J&K Lt Governor Sinha has mentioned the same occasion can be held in Srinagar in Might subsequent 12 months
Srinagar:
A primary-of-its-kind actual property summit in Jammu organised by the centre and the J&K administration to encourage folks from throughout the nation to purchase land, or a second residence, in Jammu and Kashmir, has drawn sharp political reactions within the erstwhile state.
Outsiders – these not categorized as ‘everlasting residents’ – had earlier been barred from buying or proudly owning land however this was modified after the centre scrapped Article 370 in August 2019, thereby eradicating particular standing for J&K.
Native protesters and regional political events have accused the centre of “placing J&K up on the market”.
J&Ks particular standing was illegally revoked to dehumanise, dispossess & disempower the one muslim majority state in India.GOIs brazen loot & sale of our assets exhibits that the only real motive is to annihilate our id & change the demography. https://t.co/MhYXEEWixY
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) December 27, 2021
As soon as once more the true intentions of the federal government are dropped at the fore.Whereas providing to safe the land, jobs, domicile legal guidelines & id of the folks of Ladakh,J&K is being put up on the market.Individuals of Jammu ought to beware,“traders” will purchase up land in Jammu lengthy earlier than Kashmir. https://t.co/2xlxoWIr0b
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) December 27, 2021
Organised collectively by the Union Ministry for Housing and City Affairs and the J&K administration, the Jammu and Kashmir Actual Property Summit (2021) was held right this moment. Officers mentioned 39 MoUs, or Memorandum of Understandings, have been signed; 19 handled the development of residential houses.
Calling it a “historic transformation in J&K”, the federal government mentioned it had modified legal guidelines to permit exterior funding in J&K – together with the acquisition of non-agricultural land.
Lt Governor Sinha has mentioned the same occasion can be held in Srinagar in Might subsequent 12 months.
“Underneath the brand new J&K Improvement Act, the time period ‘being a everlasting resident of the State’ as a standards has been omitted, paving the way in which for traders outdoors J&K to take a position,” the agenda for right this moment’s convention mentioned.
“In consequence, any citizen of India can purchase non-agriculture land in J&K,” it mentioned.
Final week the J&K administration, headed by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, modified land use legal guidelines and allowed re-classifying agricultural land for non-agricultural functions. The choice triggered sturdy criticism from regional events, who mentioned the land could be used to settle non-locals.
Lately the centre informed Parliament that solely seven plots of land had been bought in J&K following the scrapping of particular standing. Permitting folks from outdoors J&K to purchase land within the UT was one of many main speaking factors for the BJP and the centre, however thus far that does not appear to be the case.
Opposition events have urged the federal government to concentrate on job creation moderately than funding, given J&K is dealing with a large unemployment disaster.
In accordance with a latest Centre for Monitoring Indian Financial system (CMIE) unemployment survey, J&K’s unemployment fee is over 21 per cent. The all-India common is 7.8 per cent.
In the meantime, only a few kilometres down the highway there have been protests towards the summit and calls for for the restoration of constitutional safeguards and statehood.
“J&K is being put up on the market. They’re attempting to vary our demography, historical past, id and tradition. We do not settle for any such improvement which modifications the character of J&K. They’re auctioning J&K,” Sunil Dimple, President of Mission Statehood J&K, mentioned.
Lately, the J&K administration was pressured to droop its determination to privatise the facility sector, together with transmission, after 20,000 workers – who alleged authorities assets have been being systematically offered off – went on strike. The Military needed to be referred to as in to function grid stations.
