33.8 lakh domicile certificates issued in Jammu and Kashmir

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33.8 lakh domicile certificates issued in J&K | Greater Kashmir

As many as 33.8 lakh domicile certificates have been issued in Jammu and Kashmir till January 25, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said that since the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into Union Territories in August 2019, a total of 58 civilians have lost their lives in 54 militant attacks.

No pattern of selective targeting based on religion can be established, he said in written reply to a question. “Government of Jammu and Kashmir has reported that up to January 25, 2021, a total of 33,80,234 domicile certificates have been issued in Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.

Reddy said as Jammu and Kashmir is battling the menace of terrorism for last three decades, various measures have been taken to protect the life and property of the people, particularly those belonging to the vulnerable sections.

“This includes overall, as well as specific security arrangements, through appropriate deployment based on intelligence inputs, identification and arrest of supporters of terrorism, proactive operations to seek and arrest and neutralisation of terrorists, intensified night patrolling and checking at ‘Nakas’, etc. Coordination meetings are held regularly and high level of alertness is maintained by the security forces,” he said.

 

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3,800 Kashmiri migrants return to Kashmir to take up jobs under PM’s package | India News - Times of India

NEW DELHI: A total of 3,800 Kashmiri migrants, who were forced to move out of the Valley in the Nineties due to militancy concerns, have returned to Kashmir in the last few years to take up jobs offered to them under the Prime Minister’s package.

44,167 Kashmiri migrant families had to move from the valley since 1990, of which 39, 782 were Hindus. 520 migrant candidates had returned to Kashmir for taking up jobs under the rehabilitation package, since the abrogation of Article 370 in J&K on August 5, 2019, said MoS (Home) G Kishan Reddy in reply to question in the Rajya Sabha.

Another 2,000 migrant candidates are also likely to return under the same policy in the year 2021upon successful completion of the selection process, he added.

The government, said Reddy, has devised policies for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants under the Prime Minister’s packages in 2008 and 2015.

These policies covered incentives for housing to encourage the rehabilitation of Kashmir migrants back at their ancestral places in Valley; and enhancement in cash assistance/cash relief to Kashmiri migrants, from Rs 500 per family in 1990 to Rs 13,000 per family @Rs. 3250 per person.

Out of a total of 6,000 posts announced under PM packages, nearly 3,800 Kashmiri migrants have been rehabilitated directly by way of providing government employment. These employees are working in various districts of Kashmir Valley, which include Srinagar, Budgam, Baramulla, Shopian, Kulgam, Kupwara, Pulwama, Bandipora, Anantnag and Ganderbal. Remaining posts are also at final stages of recruitment, said Reddy.
Transit accommodation is being created to house the 6,000 Kashmiri migrants who are getting employed in the Government of J&K, in the valley.

As many as 6,000 transit accommodation units are being constructed for Kashmiri migrant employees in various districts of Kashmir Valley at an estimated cost of Rs 920 crore. So far, 1,025 dwelling units have already been constructed, the MoS stated in his reply.