Srinagar, May 18 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government has withheld the salaries of four Additional District Programme Coordinators (ADPCs)/Assistant Commissioners Development (ACDs) over poor implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act during the first quarter of the financial year 2026-27.

According to an order issued by Secretary Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Mohammad Aijaz Asad, a review of district-wise performance under MGNREGA revealed "extremely poor and negligible achievement" in generation of person-days against approved labour budget targets in certain districts.

The order stated that despite repeated directions and monitoring by the department regarding timely execution of works, registr...