India, Feb. 9 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday informed the Legislative Assembly that there is no proposal under consideration to regularise staff engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), stating that around 3,800 personnel are working purely on a contractual and temporary basis across the Union Territory.

In a written reply to a question by MLA Mir Mohammad Fayaz, the Minister In-Charge, Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, said all MGNREGA support staff are engaged on contract and their services are not against any sanctioned posts.

The government said nearly 3,800 MGNREGA support staff are presently engaged in Jammu and Kashmir, and their honorarium has been revi...