Implementation of various welfare schemes
23/01/2020
The honorariums of some of the employees were paid against the available funds in the department, others could not receive the money due to unavailability of concerned administrators or grass roots public representative (Sarpanchs or Councilors). The Government last year linked the salaries of the workers with these representatives and made it mandatory for workers to get their approval. The move faced resentment from the workers but continued to be in place. The Rural Development Department could not notify 247 Sarpanches and 288 Panchs as the Panchayats they represent has less than two third majority of its total elected members which means nearly 45 percent Panchayats in Kashmir are vacant. Workers performing their duties in the vacant Panchayats faced difficulty in getting the required approval. Some accounts were frozen after the formation of Union Territory and that caused a delay in the release of the honorarium. Not only are the honorariums of workers withheld, salaries of employees including the Mission Director are also pending.
The employees working for the implementation of Integrated Child Development Scheme across Jammu and Kashmir have not received their honorariums after the formation of Union Territory as the administration has frozen the accounts of the department. The implementation of various welfare schemes have taken a hit. To solve the problem, the department replaced the representatives with the administrators at these places. Even that did not help in some places. The workers working with the Sopore project of the department are suffering in absence of the concerned authorities. This is the need of the hour, the administration should take notice of this and pay salaries of the workers.
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