Day: July 23, 2020

LG G C Murmu allotted Rs 200 Cr for Macadamisation of roads across J&K

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Rs 200 Crore allotted to PWD as the 1st tranche All Fair Weather Roads to be macadamised In a significant move aimed at improving road conditions and giving major relief to the public, the Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, announced the launch of a Macadamisation Program for roads across the UT of Jammu & Kashmir. The announcement comes in the backdrop of grievances relating to poor condition of roads and the problems connected thereto, presented before the Lieutenant Governor during his tours as a part of his outreach programme. Following…

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Political, Economic and Social Impact post August 5, 2019

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Justice Lokur-headed group releases report on human rights condition in J&K The Forum for Human Rights in J&K, an informal group of concerned citizens comprising ex-judges, academicians and senior ex-servicemen, on Wednesday released a report on the human rights condition in J&K after the revocation of its special status on August 5 last year. Co-chaired by justice Madan B. Lokur, a former judge of the Supreme Court, the Forum described the economic, social and political impact of the post August 5 actions and their long duration of 11 months ‘disastrous’.…

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All you need to know about J&K’s new Domicile Law

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Difference between Article 35A and 3A of J&K Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order 2020: Article 35A of the Indian Constitution was an article that empowered the Jammu and Kashmir’s state legislature to define “permanent residents” of the erstwhile state and provided employment opportunities only to those permanent residents. On the other hand, Section 3A of the J&K Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order 2020, under the J&K civil services (decentralisation and recruitment) Act, defines “Domicile” for the purpose of appointment to the post carrying a pay scale not more…

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Scrapping of Article 370 and developments of J&K from 2002 onward added to Class 12 syllabus

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The NCERT has revised a chapter in its Class 12 political science textbook to drop a paragraph on separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir and to add a brief mention of the scrapping of its special status last year. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised the chapter in the textbook “Politics in India since Independence” for the academic session 2020-21. While the topic “Separatism and Beyond” has been deleted from the chapter, the scrapping of Article 370, which gave the erstwhile state of Jammu and…

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J&K unit of BJP to celebrate abrogation of Article 370 and state bi-furcation anniversary

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The J&K unit of BJP has decided to celebrate the first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 and bi-furcation of the erstwhile state of J&K into two UTs in a big way. The 15-day celebrations will be held from August 5 to 20 and during this period the party will organise various programmes across J&K and Ladakh. On Wednesday, a meeting of senior leaders of the party was held in which the party decided to rope in beneficiaries of the abrogation of Art 370, especially Valmikis, Gorkhas and west Pakistani…

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