India plans 'largest recruitment drive' for govt workers in occupied Kashmir

[IndianHero]

India says it plans to hire tens of thousands of government workers in occupied Kashmir after New Delhi stripped Kashmiris of the constitutional rights they had for seven decades through a rushed presidential order.

Satya Pal Malik, the New Delhi-appointed governor, called it the largest recruitment drive in the disputed region, with officials planning to fill up "50,000 vacancies in various government departments in the next few months".

At a news conference on Wednesday in Srinagar, Malik also announced that the government is willing to commit $700 million to help apple farmers. Indian authorities believe the move will expand the region's economy, to which horticulture, particularly apple orchards, is critical.

Malik assured people of peace and said 'normalcy' will soon return to occupied Kashmir. He said mobile phone services in 10 districts of occupied Jammu and Kashmir will be restored and mobile phone services also will be back in the northern Kupwara and Handwara police districts in the Kashmir valley.


The Press Trust of India news agency reported that Malik acknowledged at his news conference that Indian paramilitary forces used pellet guns during protests in occupied Kashmir.

Malik spoke hours after India's top court took up challenges to ending occupied Kashmir's special status and asked the government to explain its stance.

Read: India's Supreme Court issues notice to govt on petitions regarding revocation of Article 370

India's government, led by the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, decided on August 5 to repeal of Article 370 of the Indian constitution, that granted occupied Kashmir special status. The government instituted a security lockdown and communications blackout to avoid violence. As the clampdown enters its 25th day, authorities say they have eased some of the restrictions.

Indian officials have characterised their surprise move to strip occupied Kashmir's special constitutional status as a way to boost its economic potential. They are also planning an international investment summit in the disputed region as India has seen a slowdown in its economy.

Many people in Kashmir believe the loss of special status has nothing to do with the region's economy and see it as a form of aggression from the Indian government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first address to the nation after revoking occupied Kashmir's special status, said the region now has "the potential to become the biggest tourist destination in the world". Indian Home Minister Amit Shah also said earlier this month that revoking the status will "kick start" development.



State data, however, shows occupied Kashmir's gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services in the state, has risen from $16.7 billion in 2012 to an estimated $21.9 billion last year.

In contrast, India is grappling with economic growth that has slowed to a five-year low of 5.8 per cent in the quarter from January to March. Declining industrial output and automobile sales have further raised fears of a deeper slowdown in the country.


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[IndianHero]

so Modi means business I think.

so in those 50,000 jobs , 10 % of jobs (5000) r reserved for locals (i.e.. to J & K locals), so of those remaining 45,000 nearly 30,000 might b filled by non-locals which means they will shift with their families which makes close to 1 Lakh ppl migrating...

In the disguise of providing jobs to locals slowly but surely demographics will change in the valley like it happened in Jammu division... Modi hai tho munkin hai !

 

[Tiger96]

so Modi means business I think.

so in those 50,000 jobs , 10 % of jobs (5000) r reserved for locals (i.e.. to J & K locals), so of those remaining 45,000 nearly 30,000 might b filled by non-locals which means they will shift with their families which makes close to 1 Lakh ppl migrating...

In the disguise of providing jobs to locals slowly but surely demographics will change in the valley like it happened in Jammu division... Modi hai tho munkin hai !

And 90% of those 1 Lakh migrants will be from the prestigious state of Bihar. Now once Biharis have infested a region they will double, triple and quadruple their numbers in a few years. Good Luck to the Kashmiris who must be very excited to welcome their new neighbours and get culturally enriched.

 

[Ram Shekhar]

What an inhuman thing to do!! Kashmiris clearly don't want anything to do with our country or our people, why is the government even trying to infest them with our population? Disgusting really!

 

[hafeezrocks]

Disgusting and illegal move by India to tamper with the demographic balance of a region under the guise of providing employment.

 

[GBK_Fan]

so Modi means business I think.

so in those 50,000 jobs , 10 % of jobs (5000) r reserved for locals (i.e.. to J & K locals), so of those remaining 45,000 nearly 30,000 might b filled by non-locals which means they will shift with their families which makes close to 1 Lakh ppl migrating...

In the disguise of providing jobs to locals slowly but surely demographics will change in the valley like it happened in Jammu division... Modi hai tho munkin hai !

You are taking a fairly bleak view of the situation. With educated, high earning migrants you will have cleaners, Cooks, maids being employed. Number of cabbies and rickshaw drivers, kebab shops etc will all go up. It will be a lot of indirect employment which will open up for the locals.

Not too mention there will be teachers and doctors moving to Kashmir as well. Every Kashmiri man woman and child will say this is a good move for Kashmir. They will accept this with open arms.

 

[Romali_rotti]

What an inhuman thing to do!! Kashmiris clearly don't want anything to do with our country or our people, why is the government even trying to infest them with our population? Disgusting really!

Well, no amount of crying will get you Kashmir. When I mean you, I mean 'Pakistan' ..

 

[Ram Shekhar]

Well, no amount of crying will get you Kashmir. When I mean you, I mean 'Pakistan' ..

What is happening is unethical and uncalled for. Indian government knows Kashmiris will never want to merge with India so they're trying to dilute the region with Indian populations. This amounts to war on Kashmiris. Please research before you post garbage. I'm feeling sad for Kashmiris who must be feeling increasingly alienated with each passing day.

 

[IndianHero]

You are taking a fairly bleak view of the situation. With educated, high earning migrants you will have cleaners, Cooks, maids being employed. Number of cabbies and rickshaw drivers, kebab shops etc will all go up. It will be a lot of indirect employment which will open up for the locals.

Not too mention there will be teachers and doctors moving to Kashmir as well. Every Kashmiri man woman and child will say this is a good move for Kashmir. They will accept this with open arms.

true as someone said it that most of these cleaners, cooks, maids, drivers etc. will be from UP/bihar and they quadraple in few years !

As I said in the disguise of providing employment demographics will change slowly but surely...

 

[IndianHero]

What is happening is unethical and uncalled for. Indian government knows Kashmiris will never want to merge with India so they're trying to dilute the region with Indian populations. This amounts to war on Kashmiris. Please research before you post garbage. I'm feeling sad for Kashmiris who must be feeling increasingly alienated with each passing day.

More than kashmiris I m kind of worried abt environment as lot of garbage generated leads to glaciers melting down as J & K is not a good region to have lots & lots of population

 

[Gabbar Singh]

How dare the Indian government generate extra jobs in Jammu and Kashmir. This is disgusting, someone should take this to the International Court of Justice.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

How dare the Indian government generate extra jobs in Jammu and Kashmir. This is disgusting, someone should take this to the International Court of Justice.

Hahaha we know very well these jobs will goto infiltrators.

 

[rhony]

The Kashmir GDP has increased by 5 bil from 17 to 22 bil in 6 to 7 years. "In contrast" India is grappling with growth rate of "only" 5.6. Is this guy for real? This is basic math.

 

[Manager101]

And I was thinking that the colonial age had ended after the British empire but looks like after this action in an occupied and disputed territory, we have a new imperialist in the making 'Indian Empire'.

 

[troodon]

Hahaha we know very well these jobs will goto infiltrators.

Lets not talk about infiltrators.

 

[troodon]

It will take another 20-30 years for Kashmir to have sizable Hindu population. Adding one lakh Hindus/Christians/Sikhs is not going to alter the demographics right away. It takes time.

When Islam invaded subcontinent, there were only a few thousand Arabs/Central Asians. Now thanks to their efforts, we have more than 500 million Muslims in the entire subcontinent.

 

[IMMY69]

It will take another 20-30 years for Kashmir to have sizable Hindu population. Adding one lakh Hindus/Christians/Sikhs is not going to alter the demographics right away. It takes time.

When Islam invaded subcontinent, there were only a few thousand Arabs/Central Asians. Now thanks to their efforts, we have more than 500 million Muslims in the entire subcontinent.

This is a Zionist view.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

How dare the Indian government generate extra jobs in Jammu and Kashmir. This is disgusting, someone should take this to the International Court of Justice.

If those jobs can be generated, why not just allocate them to locals already in the region? Surely that would be the best way to get the region on board and actually make them feel part of a prosperous India?

When I read the thread title, that is what I thought they were going to do, and was thinking it was showing some real foresight by the Indian govt. Instead it looks like forcing a foreign entity onto the locals already living there.

 

[rhony]

If those jobs can be generated, why not just allocate them to locals already in the region? Surely that would be the best way to get the region on board and actually make them feel part of a prosperous India?

When I read the thread title, that is what I thought they were going to do, and was thinking it was showing some real foresight by the Indian govt. Instead it looks like forcing a foreign entity onto the locals already living there.

Why were the jobs unallocated so far? Is that because of no qualified candidates or is it because there was no interest in the Kashmiri population. I think there are reservations for state jobs for locals and they are usually preferred if they are qualified or interested.

 

[AdamM97]

It will take another 20-30 years for Kashmir to have sizable Hindu population. Adding one lakh Hindus/Christians/Sikhs is not going to alter the demographics right away. It takes time.

When Islam invaded subcontinent, there were only a few thousand Arabs/Central Asians. Now thanks to their efforts, we have more than 500 million Muslims in the entire subcontinent.

Uhm, the invading Central Asian Afghans and Turks didn't replace Indians. Most South Asian Muslims are of South Asian origin anyways. If anything, invaders like the Mughals mixed with the local population and their descendants today are of mostly Indian origin anyways.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

Why were the jobs unallocated so far? Is that because of no qualified candidates or is it because there was no interest in the Kashmiri population. I think there are reservations for state jobs for locals and they are usually preferred if they are qualified or interested.

what qualifications does modi have? is he capable if bringing prosperity to india? is he qualified to to be prime minister.

 

[rhony]

what qualifications does modi have? is he capable if bringing prosperity to india? is he qualified to to be prime minister.

His party won the majority of seats in the parliament and they chose him as their leader and PM. His qualifications include being the Chief Minister of Gujarat during it's impressive economic growth. I guess that should be enough for a democracy

 

[rhony]

what qualifications does modi have? is he capable if bringing prosperity to india? is he qualified to to be prime minister.

Another point you ignored is about the interest in Kashmiris for these jobs. There was news recently that a lot of Biharis etc had to leave Kashmir due to the unrest. They were hired for labor work. Why did Kashmiris want Biharis for labor jobs? Aren't there enough people in Kashmir?

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Why were the jobs unallocated so far? Is that because of no qualified candidates or is it because there was no interest in the Kashmiri population. I think there are reservations for state jobs for locals and they are usually preferred if they are qualified or interested.

Do you have any data to back up your assertions that the Kashmiris aren't qualified or interested in the jobs? What sort of jobs are we talking about?

 

[PakLFC]

Key word being "plans". Only Allah's plan will succeed.

 

[troodon]

Uhm, the invading Central Asian Afghans and Turks didn't replace Indians. Most South Asian Muslims are of South Asian origin anyways. If anything, invaders like the Mughals mixed with the local population and their descendants today are of mostly Indian origin anyways.

Give Christians and HIndus a chance to revert the Kashmiri ex-pandits back to Hinduism or for that matter let them taste the sweetness of Jesus.

 

[rhony]

Do you have any data to back up your assertions that the Kashmiris aren't qualified or interested in the jobs? What sort of jobs are we talking about?

I have no data. That's why I'm wondering and speculating. He isn't saying these jobs will be created. The statement indicated these are unfilled positions.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

I have no data. That's why I'm wondering and speculating. He isn't saying these jobs will be created. The statement indicated these are unfilled positions.

So basically you are making assumptions that no locals are qualified or willing to do the jobs, and you are also making assumptions that these jobs are already there waiting rather than being created.

A neutral might well suppose that your premise is purely to support your govt ministers at every turn in their Hindutva propaganda.

 

[rhony]

So basically you are making assumptions that no locals are qualified or willing to do the jobs, and you are also making assumptions that these jobs are already there waiting rather than being created.

A neutral might well suppose that your premise is purely to support your govt ministers at every turn in their Hindutva propaganda.

Not everything is about Hindutva. Availability of 50k jobs and a bunch of Bihari workers in Kashmir until recently made me wonder.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Not everything is about Hindutva. Availability of 50k jobs and a bunch of Bihari workers in Kashmir until recently made me wonder.

Yes it was probably just a coincidence that your wondering was in line with Hindutva govt policy. I was just wondering as well, that is why I described it as a supposition.

 

[rhony]

Yes it was probably just a coincidence that your wondering was in line with Hindutva govt policy. I was just wondering as well, that is why I described it as a supposition.

Lol with the hindutva. There is something called common sense too. 50k unfilled positions in Kashmir. Why were they unfilled? One should blame the people that don't ask this question. Always take the side of common Sense.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Lol with the hindutva. There is something called common sense too. 50k unfilled positions in Kashmir. Why were they unfilled? One should blame the people that don't ask this question. Always take the side of common Sense.

Why should one blame the people when you yourself have admitted you don't know why there are 50,000 jobs unfilled? You don't even have facts to hand as to whether these are vacant positions or jobs newly created for foreign workers being shipped in from outside the state.

You are now trying to wrap your skewed viewpoint up as common sense. LOL.

 

[rhony]

Why should one blame the people when you yourself have admitted you don't know why there are 50,000 jobs unfilled? You don't even have facts to hand as to whether these are vacant positions or jobs newly created for foreign workers being shipped in from outside the state.

You are now trying to wrap your skewed viewpoint up as common sense. LOL.

It's a bit rich considering you dont have facts too. And yet you took the alarmist POV that this is somehow a scheme for demographic change. That will be gradual. Nobody will rub salt on the wounds. Also this statement was to.pacify Kashmiris. Why would anyone try to pacify someone by giving jobs to somebody else. Something to think about

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

It's a bit rich considering you dont have facts too. And yet you took the alarmist POV that this is somehow a scheme for demographic change. That will be gradual. Nobody will rub salt on the wounds. Also this statement was to.pacify Kashmiris. Why would anyone try to pacify someone by giving jobs to somebody else. Something to think about

I don't have an alarmist POV, I merely responded to an assertion by another poster by asking for some details. That poster didn't respond, and you jumped in on his behalf with unsubstantiated theories which are of no use to me.

I don't object outright to propaganda, but it should at least have some substance behind it.

 

[rhony]

I don't have an alarmist POV, I merely responded to an assertion by another poster by asking for some details. That poster didn't respond, and you jumped in on his behalf with unsubstantiated theories which are of no use to me.

I don't object outright to propaganda, but it should at least have some substance behind it.

This is not a private chat for strictly one to one conversations isn't it. People can jump in. This is about point of views. I gave mine. You have an objection, that's fine. You say you don't have a POV that's fine too. Not sure what's left to debate unless you have one.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Relentless propaganda followed by defensive justification. How tiresome.