligent attitude of the people living in the entire district. They said the people are showing no concern towards the envir...   READ MORE   Land disputes regarding construction of school buildings taken up under SAMAGRA resolved Hr Secondary School Sankari building, High School Larkooti building to be started soon 3/21/2022 11:14:38 PM ANKIT KESSAR Early Times Report RAJOURI, Mar 21: On the directions of State Project Director, SAMAGRA Deep Raj, JKAS and under his overall supervision, Deputy Director Planning, SAMAGRA Bilal Rashid* visited the Zone Koteranka, to sort out the long pending Land disputes. Deputy Director Planning Bilal Rashid informed that, HS Sankari was upgraded as Hr. Secondary School Sankari under SAMAGRA and 08 Class rooms with Toilets were sanctioned in the year 2018-19 with an estimated cost of Rs. 99.00 Lacs but due to non-availability of Land, the work of the same could not be started. Similarly, High School Larkooti sitauted around 1.5 Kms away from Road, having enrolment of more than 250, is ha...   READ MORE

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