Srinagar : The Jammu & Kashmir Government on Tuesday revealed that Rs 31 crore has been collected as job test fees from students and it has no proposal to abolish it.
In a written reply to a question posed by Peoples Conference MLA Sajad Gani Lone, the Minister in-charge of the General Administration Department (GAD) informed the House that Rs 31,75,32,400 has been collected as application fees by the Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Commission and the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board.
The Minister stated that no proposal is currently under consideration to abolish job test fees.
“The application fee charged by recruiting agencies is meant to cover administrative and operational expenses incurred in conducting examinations. These include costs related to advertisement, processing of applications, printing of examination materials, deployment of manpower, infrastructure, and technological arrangements required to ensure transparency and efficiency in the recruitment process,” the Minister said.
He added that the fee structure remains reasonable and is on par with that charged by various government recruiting agencies across the country.
