Rs 2,000 crore for Kashmiri migrants |
The Indian Cabinet has cleared a proposal worth Rs 2,000 crore for rehabilitating Kashmiri migrants.3000 additional government jobs and 6,000 transit accommodations will be provided to Kashmiri migrants in the valley. The decision also enhanced monetary assistance by more than 400 % for people displaced from the hilly areas of Jammu region.Giving details of the two Cabinet decisions, minister of state in the PMO Jitendra Singh said additional 3000 jobs in the state government will be provided to the Kashmiri migrants with financial assistance from the central government. The Kashmiri migrants, to whomstate government jobs are provided, will also be given transit accommodations in the valley. The financial implication in this respect would be borne by the government of India.The provision of jobs will cost the exchequer Rs 1,080 crore whereas Rs 920 crore will be spent on provision of accommodation — Rs 200 crore on purchasing of land and Rs 720 crore on construction.62,000 Kashmiri pandit migrants families are registered with the government, out of which 39,000 stay in Jammu, 19,000 in Delhi and remaining in other parts of the country. Earlier in 2008, a package of Rs 1618.40 crore was announced to facilitate the return of the migrants to the Kashmir valley.
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