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Two Definitions Of Poverty In Jammu And Kashmir Fuel A Row Over Job Quotas
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Fitbit Air has started selling in India officially.

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Tech is getting fun in 2026.

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How does government identify the poor? What is the definition of a poor person.
We need a uniform definition of poor and poverty.

DEFINITION 1:- As per the current definition of poverty, 92% certificates issued for EWS are from Jammu region and 8 % from Kashmir region. This almost means that 92% of poor people in J & K reside in the jammu region and only 8% reside in the Kashmir region.

DEFINITION 2 :- Yet another definition of poor by the same government. This is ration cards for people living below poverty line (BPL). PHH and AAY ration cards.
The holders of these ration cards get food items at subsidised prices. And these ration cards(PHH/AAY) serve as proof that the holder of this ration card is a poor person. Premier health institutions in the country like AIIMS also accept them as a proof of poverty.

The only instance when this PHH/AAY ration card is not accepted as a proof of poverty is when a person from J & K applies for a government job. The government asks for a recruitment specific EWS certificate.

In the Kashmir region there are 37.71 lakh PHH/AAY ration cards. And in Jammu region there are 29.81 lakh PHH/AAY ration cards. As per this definition, 55% poor people live in Kashmir and 45% in Jammu. But as per the definition of EWS criteria 92% of the poor reside in Jammu region and 8% reside in Kashmir region.

How is it possible to have two definitions of poverty by the same government.
How can government spend crores in subsidies for the poor and then deny their poorness when they apply for a job.

And how is it possible that the two regions of Jammu and Kashmir which have been a single economic, social and political entity for hundreds of years, can have such differing levels of poverty. They have same economic indicators.
How can 92 % poor reside in Jammu region and only 8% in Kashmir region? Such a rich and poor divide across two regions is an impossibility in the world of economics. It actually defies the science of economics. Not possible.

The government is using an asset based criteria to define poor in issuing the EWS certificates.
Apart from other criteria :-
anybody having residential house of more than 3.68 Marlas is rich. Even the poorest has a house of this size in Kashmir.

Some states like Kerala use the ration cards as proof of poverty and there is a single uniform definition of the poor.

REGION-WISE IMPACT ON JOBS
As per the answer to my question in this assembly session, In the last two years 7580 job vacancies have been filled by the government. The quota for EWS reservation at 10% means 758 are reserved for EWS.
Under the EWS criteria, out of 758 jobs, 697 jobs have gone to Jammu region and 61 jobs have gone to Kashmir region.
By PHH/AAY ration card criteria 341 jobs would have gone to Jammu region and 417 jobs would have gone to Kashmir region.

As per the answer to my question in this assembly session there are 49672 job vacancies to be filled up. That quota for EWS reservation at 10% means 4967 jobs will be reserved for EWS.

Under the EWS criteria, out of 4967 jobs, 4569 jobs are all set to go to Jammu region and a meagre 398 jobs will go to Kashmir region.
By the PHH/AAY ration card criteria 2235 jobs would go to Jammu region and 2732 jobs would go to Kashmir region.

This gap of poverty 92% vs 8 % between Jammu and Kashmir regions is a joke at the expense of the science of economics. And we are living with a joke at the cost of thousands of poor students who are denied an EWS certificate because their government can’t understand primary economics taught at class 10th level.

The asset based criteria has to be changed. The Honbl’e speaker has given a direction that the matter merits examination and that the government should study the EWS criteria used by different states. Let us hope the government works on it. Government says changing criteria is not in their domain. I disagree. It is in their domain.

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Fitbit Air has officially arrived in India.

It goes on sale October 2 for ₹13,999.

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