JAMMU: Tabling his fourth budget in a row, Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu on Thursday announced the implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations from April 15, Dearness Allowance for the State Government employees and other benefits in the interest and welfare of the employees.
He also announced the Government’s decision of recommendations for one year to finalise the regularisation of 61,000 seasonal, casual workers working in different parts of the State Government.
Asserting that operations will be the focus of the new budget, the Finance Minister said, ”Government would also provide social security system to commercial contractors as the government has already asked the Jammu and Kashmir bank to issue credit ATM cards to these commercial contractors”.
He also said zero-based manpower audit would be ensured in the coming financial year and recruitment rules for appointments would be reviewed without abolishing any department.
Mr Drabu also announced the hike in daily wages of skilled workers from Rs 50 to Rs 225 and increasing of wages for highly skilled workers to Rs 400 a day.
Soon after the presentation of the budget in the House, CPI (M) Secretary and MLA Kulgam MY Tarigami sought clarifications from the Government on the non-inclusion of the power development department in the budget which sparked protest and the Speaker adjourned the House for the day.
Other major decisions of the Government in the budget 2018-19 included strict discipline of no re-appropriation after December 31st 2017 has resulted in more than 50 per cent of the outlays being spent by December 31st, 2017, Rs 5 crore each to the Handicraft Development and Handloom Development Corporations for raw material and inventory upgradation, One per cent Dearness Allowance due to the employees from July 1, 2017, unmarried daughters of the employees, who were hitherto not entitled to receive pension, have now been made eligible to receive pension once the employee and his/her spouse is no more, increased Personal Accidental Insurance from Rs 5 lakh to Rs10 lakh, Accredited journalists of the state to be covered under Mediclaim Group Insurance Scheme, abolition of basic toll on all non-commercial, private light motor vehicles. (AGENCIES)
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