Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday announced that the Centre has decided to provide compensation of Rs 5.5 lakh each to 5,300 displaced families from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), who initially opted to move outside the state of Jammu and Kashmir but later on returned. These families were earlier left out in the rehabilitation package that was approved by the Cabinet on November 30, 2016. "It has been decided that 5300 displaced families (from PoK), who had settled in regions others than Jammu and Kashmir but later came to the state, will also be provided Rs 5.5 lakh each. His plan included a rehabilitation package for a one-time settlement of 36,384 displaced persons' (DPs) families of PoK-1947 and Chhamb. Notably, during the partition of India in 1947, scores of families from the PoK migrated to Jammu and Kashmir.

Source: dna October 09, 2019 10:18 UTC