The Delimitation Commission, a panel for redrawing the Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, has got a one-year extension.<br />''<br />''A gazette notification issued by the government yesterday evening said the panel, headed by retired Supreme Court Judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, will get one more year for completing its task in the Union Territory.<br />''<br />''The Union Territory of Jammu &amp; Kashmir came into existence in October 2019 after the special status of the erstwhile state was abrogated in August that year with the announcement regarding its reorganisation.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The panel was set up last year to redraw the electoral constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir and four northeastern states – Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland. However, the one-year extension is only for Jammu and Kashmir.</span><br />
News On AIR | March 4, 2021 2:43 PM
J&K: Delimitation Commission gets one-year extension to conclude its task