Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 7: Newly recruited non-gazetted employees from various departments protested against the new job policy of the State Government here today.
Scores of non-gazetted employees from various departments including Rural Development, Technical Education and Health assembled at Press Enclave here and protested against the new job policy of the Government. The protestors alleged that the Government was exploiting educated youth of State by implementing the new job policy and pushing them into disillusionment.
“The policy was initially meant for all the new recruitments of the State including gazetted employees. But, the gazetted employees have been excluded from the policy and they are getting their full salaries,” a newly recruited employee working at District Hospital Budgam, said, adding it was only poor who were forced to serve on meager salaries.
He said they had repeatedly raised the issue with the concerned authorities but to no avail. “We even visited the Finance Minister of the State but, ironically, we were told to move outside the State for better salaries,” he said.
Another protester said that after spending nearly Rs 20-25 lakh on the education they were struggling to feed their families with the meager salary. “After completing the education outside we came back to serve our people but the Government is discouraging us with their job policy,” a female protester said, adding that on one hand, the Government brought in the new policy to tackle the cash crunch but on the other, the salaries of lawmakers were doubled.
Carrying banners and placards depicting their demands, the newly appointed non-gazetted employees were shouting slogans against the Government and demanding revocation of new recruitment policy. They pointed out that in the purview of the recruitment policy SRO-202 was implemented in June 2015 but this new policy was unfair for the educated youth of the State.
“The same Government termed the job policy unfair when they were in opposition in 2012. If it was unfair then how is fair now?” a protestor, asked.
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