{"id":211716,"date":"2026-09-26T12:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T07:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=211716"},"modified":"2026-09-26T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T07:25:04","slug":"iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html","title":{"rendered":"IIOJK: Retired coalmine workers protest in Rajouri over long-pending dues"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Jammu: Retired employees and daily-wage workers associated with coal mines of the Minerals Department in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) held a protest in Kalakote area of Rajouri district, demanding the fulfilment of their long-pending demands.<\/p>\n

The protesting retired employees and workers demanded the immediate release of their long-pending pensions, Provident Fund (PF), and other statutory retirement dues. They urged the authorities concerned to intervene immediately and ensure payment of their legitimate retirement dues.<\/p>\n

They said prolonged delays in the payment of pensions, PF, gratuity and other dues had caused severe financial difficulties for them and their families.<\/p>\n

Vijay Kumar Sharma, representing retired workers associated with coal mines in Metka, Mogla and Kalakote areas, said many former employees were facing financial hardships due to non-payment of their retirement benefits. He demanded the immediate release of pending PF, pensions and other statutory dues.<\/p>\n

The protesters also sought the early settlement of pending cases concerning the legal heirs and widows of deceased mine workers. They demanded that temporary daily-wage workers and permanent employees be provided all applicable PF and pension-related benefits.<\/p>\n

The protesters further demanded the release of pending arrears under the Sixth and Seventh Pay Commissions, along with the benefits of revised pay scales, for eligible serving and retired employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jammu: Retired employees and daily-wage workers associated with coal mines of the Minerals Department in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) held a protest in Kalakote area of Rajouri district, demanding the fulfilment of their long-pending demands. The protesting retired employees and workers demanded the immediate release of their long-pending pensions, Provident Fund (PF), …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":211717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"yoast_head":"\nIIOJK: Retired coalmine workers protest in Rajouri over long-pending dues > Kashmir Media Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Retired employees and daily-wage workers associated with coal mines of the Minerals Department in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IIOJK: Retired coalmine workers protest in Rajouri over long-pending dues > Kashmir Media Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Retired employees and daily-wage workers associated with coal mines of the Minerals Department in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kashmir Media Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-26T07:25:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/09\/prot-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"426\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sub Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sub Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sub Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b84d59be9f3e399deead3d47af58b74f\"},\"headline\":\"IIOJK: Retired coalmine workers protest in Rajouri over long-pending dues\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-26T07:25:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html\"},\"wordCount\":221,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/prot-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"IIOJK in focus\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html\",\"name\":\"IIOJK: Retired coalmine workers protest in Rajouri over long-pending dues > Kashmir Media Service\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/prot-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-26T07:25:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b84d59be9f3e399deead3d47af58b74f\"},\"description\":\"Retired employees and daily-wage workers associated with coal mines of the Minerals Department in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/prot-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/prot-1.jpg\",\"width\":770,\"height\":426},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"IIOJK: Retired coalmine workers protest in Rajouri over long-pending dues\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kashmir Media Service\",\"description\":\"Latest and Breaking News from Kashmir and India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b84d59be9f3e399deead3d47af58b74f\",\"name\":\"Sub Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dd6eeb64a3fd920111b79f5161a9b92aeb40ff3fd2c8e714275680672ed134ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dd6eeb64a3fd920111b79f5161a9b92aeb40ff3fd2c8e714275680672ed134ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dd6eeb64a3fd920111b79f5161a9b92aeb40ff3fd2c8e714275680672ed134ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sub Editor\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/author\\\/sub-editor\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"IIOJK: Retired coalmine workers protest in Rajouri over long-pending dues > Kashmir Media Service","description":"Retired employees and daily-wage workers associated with coal mines of the Minerals Department in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"IIOJK: Retired coalmine workers protest in Rajouri over long-pending dues > Kashmir Media Service","og_description":"Retired employees and daily-wage workers associated with coal mines of the Minerals Department in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and","og_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html","og_site_name":"Kashmir Media Service","article_published_time":"2026-09-26T07:25:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":770,"height":426,"url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/09\/prot-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sub Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sub Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html"},"author":{"name":"Sub Editor","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#\/schema\/person\/b84d59be9f3e399deead3d47af58b74f"},"headline":"IIOJK: Retired coalmine workers protest in Rajouri over long-pending dues","datePublished":"2026-09-26T07:25:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html"},"wordCount":221,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/09\/prot-1.jpg","articleSection":["IIOJK in focus"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html","url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html","name":"IIOJK: Retired coalmine workers protest in Rajouri over long-pending dues > Kashmir Media Service","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/09\/prot-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-26T07:25:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#\/schema\/person\/b84d59be9f3e399deead3d47af58b74f"},"description":"Retired employees and daily-wage workers associated with coal mines of the Minerals Department in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/09\/prot-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/09\/prot-1.jpg","width":770,"height":426},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/26\/iiojk-retired-coalmine-workers-protest-in-rajouri-over-long-pending-dues.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"IIOJK: Retired coalmine workers protest in Rajouri over long-pending dues"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/","name":"Kashmir Media Service","description":"Latest and Breaking News from Kashmir and India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#\/schema\/person\/b84d59be9f3e399deead3d47af58b74f","name":"Sub Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd6eeb64a3fd920111b79f5161a9b92aeb40ff3fd2c8e714275680672ed134ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd6eeb64a3fd920111b79f5161a9b92aeb40ff3fd2c8e714275680672ed134ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd6eeb64a3fd920111b79f5161a9b92aeb40ff3fd2c8e714275680672ed134ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sub Editor"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms"],"url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/author\/sub-editor"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211718,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211716\/revisions\/211718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}