{"id":197623,"date":"2026-04-02T10:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=197623"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:30:47","slug":"over-59000-posts-vacant-in-iiojk-omar-abdullah-reveals-in-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/02\/over-59000-posts-vacant-in-iiojk-omar-abdullah-reveals-in-assembly.html","title":{"rendered":"Over 59,000 posts vacant in IIOJK, Omar Abdullah reveals in Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jammu: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has informed the Legislative Assembly that over 59,000 posts are lying vacant across 38 government departments, triggering a debate about the administration’s ability to deliver public services.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, the vacant posts include 48,958 non-gazetted and 10,217 gazetted positions, with 24,507 non-gazetted and 3,808 gazetted posts vacant under the direct recruitment quota, and 24,451 non-gazetted and 6,409 gazetted posts vacant under the promotion quota.<\/p>\n

The districts with the highest number of vacancies are yet to be disclosed, but the CM stated that a total of 16,812 non-gazetted and 2,798 gazetted posts are vacant across all 20 districts.The opposition has criticized the government for failing to fill the vacancies, citing it as a major reason for the poor state of public services in the territory.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the government has cleared bills amounting to Rs 12,561.31 crore under various heads, including gratuity, commutation, leave salary, and contractor payments, and settled GPF bills worth Rs 5,821.43 crore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jammu: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has informed the Legislative Assembly that over 59,000 posts are lying vacant across 38 government departments, triggering a debate about the administration’s ability to deliver public services. According to Kashmir Media Service, the vacant posts include 48,958 non-gazetted and 10,217 gazetted positions, with …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":197640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jammu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t