Job package leaves displaced Kashmiri Hindus families divided

The much-touted Prime Minister’s employment package for displaced Kashmiri Hindus has left families divided and has disrupted the education of their children, defeating the purpose of the ambitious plan to resettle 3.5 lakh minority Hindus in their homeland. More than 2,500 youngsters have returned to the Valley since 2010 under the package, which is promoted as the biggest confidence building measure for the Pandits since 1989-90 when militancy broke out. Employees are living in makeshift camps called transit accommodation constructed at Veesu (Anantnag), Haal (Pulwama), Baramulla and multi-storey flats at…

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