Srinagar, June 04: Asserting his government was making steady progress in tackling unemployment, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today announced launching of an employment programme in Jammu and Kashmir at the tehsil level.
Elaborating the broad contours of the employment policy in the legislative assembly, Mufti said the government has decided to make recruitment on tehsil level in police, education and other departments which would also help educated youth of urban areas to get jobs.

He said the government is taking steps to fill vacancies in various departments including health, agriculture, engineering and physical education.

Following up on Prime Minister's announcement of creation of one lakh jobs for Jammu and Kashmir youth in the next two years, Sayeed said, "to work out the modalities for implementing the decision, a high level committee headed by the cabinet secretary with chief secretary among others as its member, has been constituted".

He said the committee is meeting on June 10 to decide the procedure for implementation of the job package.

Bureau Report