Cabinet approved Rs 5.5 lakh package for displaced PoK families: Prakash Javadekar

Oct 09, 2019

New Delhi, Oct 09 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday October 09 approved a one-time payment of Rs 5.5 lakh as a resettlement package for the 5,300 displaced families who had come from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and initially settled outside Jammu and Kashmir but later relocated to the state. “It has been decided that 5300 displaced families (from PoK), who had settled in regions others than Jammu and Kashmir but later came to the state, will also be provided Rs 5.5 Lakh each, Prakash Javadekar further added. A “historical wrong” has been corrected by the government, Union I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar said while briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting.