There is good news for the state employees of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State who are now working in the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory and the Union Territory of Ladakh. Union Home Minister G Kishan Reddy in a written reply to the question of development of new UTs in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in the Lok Sabha today informed the House of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) allowances. Nearly 4.5 lakh state government employees in the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state have been given unpaid child education allowance, hostel allowance, transport allowance, LTC and fixed medical allowance.
Such CPC allowances were approved at an estimated cost of Rs. All such employees working in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh will benefit from the day on which these new Union Territories come into existence, from 31st October 2019.
In addition, after the creation of the two UTs on 31st October 2019, Jammu and Kashmir has been divided into two new UTs, namely the balance of the 14th Finance Commission grants, totaling Rs 14,559.25 crore and the tax paid to the former state. This includes Rs. Jammu and Kashmir has already released Rs 2,977.31 crore, while Rs 1,275.99 crore has already been released to Ladakh UT.
Due to Article 35A and other constitutional ambiguities, the people of these areas are denied the full rights enshrined in the Constitution of India and the various central laws enjoyed by other citizens of the country. After the President's Declaration under Article 370 on the recommendation of the Parliament, and the reorganization of the State of Jammu and Kashmir into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Ladakh of the Union Territory, all such matters have been resolved, and the areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of the country will be developed.
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