Application fees generates Rs 48 crore earnings in two years to JKPSC and JKSSB: Govt

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 09 (STC): Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) and the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) together have collected over Rs 48 crore as application fees over the last two financial years.
The government informed the Legislative Assembly in a written reply to a question from PDP MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Para.
Providing a year-wise breakdown of the fees collected by the two recruitment agencies, the figures showed that during 2023–24, JKPSC received rupees 7.39 crore, while JKSSB collected rupees 7.09 crore from applicants. In the following financial year, collections rose sharply, with JKPSC securing rupees 10.50 crore and JKSSB rupees 23.88 crore.
Overall, JKPSC accumulated rupees 17.90 crore and JKSSB rupees 30.98 crore in application fees during the two-year period, the reply said.
(Straight Talk Communications)