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Jobs go scarce as unemployment rate soars across J&K

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Two separate reports on unemployment have placed J&K among the worst performers in job creation. According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) figures, J&K has 16.2 percent unemployment rate, which is the second worst among states/union territories in India. The unemployment rates are produced by CMIE using its Consumer Pyramids Household Survey machinery. CMIE has pegged India’s unemployment rate at 6.7 percent which means J&K has much higher unemployment rate than the national average. According to the periodic labour force survey of urban areas for July-September 2019, Jammu…

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Advt notice: 550 Posts of teacher for Srinagar, none for Jammu

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In an advertisement notice for teachers issued yesterday by the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) for district cadre posts of general, science/mathematics and Urdu teachers, the lion’s share has been given to Srinagar with 554 posts, whereas the winter capital has got none. The JKSSB has advertised 2,154 posts of teachers under the district cadre, but not a single post has been given to Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Jammu, Poonch, Kathua, Kargil and Leh districts. After Srinagar, which is the home district of Education Minister, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s…

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Appointment Scandal in Information Department

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What should the people of Jammu and Kashmir expect from such a government that is run by a Chief Minister whose own department is a culture of corruption. The same happened during NC rule and nothing seems to have changed yet. In just a span of 2 months another scandal has come to light and it has been found out that there have been a number of backdoor entries in the Information Department, Kashmir Division. According to top sources, many of the officials are allegedly involved in the backdoor entries…

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Cabinet approves 3,375 posts for five medical colleges

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The state government today accorded sanction to the creation of 3,375 posts of various categories for five new medical colleges to be established in various districts. The Cabinet approved 2,025 posts for medical colleges at Rajouri, Baramulla and Anantnag and creation of 1,350 posts to be operative in the financial year 2018-19 for medical colleges of Kathua and Doda, once they are sanctioned by the competent authority. Officials said these posts shall be strictly as per the Medical Council of India guidelines with 675 posts per medical college. The Union…

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Worried about being laid off? Try these IT jobs

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Worried about being laid off? If you are in IT sector, these are the roles you need to move towards – cloud engineer, DevOps engineer, information security manager amongst others. A report by e-learning company Simplilearn shows what roles in IT are likely disappear and what roles are likely to see demand in the next 1-2 years, also the median salary or the salary point where mass hiring is expected to happen. IT job roles such as software test engineer (in manual testing), system engineer (in infrastructure management), customer service…

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1.11 lakh jobless youth registered in JK: Govt

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The government said that 1410 selections were made by Public Service Commission (PSC) and 19,470 by Service Selection Board (SSB) during past three years. “During the current year, PSC made 256 selections and SSB 1752,” the government said. Jammu and Kashmir Government today said that 1,11,077 unemployed youth are registered with the different District Employment and Counselling Centres (DE&CC) of the state. The information was dished out in response to a question by the senior PDP leader and MLC Muhammad Khurshid Aalam in the upper house of the assembly. Giving…

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SBI Announces special recruitment drive in Kashmir, Ladakh

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State Bank of India (SBI) is conducting special recruitment drive for Kashmir and Ladakh to fill up about 150 vacancies with 80 for open merit category of Junior Associates (customer support & sales) and Junior Agricultural Associates in clerical cadre. The vacancies are based in district cadres of Srinagar, Anantnag, Budgam, Baramulla, Bandipora, Pulwama, Ganderbal, Kupwara, Shopian, Kulgam, Leh and Kargil and each candidate can apply for only one district. Those who wish to apply need to be Urdu knowing and should be proficient in Kashmiri or Ladakhi. Essential academic…

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187 posts okayed for timely completion of power projects

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The State Administrative Council (SAC), which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor NN Vohra, approved creation of 187 posts for two dedicated project wings, one each for the Jammu and Kashmir regions, and one Project Management Unit (PMU) at the secretariat level for monitoring and timely completion of power projects. The creation of the posts is initially for five years. The meeting approved two posts of Chief Engineer, six posts of Superintending Engineer, 14 posts of Executive Engineer, 35 posts of Assistant Executive Engineer (AEEs) and AEs and…

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Urgently Required – Business Development Officer / Senior Travel Desk Executive/ Core Web Developer

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Few vacancies are urgently to be filled: 01. Business Development Officer                  04 No’s 02. Senior Travel Desk Executive                  04 No’s 03. Core Web Developer                                  01 No Business Development Officers should be graduate (MBA Preferred) with experience in Travel Or  eCommerce Industry. Senior Travel Desk Executive should be graduate with hand on experience in inbound tourism. Core Web Developer…

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Rural dept to employ 1,200 data entry operators

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The Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj today said it would engage a total of 1,200 data entry operators at the panchayat level in clusters to enable panchayats to function on modern lines and have means to maintain books of account. This was announced by Minister for RuralDevelopment and Panchayati Raj Abdul Haq Khan while chairing a review meeting at the Civil Secretariat. “For strengthening the panchayati raj institutions, the departmentwill engage 1,200 accountant-cum-data entry operators at the panchayatlevel in clusters so that panchayats are able to function on…

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