Rs 1,618-cr package, but Pandits won't return to J-K

December 13, 2011 15:18

The government had announced a Rs 1,618 crore package for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants to the Valley in 2008 but so far no family
has returned.

"A comprehensive package of Rs 1,618.40 crore has been announced for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants to the valley in 2008," Minister of State for Home Jitendra Singh informed Lok Sabha today.

The package provides for provision of assistance for housing, transit, accommodation, continuation of cash relief, students' scholarship, employment, financial assistance to agriculturists and horticulturists and waiver of interest on
loans.

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