STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: The serious scarcity of funds in Jammu and Kashmir is looming large with the amount of around 700 crore rupees pending with the government that was ought to be released in the past.
Also for the first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, the Dearness Allowance (DA) of the State employees is yet to be released since January 2014. Also the July installment of the DA is pending. It is the total of 17 per cent of the dearness allowance which the government is yet to release for more than 4.5 lakh employees of the State.
Employees earlier had pinned hopes on the previous regime for the resolution of the pending issues but no concrete decision was taken by the State authorities till the MCC was imposed in the State ahead of the state elections.
Scores of State employees while expressing their dissatisfaction over their DA said it was due in their favour since January 2014, and when the employees working in various centrally governed departments are about to get their 50 per cent merger of DA with their basic pay, the employees of Jammu and Kashmir State are crying for the demands that is long overdue. They stated that the disbursement of DA is in the budget provision and that the State Government needs no extra amount for the disbursement of the same.