SRINAGAR, June 16 -- Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said governance and pension reforms introduced under Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the past 12 years are benefiting a wider section of employees and pensioners in Jammu and Kashmir following its transition into a Union Territory.

Speaking at the 59th Pre-Retirement Counselling Workshop and the 13th Bankers' Awareness Programme organised by the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre, Singh said the reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir significantly increased the number of Central Government employees in the region and brought certain administrative challenges that have graduall...