Open Letter to Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor Shri Girish Chandra Murmu;

Open Letter to Hon’ble  Lieutenant Governor Shri Girish Chandra Murmu;

By Shaukat Ahmad Khan

                     Shaukat Ahmad Khan

The honourable Shiri Girish Chandra Murmu
Lieutenant Governor of UT Jammu & Kashmir
Raj Bhavan 2501313, 2501616

Sir
I Shaukat Ahmad Khan, the President of AJKRKTF would like to put some issues and concerns in front of your esteemed personality through this open letter. After assuming your great orientation here, you must have realized how slowly the UT of Jammu & Kashmir is accelerating in terms of development, output, infrastructure and management. Before I place my slant in your sight I would like to apprise you of some paramount figures.
     In Jammu and Kashmir the labour force is about 1% of India’s labour force and the labour force participation rate is similar to that of India, but the unemployment rate is twice as high it is in India. In Aug 2019, the labour force participation rate rose a bit to 43 % and the unemployment rate rose sharply to 22%. Recently, under your governance  Directorate of Employment asked the unemployed youth having PG, M.Phil, or PhD degree to register themselves. In just 15 days, over 1.5 lakh highly qualified youth registered themselves as unemployed.
        In the financial year, 2018 J&k’s per capita income remained Rs 65,615 which was well below the national average of around Rs 98,000. Also, in terms of purchasing power parity, the UT of J&k remained below from the UTs of Goa, Delhi, Chandigarh, Pondicherry, Andaman and Nicobar islands. From this, you can easily perceive and measure the rate of progress, prosperity, mental stability and advancement of the youth in Jammu and Kashmir.
       Since I am a resident of the UT of J&K; it is my obligation to inform you about the ill and incompetent condition of my fellow residents. Besides a resident I am also the servant of AJKRKTF so, it is my duty to convey their concerns and problems to your worthy personality. Before I talk to you about these young and enthusiastic individuals, I would like to unveil some factual information.
        The funeral of our economy, political structure, stability and growth has already appeared. Now we are also suffocating in the field of sports. While athletes and players from every state in India are raising flags today, the youth of j&k are losing their essence. You might know someone anonymous has rightly quoted, “to nurture abilities of competences instructors are obligatory”, but in J&k the conditions of physical education preceptors are very poor and fade.
      In the year of 2017, the state Govt had recruited 3000 youth in the department of physical education through youth service and sports department under a policy of Rehber e Khel. These 3000 youth were employed to promote sports in the state. Without an iota of doubt, these young and energetic ones are working laboriously for the purpose for which they were chosen and engaged. But now after engaging them, it seems that the administration has forgotten them. Among these three thousand preceptors, 40% have done their M Phil and PhD program in the subject and rest posses PG degrees. All these stupendous and dedicated ones are working on labour wages which is not more than 3000 rupees. I just want to ask you, Is our worth only 3000 pennies. So, to make a gentle reminder to your governance I decided to write you a letter so that you can get the stimuli that with social responsibilities we are bounded with domestic accountabilities too.
           Now, at last, I request your eminent self through the entire forum please take following demands into your consideration. We peacefully in a democratic way is appealing and expressing the following demands before your governance.
1:- we demand allowance of off pay.
2:- we call for a hike in our salaries.
3:- we demand to minimize our stand of regularization from seven to minimum years.
4:- We also demand compulsatory of physical education in all schools of J&K, so that state can excel in the field of sports.
5:- We call for the implementation of the second phase of Rehber e khel policy in due time.
     Please take these demands into your attention. So that UT of J&K can also compete in a row with other prosperous and developed states.
      Shaukat Ahmad Khan has pursued his doctorate in Physical education and is presently elevated to the designation of the president of AJKRKTF.
       
Thank you.