TNPSC Thervupettagam

Land at Jammu and Kashmir

October 31 , 2020 1407 days 809 0
  • 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  • After the J&K’s special status under Article 370 of the Constitution was withdrawn on 5 August 2019, the reorganisation Act bifurcated the erstwhile state into two union territories - J&K and Ladakh.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.

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