The Union Cabinet has cleared a proposal worth 2,000 crore rupees for rehabilitating Kashmiri migrants. It has decided to provide State Government jobs and transit accommodations in the Kashmir Valley for the rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants. Briefing reporters in New Delhi after the Cabinet meeting, Minister of State in the PMO Dr. Jitendra Singh said additional 3000 jobs in the state government will be provided to the migrants with financial assistance from the central government. He said 6,000 transit accommodations will also be provided to Kashmiri migrants in the valley. <br/><br/><br/>The Cabinet also approved hiking the monetary relief to migrants from hilly areas of Jammu at par with Kashmiri Pandits. Now, they will get monetary assistance of 2500 rupees up per head per month from existing 400 rupees. 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.
News On AIR | November 19, 2015 8:01 AM
Cabinet approves Rs 2000 cr for rehabilitating Kashmiri migrants