Ban on pre-paid mobile connections in Jammu and Kashmir leaves many jobless.Byline: ANI Srinagar, Nov 3(ANI): The Union Home Ministry's decision to ban pre-paid mobile service in Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir: see Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir State (pop., 2001: 10,143,700), northern India. With an area of 39,146 sq mi (101,387 sq km), it occupies the southern portion of the Kashmir region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent and is from November 1, has resulted in complete chaos as thousands of people who were associated with the industry have been rendered jobless job·less adj. 1. Having no job. 2. Of or relating to those who have no jobs. n. (used with a pl. verb) Unemployed people considered as a group. Used with the. in the State. Earlier, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA MHA microangiopathic hemolytic anemia. ) had decided not to issue fresh pre-paid mobile connections in Jammu and Kashmir on account of security concerns. And as per the policy the existing pre-paid SIM cards SIM card abbr (= subscriber identity module card) → carte f SIM SIM card n (Tel) (= Subscriber Identity Module card) → SIM-Karte f were banned in the State on November 1. Gulzar Ahmed, a recharge re·charge tr.v. re·charged, re·charg·ing, re·charg·es To charge again, especially to reenergize a storage battery. re coupon seller said, "Nearly 300 to 350 employees used to work in my company. Yesterday, the management said that only three people were required to report on duty today. Agency is saying how will they pay from their pocket if there is no work." While, Mudasir, another recharge coupon dealer, said that around 20 to 30 thousand people associated with this profession would be affected by the Home Ministry's decision. "Look we don't have to see the employment of one man. Around 20 to 30 thousand people were associated with this profession. Some people got married and their whole families are affected," Mudasir said. He wants the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Omar Abdullah (born 10 March, 1970) is a member of 14th Lok Sabha. He represents Srinagar constituency of Jammu and Kashmir. He was a minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government. He is the son of Farooq Abdullah and grandson of Sheikh Abdullah. to raise the issue with the Home Ministry. Mobile services were started in the Kashmir valley a few years ago. It is estimated that there will be business loss of around Rs 3 billion in the State as out of the 45 million connections, 3.9 million connections are pre-paid. The Ministry had even asked the Department of Telecommunications to take appropriate action in the matter for implementation of the decision. The step came in the wake of the reports that proper verification was not being done while providing such pre-paid mobile connections by the service providers/vendors. In some cases, a single person had been issued with multiple number of connections. Fake documents/identity numbers were also reportedly being used by the vendors particularly, in the case of pre-paid connections. This situation had given rise to serious security concerns. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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