The J&K government on Tuesday informed the legislative assembly here that a total of 1,00,501 casual, daily rated and other workers have been registered across various departments through Aadhaar-based biometric identification and skill profiling.
As per official data tabled in the House in response to multiple questions by the members, the government reply stated that registered workers include 69,696 casual labourers, 8,534 seasonal labourers, 8,836 daily rated/work charged employees, 3,092 part-time workers, 156 CIC operators, 5,757 NYC hamals/drivers of FCS&CA Department, 1,929 persons engaged under hospital development fund, 2,153 part-time sweepers and 348 settlement assistants of the revenue department.
Region-wise figures revealed that 57,390 workers belong to Kashmir division, while 40,077 are from Jammu division. Among departments, the highest number of such engagements are in PHE/I&FC (38,585), power development department (13,616), education (12,646), forest (8,317) and public works (R&B) (6,801).
The government further informed the House that a committee has been constituted, headed by the chief secretary, to examine the issue of regularisation. The committee has been mandated to assess various categories of workers, service rules, financial implications and legal ramifications before recommending a comprehensive roadmap.