Tag: domicile certificates

Dogra Group staged a protest against new Domicile Law

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Rejecting the domicile certificates, a Dogra group, United Democratic Alliance (UDA) on Wednesday staged a protest here to demand its rollback. The head of the group, Rajiv Mahajan said more than 1.30 crore people of Jammu and Kashmir holding Permanent Resident Certificate (PRCs) do not need the domicile certificates. “The government of India should withdraw the domicile certificates,” he said. Mahajan asked the government to create employment avenues for unemployed educated youth of Jammu and Kashmir. He said the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two…

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Navin Kumar Choudhary, senior IAS officer among 25000 people granted domicile certificates in JK

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In Jammu, the highest number of domicile certificates—8,500—have been issued in Doda, Rajouri 6,214, Poonch 6,123, and Jammu 2,820. In Kashmir, the highest number of domicile certificates have been issued in Pulwama (153), followed by Anantnag (106), Kulgam (90), Baramulla (39), Shopian (20), Bandipora (10), Kupwara (10), Budgam (09), Ganderbal (1) and Srinagar (0). Navin Kumar Choudhary, a senior J&K cadre IAS officer from Bihar, is among the nearly 25,000 people who have been granted a domicile certificate—which allows people non-locals to get a residency certificate for education, employment and…

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