Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said, Pakistan was continuing with its antics and making efforts to break India, but in spite of that, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has improved significantly.<br/><br/>He also said, there is a decline in the incidents of extremism and that the credit for this should go to the followers of Islam in the country. <br/><br/>Speaking at an event organised by a newspaper in Lucknow today, Singh said, Pakistan is continuing with its antics and making efforts to break us, but the co-ordination among our Army, paramilitary forces, the Jammu and Kashmir Police and intelligence agencies has been excellent.<br/><br/>He said, there were 86,000 terror-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in 1995, adding that over the last one year, the number of such incidents has come down to 300 in the state.<br/><br/>Stating that there had been a significant improvement in the situation in the restive region, the minister pointed out that the Centre had already appointed a special representative for a dialogue with all the stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir.<br/><br/>Singh added that the issue of rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits was discussed with current Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as well and that the latter had promised effective steps in this regard.<br/><br/>He reiterated the Centre's commitment to alleviating poverty and unemployment and said employment would be given to one crore youth of the country through its skill development programme.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said, Pakistan was continuing with its antics and making efforts to break India, but in spite of that, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has improved significantly.<br/><br/>He also said, there is a decline in the incidents of extremism and that the credit for this should go to the followers of Islam in the country. <br/><br/>Speaking at an event organised by a newspaper in Lucknow today, Singh said, Pakistan is continuing with its antics and making efforts to break us, but the co-ordination among our Army, paramilitary forces, the Jammu and Kashmir Police and intelligence agencies has been excellent.<br/><br/>He said, there were 86,000 terror-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in 1995, adding that over the last one year, the number of such incidents has come down to 300 in the state.<br/><br/>Stating that there had been a significant improvement in the situation in the restive region, the minister pointed out that the Centre had already appointed a special representative for a dialogue with all the stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir.<br/><br/>Singh added that the issue of rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits was discussed with current Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as well and that the latter had promised effective steps in this regard.<br/><br/>He reiterated the Centre's commitment to alleviating poverty and unemployment and said employment would be given to one crore youth of the country through its skill development programme.