Parliament proceedings | Properties of 610 Kashmiri Pandits restored in J&K: Govt
The Hindu
“As per the information provided by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, the land of 610 applicants [migrants] has been restored in the last five years,” Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said
As many as 610 Kashmiri Pandits were given back their properties left behind in Jammu and Kashmir following eruption of militancy there in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said in the Rajya Sabha that 3,000 State Government jobs were created for Kashmiri migrants under the Prime Minister’s Development Package-2015 (PMDP-2015) with an outlay of ₹1,080 crore.
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has appointed 1,739 migrants and selected additional 1,098 migrants under PMDP-2015.
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