Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 15: Senior vice president Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil today said that the development package which Government of India (GoI) is likely to announce should not remain confined to papers only but be implemented on ground too.
“In a development package, the GoI should include the unemployment policy for the youth of Jammu and Kashmir and it should also include the revival of the fruit and tourism industry which are the backbone of the Kashmir economy,” Vakil said in a statement.
Vakil further said: “Till date many promises have been made on papers but nothing has been done so far on ground level and the package which GoI is likely going to announce must include revival of the fruit and tourism industry which is likely at the verge of extinction.”
He said that unemployment is a major concern to be followed in Jammu and Kashmir and it should not be ignored in this special package.
Meanwhile, Vakil also expressed concern that thousands of applications have been invited for the Government jobs in previous months but nothing has been done so far. He questioned the GoI, as to what happened to those posts that were notified and invited by the Government.
Pertinently on Monday, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinah said a committee was constituted to suggest a package for the revival of business and other important sectors and the GoI is likely considering to announce a massive package.
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