{"id":112268,"date":"2025-11-03T01:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T01:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/112268\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T01:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T01:50:17","slug":"jk-govt-owes-rs-4468-cr-in-pending-retirement-dues-to-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/112268\/","title":{"rendered":"J&#038;K Govt owes Rs 4,468 cr in pending retirement dues to employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyexcelsior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/retirement-dues.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/retirement-dues-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"retirement dues\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bivek Mathur<br \/>JAMMU, Nov 2: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has outstanding liabilities worth Rs 4,468 crore towards retired employees, including dues under the General Provident Fund (GPF), gratuity, commutation, and leave salary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaPGPCzCXC3QBmvNcH0t\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><br \/>As per official data, the unpaid liabilities up to October 22, 2025, include Rs 2,390 crore under GPF, Rs 1,537 crore under gratuity, Rs 332 crore under commutation, and Rs 209 crore under leave salary.<br \/>Together, these dues, amounting to Rs 4,468 crore, are pending clearance in various treasuries across the Union Territory.<br \/>Meanwhile, during the ongoing financial year, the Government has cleared bills worth Rs 2,160 crore under GPF, Rs 770 crore under gratuity, Rs 545 crore under commutation, and Rs 229 crore under leave salary up to October 22, 2025.<br \/>Officials said that while a significant amount has been settled, a large portion still awaits release due to budgetary constraints and verification processes.<br \/>\u201cTo ensure timely disposal of cases on humanitarian grounds, the Government has put in place a special priority mechanism,\u201d they said.<br \/>According to them, two senior officers, one each at Srinagar and Jammu, have been designated to identify and recommend cases requiring urgent attention.<br \/>They said these priority cases include those involving serious health conditions, marriages, tuition fees of children, and pilgrimage expenses.<br \/>The cases are recommended through the Chief Minister\u2019s Secretariat, Ministers, MLAs, and the office of the Chief Secretary, they said.<br \/>\u201cSuch cases are taken up in weekly review cycles to ensure early clearance and relief to affected pensioners and their families,\u201d officials further said.<br \/>Meanwhile, the Finance Department has assured that all pending liabilities will be cleared in a phased and transparent manner.<br \/>\u201cWe are fully committed to addressing the financial hardships of retired employees. The clearance process is being closely monitored to strike a balance between fiscal discipline and welfare commitments,\u201d officials added.<br \/>They further said that the Government\u2019s focus remains on improving treasury efficiency and ensuring that no eligible retiree is left waiting indefinitely for their rightful dues.<br \/>\u201cThe aim is to make the system more responsive, humane, and financially stable,\u201d the officials maintained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bivek MathurJAMMU, Nov 2: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has outstanding liabilities worth Rs 4,468 crore towards retired&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[114,268,85,46,266,267],"class_list":["post-112268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}