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Omar Abdullah announces 80,000 government jobs for youths
Saturday January 05, 2013 08:46:00 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar: Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday announced 80,000
jobs for educated youth of the state, asserting that employment
generation in the government and private sectors was his regime's
top concern.
Addressing a rally of panches and sarpanches (village council
members and headmen) here, Abdullah said: "We have already set in
motion a mechanism to fill up vacancies in government departments
as fast as possible".
He also indicated his government's intention to make provision in
the next budget for a stipend and insurance cover to sarpanches
and panches irrespective of getting any financial support from the
central government in this regard.
"We have taken up this issue with the centre for funds, but
whether the centre accedes to our request or not we will make the
provision in the next budget for providing stipend and insurance
cover to panchayat members. This is likely to entail Rs.100 crores
annually," he added.
The chief minister said the success of panchayat system is the
success of his government.
"Jammu and Kashmir is a state which cannot be governed from the
secretariat, but from the grassroots level democratic institutions
representing aspirations of the people. As such, we have moved
forward with a commitment to create a powerful panchayat system in
the state," he said, adding that services of 14 departments have
been transferred to these institutions while transfer of many more
powers are in the pipeline.
Abdullah also asked the newly-elected members of the legislative
council from panchayat quota to keep close rapport with panches
and sarpanches and oversee the utilization of powers entrusted to
panchayats at block and village levels.
Referring to the development in the state during the last four
years of the coalition government, he said that it was on this day
four years back that the National Conference and Congress pledged
to work together to seek peace and prosperity in the state.
"We worked sincerely towards achieving this goal and the impact of
our endeavour is visible on ground whether opposition would like
to see it or not," he said.
"Our report card is before the people and they will judge us by
our performance. We will ask the people to go through our
performance and give their verdict in next elections," he said.
Taking a dig at the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP),
Abdullah said the PDP who talk of power supply today did nothing
during their tenure to launch even a single power project worth
one megawatt but instead scuttled the 1,200 megawatt Sawalkote
Power Project signed by the previous NCP regime, headed by Farooq
Abdullah.
"My government has given top priority to this sector and projects
to generate over 1,000 megawatt of electricity have already been
launched which would yield benefit for the people in near future."
He said 13 lakh tourists visited the Valley in 2012 generating
wide-ranging economic activities.
"We do not say that all has been done, but much progress on peace
and development front has been achieved which is visible on ground
and much more is to be done for which my government is moving
forward with commitment and a pledge," he said.
About 3,000 panches and sarpanches from different parts of the
Valley had turned up to attend the rally which was the first
public meeting of the chief minister in Kashmir this year.
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