J&K: 5,300 displaced families to get rehabilitation package

Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, said, “Today we have done justice to them… Now, 5,300 families will also get Rs 5.5 lakh each. And this is a historical wrong that has been corrected.”

According an official statement, in the wake of the 1947 Pakistani aggression in J&K, 31,619 families migrated from Pakistan-occupied areas of J&K (PoJK) to the state of J&K. Of these, 5,300 families initially opted to move out to other parts of the country and were not included in the approved package. Families among the 5,300 who later returned and settled in J&K are being included in the package now, it said. The remaining 26,319 displaced families were earlier included under the rehabilitation package.

According to the statement, 10,065 more families were displaced from Chhamb Niabat during the Indo-Pak wars of 1965 and 1971 — 3,500 in 1965 and 6,565 in 1971.

“The 36,384 displaced families covered under the package approved by the Cabinet on 30.11.2016 included 26,319 displaced families from PoJK settled in J&K and 10,065 displaced families displaced from Chhamb Niabat area. The 5,300 displaced families of PoJK who initially opted to move out of the state of J&K to other parts of the country were not included in the approved package.”

It said the inclusion of 5,300 families will “enable them to earn a reasonable monthly income and be part of mainstream economic activities”.