The Ministry of Home Affairs notifies the new rules that allow any Indian citizen to buy land except agricultural land in Jammu & Kashmir.
Under the notification, for the first time the spouse of a J&K domicile shall also be deemed as a domicile.
Earlier, spouses of Permanent Resident Card holders were considered at par but were not considered domiciles.
Children of central government officials posted for over ten years in Jammu and Kashmir will also continue to be considered domiciles.
After the J&K’s special status under Article 370 of the Constitution was withdrawn on 5 August 2019, the reorganisation Act bifurcated the erstwhile state into two union territories - J&K and Ladakh.
The Non-tribal people and outsiders can’t buy any land under Sixth Schedule areas.
The Sixth Schedule consists of provisions for the administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram under Article 244 of the Indian Constitution.