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Restriction on tourist movement in Kashmir valley lifted; State Govt orders conduct of all examinations by end of this month

<span style="color: #222222;">A delegation of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) displaced persons called on Union Minister Jitendra Singh and thanked him for the government's decision to include 5,300 families in the rehabilitation package. The meeting came a day after the Centre approved a resettlement package under which 5.5 lakh rupees will be given to each of the 5,300 displaced families which had come from PoJK, initially settled outside Jammu and Kashmir and later relocated to the state. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.<br />''</span><br />''The delegation members requested that the benefits of the rehabilitation package should be uniformly available to 5,300 displaced families which had been left out of the package earlier and the procedure for this should be simple.<br />''<br />''Dr Jitendra Singh arranged a meeting of the delegation — comprising Mahendra Mehta, Shyam Gupta, Madan Mohan, Bodh Raj, Manoj Khandelwal and others — with senior officers of the Union Home Ministry dealing with the rehabilitation package. The members of the delegation said their inputs and suggestions were received with patience, which the Home Ministry will examine in course of time and try to make the procedure as simple and convenient as possible.<br />''<br />''Describing the cabinet decision as yet another major breakthrough for Jammu and Kashmir under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Dr Singh said the government has the capacity and courage to resolve these issues.<br />''<br />''The minister appealed to "guard against false rumours or misinformation sought to be spread by certain vested interests, who are uncomfortable with the government's decisive approach to resolve all the Jammu and Kashmir related matters, whether that be Article 370, 35-A or West Pakistan Refugees or PoJK displaced persons or Kashmiri Pandits.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Dr Singh assured that the new set up after October 31 will unfold huge benefits.</span><br />

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