Over 5,502 Kashmiri Pandits have been provided government jobs in different departments of the government of Jammu and Kashmir post the scrapping of Article 370 in the valley, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha.
“Under the Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP), 5,502 Kashmiri Pandits have been provided government jobs in different departments of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir,” said the Union Minister.
The MoS Home also said that no Kashmiri Pandit has reportedly migrated from the valley from August 5 2019 till July 9 2022 and 128 security force personnel and 118 civilians have been killed by terrorists during the period.