Jammu: Government jobs in states with financial deficit like Jammu and Kashmir should be the last choice for educated, trained youth who should instead seek employment in private sector inside and outside the state, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Sunday.
Speaking at the foundation day of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Rajouri town, he said that opening and upgrading of various university campuses, degree and technical colleges and polytechnics in the state have expanded the orbit of receiving modern education for youth nearer to their homes.
"This has also catapulted the employability of the students to get lucrative and remunerative jobs in the open job market," he said, stressing that he wants to create such an educational environment to so educate and train the state's youth that government jobs will be least preferred by them.
He said this is more necessary in financially deficit Jammu and Kashmir where the total annual revenue is Rs.6,500 crore but salary paid to government employees is Rs.13,500 crore, losses on supply of electricity are Rs.2,000 crore while pensions amount to about Rs.2,000 crore too.
