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44,167 Kashmiri migrant families registered since 1990, says MHA
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44,167 Kashmiri migrant families registered since 1990, says MHA

| @indiablooms | 18 Mar 2021, 07:02 pm

Srinagar: As per the report of Relief Office setup in 1990 by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, 44,167 Kashmiri Migrant families are registered who had to move from the valley since 1990 due to security concerns, said Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy. 

Out of these, the count of registered Hindu Migrant families is 39,782, Reddy said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

Special Jobs for the Kashmiri migrant youth under the PM package has been an important  component  for  the  rehabilitation   of   Kashmiri migrants, he said.

A total of nearly 3800 migrant candidates have returned to Kashmir in the last few years to take up the PM package jobs,Reddy said.

Post abrogation of Article 370, as many as 520 migrant candidates have returned to Kashmir for taking up the jobs that have been provided to them under the rehabilitation package.

Another nearly 2,000 migrant candidates are also likely to return under the same policy in the year 2021 on successful completion of the Selection process, Reddy said.

The Government has devised policies for Return and Rehabilitation of Kashmiri Migrants, under the Prime Minister’s Packages in 2008 and 2015 for Return and Rehabilitation of Kashmiri Migrants to Kashmir Valley.

 

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