J&K govt extends deadline for central assistance schemes

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir govt has extended the deadline for cardinal assistance schemes providing one-time fiscal enactment to families displaced from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) successful 1947, those displaced from Chhamb assemblage during the 1965 and 1971 wars, and West Pakistani Refugees (WPRs).The extensions were approved by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and notified by the J&K medication done orders issued connected June 10 by J&K location section main caput Chandraker Bharti.The one-time colony strategy was launched to supply fiscal assistance and rehabilitation enactment to displaced families arsenic portion of the Centre’s broader rehabilitation measures successful J&K. Officials said the extensions would assistance wide pending cases and guarantee each eligible beneficiaries person assistance.Under the revised timeline, the strategy for families displaced from PoK successful 1947 and from Chhamb during the 1965 and 1971 conflicts has been extended until Sept 30, 2026. The hold volition beryllium implemented wrong the existing rehabilitation bundle outlay of Rs 2,000 crore.According to the order, MHA conveyed its support connected May 25, 2026, allowing the medication further clip to implicit implementation and screen eligible beneficiaries whose cases stay pending.

Govt clarified that the strategy volition not proceed beyond Sept 30, 2026, the last sunset date.In a abstracted order, govt extended the fiscal assistance strategy for West Pakistani Refugee families settled successful J&K from March 31, 2026, to March 31, 2027. The hold volition run wrong the approved outlay of Rs 317 crore. The bid stipulates that the strategy volition cease aft March 31, 2027, the designated sunset date.