BJP and Prime Minister is adhering to its political agenda by working out a stretagy to rehabilate Kashmiri Pandit families in Kasmir. Signs of good news for Kashmiri Pandits come in a big way.
In this connection,Rajnath Singh,Home minister indicated his approval of the enhanced assistance at a review meeting . The assistance will be provided under the revised Prime Minister’s package to encourage the return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandit families.
Rajnath Singh has received a proposal from the Omar Abdullah government in J&K in this regard. It will be formally approved and soon be implemented, as per sources.
In the rehabilitation process for Kashmiri Pandits and controlling cross-border infiltration ,are the two key issues that he had focused on during review meeting. Singh further said has taken initiatives to “take Kashmiri migrants into confidence” and to “work on steps to be taken for their safe return to the Valley”.
UPA government in 2008 announced a package for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants in which the assistance offered for reconstruction or construction of houses was capped at Rs. 7.5 lakh.
This assistance was also only applicable to families of Kashmiri Pandits who had sold their properties between 1989 and 1997 when The J&K Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and Restraint of Distress Sale) Act was enacted.
Once the plan is approved, the families would get the Rs. 20 lakh assistance irrespective of time when they disposed of their properties in the Valley.
