Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 30: Kashmiri Pandit Conference (KPC) in a meeting at New Delhi today held under the chairmanship of its president, Kundan Kashmiri has made an appeal to Lt Governor of J&K, G C Murmu to take effective steps for the welfare of displaced overaged youth who are the worst victims of three decade long turmoil.
Addressing the meeting Kundan Kashmiri said that these youth have their future totally bleak as they could not get any Government job after the mass exodus of the community from Valley. Having no source of income and after losing their all immovable property they were also unable to start a business on their own with the result they were forced to face the pangs of migration.
Keeping in view their plight, Kashmiri urged the LG to provide soft loans under various schemes of Government of India in their favour so that they can start their own business and support themselves as well as their other family members dependent on them. He also demanded that an age relaxation be also given in favour of the displaced Pandit youth in applying for Government services so that they can also apply for the posts to be announced by the Government.
Expressing his sympathy with the over-aged displaced youth, Kashmiri said that majority of them have even crossed the 40 years and have no source of income except the meager cash doles given by the Government. He said the Government should take initiative by providing them soft loans under start up India and various other schemes so that these youth can stand up on their legs instead of becoming a burden on others.
Kashmiri said that these youth are in a great desperation at present as they were not benefitted under much talked about PM’s employment package announced way back in 2008 as it had many flaws besides it was not implemented with sincerity by the Governments at the helm of affairs. He said it is unfortunate to note that despite passing a decade the J&K Government has failed to fulfill all the 6000 posts announced for migrant youth in 2008 and the posts announced in a notification in 2017 under the package have not been still filled up.
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