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NEW DELHI: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitching for the rights of those living in Pakistan-0ccupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan regions of Pakistan, the government has proposed a Rs 2,000-crore package for people displaced from P0K living in India.
The home ministry is expected to place the details of the package before the Cabinet for approval soon, senior ministry officials said.
It is learnt that J&K government has identified 36,348 such families which will get around Rs 5.5 lakh each. Refugees from Pakistan , mostly from P0K were settled in different parts of Jammu, Kathua and Rajouri districts over a period of time. They do not have the status of permanent residents.
Some of the families were displaced during partition in 1947, and others during the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan. The displaced people can cast their votes in Lok Sabha polls but not in the elections to the Jammu & Kashmir assembly.
Jammu and Kashmir Sharanarthi Action Committee (JKSAC), an organisation representing the displaced people of Azad Kashmir, has maintained that the package should not be seen as final settlement as Rs 9,200 crore was required to settle all of them.
The NDA government had in January 2015 approved certain concessions for refugees from Pakistan settled in J&K after considering their problems. These includes special recruitment drives for induction into paramilitary forces, equal employment opportunities in the state and admission for children of refugees in Kendriya Vidyalayas.
Modi had for the first time talked about the plight of people of P0K, Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan at an all-party meeting convened to discuss the J&K situation on August 12. Three days later, while addressing the nation on Independence Day, he again referred to the three regions under the control of Pakistan.
The government has maintained that P0K and Gilgit-Baltistan are part of J&K. There have been reports that the government is planning to invite the diaspora from P0K and Gilgit-Baltistan for the next Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas to be held in Bengaluru.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Gov...ed-from-Azad Kashmir/articleshow/53903593.cms
The home ministry is expected to place the details of the package before the Cabinet for approval soon, senior ministry officials said.
It is learnt that J&K government has identified 36,348 such families which will get around Rs 5.5 lakh each. Refugees from Pakistan , mostly from P0K were settled in different parts of Jammu, Kathua and Rajouri districts over a period of time. They do not have the status of permanent residents.
Some of the families were displaced during partition in 1947, and others during the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan. The displaced people can cast their votes in Lok Sabha polls but not in the elections to the Jammu & Kashmir assembly.
Jammu and Kashmir Sharanarthi Action Committee (JKSAC), an organisation representing the displaced people of Azad Kashmir, has maintained that the package should not be seen as final settlement as Rs 9,200 crore was required to settle all of them.
The NDA government had in January 2015 approved certain concessions for refugees from Pakistan settled in J&K after considering their problems. These includes special recruitment drives for induction into paramilitary forces, equal employment opportunities in the state and admission for children of refugees in Kendriya Vidyalayas.
Modi had for the first time talked about the plight of people of P0K, Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan at an all-party meeting convened to discuss the J&K situation on August 12. Three days later, while addressing the nation on Independence Day, he again referred to the three regions under the control of Pakistan.
The government has maintained that P0K and Gilgit-Baltistan are part of J&K. There have been reports that the government is planning to invite the diaspora from P0K and Gilgit-Baltistan for the next Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas to be held in Bengaluru.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Gov...ed-from-Azad Kashmir/articleshow/53903593.cms
