Like our Facebook Page

news details

Agriculture deptt employees not paid salaries for nearly 2 yrs 2/22/2016 11:19:49 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 22: Over 800 agricultural technocrats, whose services were regularised in 2011, were not paid salaries for nearly two years, their union claimed today. "The 881 agricultural technocrats have not received their salaries for the past 22 months owing to the delay tactics of the officials concerned," J&K Agricultural Technocrat Association (JKATA) President Surinder Radotra said here. He said that the employees have been facing various hardships due to the non-payment of their salaries. "You can well understand the plight of the family members when their bread-earners have not been paid salaries for the past 22 months," Radotra said. The funds have already been released by the State Finance Department to pay the pending salaries of these agricultural technocrats but there has been a delay on part of the department, he added. JKATA has appealed to the Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra to intervene and instruct the officials of the Agriculture Department to release their pending salaries at the earliest. When contacted, the Director Agriculture Jammu S S Jamwal said that the state was going through a financial crisis and a large part of funds received by the department was already distributed. "We had to prioritise the utilisation of the funds and they have been done the same way. We are hopeful that soon the employees will get their pending salaries," Jamwal said.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

top stories of the day

Crime Branch proves Thusoo's 'misdeeds' Geelani's Hurriyat crosses red line, openly supports militancy Fall in line or face electorate: Mehbooba's message to BJP Pampore encounter ends; 3 militants killed 'AFSPA must to fight Pak sponsored proxy war in JK' Mehbooba expects windfall for JK in Union budget JU leaves PhD aspirants in lurch Raj Bhawan, VO take cognizance of ET report Pampore martyr Capt Tushar's mortal remains consigned to flames with full military honours Delay in results of AD Statistics leaves aspirants fuming New Sub Divisions, Tehsils face staff shortage PDP worker gets PHC Chadoora shifted HRD, UGC unlikely to give breather to pre-2009 PhD holders Encroachers clash with Police, enforcement team in Bari Brahmana Reasi adminfails to update website CIC issues penalty notice against XEn 'Revenue Deptt promotes influential, ignores qualified candidates' Sanjoit village roads in bad shape Revenue Deptt allegedly manipulates land records, Officers-field staff hands in glove Bhaderwah Degree College lacks teaching staff, infrastructure

STOCK UPDATE

BSE Sensex NSE Nifty

CRICKET UPDATE