Over Rs 18,000 crore paid to clear financial liabilities in 2025-26: CM Omar

Jammu, Mar 31: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday informed the House that bills amounting to Rs 12,561.31 crore under various heads, including gratuity, commutation, leave salary and contractor payments, were cleared up to March 27, 2026.

He said that GPF bills worth Rs 5,821.43 crore were settled up to December 31, 2025.

The Chief Minister was replying to a question raised by legislator Sham Lal Sharma during the Question Hour in J&K Legislative Assembly.

The Chief Minister, who also holds the Finance portfolio, stated that financial liabilities of the government in the form of bills presented at Treasuries were being cleared on a regular basis.

He added that payments relating to contractors and retired employees are also processed at regular intervals.

He further informed that during the financial year (2025–26), the Government cleared Rs 2,864.14 crore in gratuity, Rs 1,123.22 crore in commutation, Rs 773.47 crore in leave salary and Rs 7,800.58 crore in contractor bills up to March 27, 2026, while GPF claims amounting to Rs 5821.43 crore were settled up to December 31, 2025.

The Chief Minister also clarified that allocations were made on the basis of Heads of Expenditure rather than on a divisional basis, and accordingly, payments in the treasuries were accounted for head-wise.

Legislator RS Pathania also raised a supplementary to the question.

Replying to a question raised by legislator Shakti Raj Parihar regarding the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, the Chief Minister informed the Legislative Assembly that Rs 3.80 crore were disbursed as UT subsidy in favour of 4288 consumers of Kashmir and Jammu Power Distribution Companies under the scheme.

CM Omar, who also holds the Power portfolio, said that Rs 1.80 crore was disbursed in favour of the first 2053 consumers of KPDCL, in line with the Central Financial Assistance (CFA).

Similarly, Rs 2 crore has been disbursed in favour of 2235 beneficiaries of JPDCL under the scheme.

He informed the House that under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, the subsidy component was primarily borne by the Government of India through the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, with an additional subsidy component provided by the UT.

“The Central Financial Assistance (CFA) was provided to residential consumers installing rooftop solar systems at Rs 33,000 per kW for the first 2 kW of installed capacity and Rs 19,800 per kW for the next 1 kW, taking the total maximum subsidy to Rs 85,800 for systems up to 3 kW. In addition, the UT provides a subsidy of Rs 3000 per kW – Rs 6000 for 2 kW and up to Rs 9000 for 3 kW (capped at 3 kW) – taking the total subsidy up to Rs 94,800 for a 3 kW system,” he added.

The Chief Minister further stated that delays, wherever applicable, in the release of the UT’s share were primarily due to the verification of beneficiary installations, scrutiny of supporting documents and integration of subsidy disbursement through the national portal.

He said that the J&K administration was taking necessary steps to streamline the process and assured that the pending UT subsidy share would be released to eligible beneficiaries upon completion of verification formalities.