From Offering 50,000 Jobs To Launching DBT Scheme For Apple Growers, Centre's Detailed Outreach Plans For Kashmiris

The Narendra Modi government is looking to ‘engage’ Kashmiris through a number of outreach programs, apparently to blunt the psychological blow that sudden revocation of Article 370 dealt with the residents of the Valley. From economic packages to the Indian Army’s hiring bid, from scholarships to students to the prime minister himself stoutly defending the scrapping of state’s special status as a historic step, the Centre has been employing a multi-pronged approach to encourage Kashmir residents to wholly integrate with India.

Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik on 28 August announced that his administration has identified 50,000 vacancies in the government which will make it the biggest such drive in the state. “They are at multiple levels. We will fill these 50,000 vacancies in the next few months. This will generate employment for our youth”I urge our youth to come forward actively in this recruitment process. This will the largest single recruitment drive ever in Jammu and Kashmir or Ladakh,”.