Official financial disclosures submitted before the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly revealed that regional public employment agencies collected over 114 crore rupees in application fees from job-seeking youth over the past three fiscal years. The revenue disclosures, presented in a written ministerial response, detailed fee receipts collected by the Services Selection Board and the Public Service Commission for various competitive government examinations.
Elected legislators across party lines expressed profound concern over the heavy financial burden placed on unemployed educated youth, particularly in light of repeated examination cancellations, paper leak controversies, and protracted recruitment delays that have affected regional recruitment drives. Lawmakers demanded immediate administrative audits into recruitment operational expenditures and called for substantial reductions or total waivers of application fees for economically vulnerable aspirants.
Youth organizations and civil society forums organized peaceful demonstrations outside regional administrative complexes, demanding transparent timelines for completing pending appointment processes and refunding examination fees for cancelled tests. Administrative spokespersons stated that collected funds are allocated toward secure examination infrastructure, biometric verification technologies, and outsourced computerized testing center operations.
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