Cabinet meeting postponed

Jammu, Feb 2: Jammu and Kashmir cabinet, which was supposed to be held on Monday, to clear the budgetary proposals to be included in the annual budget of Union Territory, to be presented by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on February 6, 2026, has been postponed.

Official sources stated that the cabinet meeting was to be chaired by the Chief Minister after the proceedings of the opening day of the budget session were wrapped up yet it was rescheduled for another day.

ìNext date for the meeting is yet to be decided,î they added.

This will be the second budget of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also the Finance Minister of J&K.

Meanwhile, the speculations remained rife about some major decision about daily wagersí issue and an announcement figuring in the budget and a positive hint was there in the Governorís Address as well.

However, there was no official word on it.

ìEven if there's some positive development, the government would like to break this news in its budget document, precisely, it would share it in the House first before directly bringing it in the public domain,î a source said.