Govt approves Rs 5.5 lakh resettlement package for 5,300 displaced families

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a one-time payment of Rs 5.5 lakh each to 5,300 displaced families, which had come from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and initially settled outside Jammu and Kashmir, but later relocated to the state. 

The announcement of the resettlement package comes with polling to take place for block development councils (BDC) in J&K on October 24. The Congress announced in Jammu that it will boycott the polls. 

Announcing Cabinet decisions in the national capital, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said a “historical wrong” has been corrected. On November 30, 2016, the Union Cabinet had approved the rehabilitation package for