Leh (Ladakh): Ladakh administration has formulated new rules below which jobs could be reserved exclusively for locals, in response to an official notification issued on Monday.
“Lieutenant Governor, Ladakh notifies Employment (Subordinate) Service Recruitment Rules for Ladakh UT, reserving jobs exclusively for the locals,” Department of Information and Public Relations, Kargil Ladakh tweeted.
According to the notification, the rules formulated by Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur shall come into drive from the date of their publication within the Official Gazette.
“No person shall be qualified for appointment to the service unless the person is a resident of Union Territory of Ladakh,” learn Clause 11 of the notification by the Labour and Employment Department, Ladakh.
The notification additionally underlined that individuals who’ve already been appointed substantively to a publish within the cadre of Jammu and Kashmir Employment (Subordinate) Service and at last allotted for service within the Union territory of Ladakh in accordance with the provisions of part 89(2) of the J&Okay Reorganisation Act 2019, shall be deemed to have been appointed to the Service on the preliminary structure.
Meanwhile, the Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) below the Ministry of Power, has signed an MoU with the Administration of Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh, to make it a clear and inexperienced UT.
Under the Memorandum of Understanding, varied clear power and power effectivity programmes might be carried out. Beginning with a pilot within the Zanskar valley space, CESL will take up photo voltaic mini and microgrid options, energy-efficient lighting, power storage-based options, environment friendly cooking stoves, and electrical mobility options within the UT, in response to an official assertion.
RK Mathur, Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh advised ANI that power entry for Ladakh is foremost, including that sustainable options such because the decentralised energy-efficient options that may be carried out in troublesome terrains of Ladakh are wanted.
Mahua Acharya, MD and CEO, CESL, reportedly stated, “Ladakh is one of nature`s gifts to our country and it is of great importance to preserve its ecological environment. Usage of carbon-intensive fuel in the UT is leading to great degradation in the area. With this MoU, CESL and the Ladakh administration intend to implement renewable, energy efficiency, and electric mobility projects that will go a long way in saving Ladakh`s environment.”
The Ministry of Power stated the CESL will give you clear options for dwelling home equipment, electrical heating, cooking, pump units for Ladakh`s very chilly temperatures.
Notably, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil/Leh, will present the requisite land in respective council areas, for the implementation of the clear power initiatives.
In August 2019, the Central authorities scrapped the availability of Article 370, bifurcating the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
(With Agency Inputs)
