Going beyond 'The Kashmir Files' to gauge rehab work for state's migrants

A deep dive into why Kashmiri Pandits don't seem too happy with a slew of relief measures provided by the Centre and the states sheltering them

With The Kashmir Files having drawn extreme reactions, questions are being asked about what successive governments have done for Kashmiri migrants, especially after the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir and the carving out of two union territories from a unified state in 2019.

According to the union home ministry site, some 62,000 registered families migrated from the Kashmir Valley following the onset of militancy and terrorism in the early 1990s. About 40,000 registered Kashmiri migrant families are living in Jammu, 20,000 in the national capital region and the remaining 2,000 in other parts of the country.

Various governments took steps to