Rehbar-e-Zirat being regularized in four phases: Gurezi SRINAGAR, AUGUST 30: Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr. Nazir Ahmed Gurezi said that Rehbar-e-Zirat working in Agriculture department are being regularized in a phased manner. The Minister was replying to the Calling Attention Notice moved by Khalid Najeeb Suharwardy. The Minister said that in pursuance to Cabinet decision all agriculture graduates who were unemployed as on October, 2006 were engaged under Rehbar-e-Zirat Scheme at a monthly stipend of Rs. 1500/- w.e.f April 2007 with main objective to ensure availability of trained manpower, strengthening the present extension services, extending the extension activities and striving for reaching out to the farmers in every nook and corner of the State. He said policy for regularization of Rehbar-e-Zirats, agriculture graduates, based on Cabinet Decision has already been issued. The Minister further informed that the creation of 2642 posts of Village Agriculture Extension Assistants by the Agriculture Production Department in which 881 in the firsts phase, 881 in the second and 880 in the third and final phase are being utilized for the regularization of the eligible/selected “Rehbar-e-Zirat candidates. He said that orders of regularization in respect of 403 ReZ’s stands issued by the Director Agriculture, Kashmir and 37 have been put on hold in view of Hon’ble High Court directions whileas, in respect of Jammu Division, the orders of regularization could not be issued due to Court orders which are pending disposal before the Hn’ble High Court and are being followed vigorously by State respondents.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 14:16:36 +0000
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