Lok Sabha Question No. 3138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Development of J&K
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3138

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  MARCH, 2022/ CHAITRA 1, 1944 (SAKA)

DEVELOPMENT OF J&K

†3138. KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the situation in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is still not normal;

- (b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard; and

(c) the efforts being made  by the Government for the all round development of J&K?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) & (b): The Government has instituted a robust security and intelligence grid along with proactive operations against terrorists. Therefore,  the  security  situation  in  Jammu  and  Kashmir  has  improved substantially and there has been a significant decline in terrorist incidents and  infiltration  of  terrorists  from  across  the  border.  The  details  are  as below:

| Description                   |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |
|-------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Estimated net infiltration    |    143 |    138 |     51 |     34 |
| Number of terrorist incidents |    417 |    255 |    244 |    229 |
| Terrorists killed             |    257 |    157 |    221 |    180 |

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 3138 FOR 22.03.2022

- (c): The  Government  has  taken  several  steps  to  boost  development  of Jammu & Kashmir. Some of these measures are: -
- i) The progress of projects being implemented in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir under the Prime Minister's Development Package-2015 has been accelerated. 53 projects pertaining to 15 Ministries are being implemented at a cost of Rs. 58,477 crores, in various sectors such as  Roads,  Power,  Health,  Education,  Tourism,  Agriculture,  Skill Development etc., out of which 25 projects have been completed/substantially completed.
- ii) A New Central Sector Scheme has been notified on 19/02/2021 for the Industrial Development of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, with an outlay of Rs. 28,400 crores, which is likely to provide employment to over 4.5 lakh people while boosting the industrial development of J&K.
- iii) The  Government  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  has  approved  business revival package of Rs. 1,352.99 Crores on 25 th  September, 2020.
- iv) Under languishing projects programme, 1193 projects worth Rs.1984 crores were completed, including 5 projects which were incomplete

## L.S.US.Q.NO.3138 FOR 22.03.2022

for more than 20 years, 15 projects for more than 15 years and 165 projects for more than 10 years.

- v) J&K has been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) under Swachh Bharat Mission.
2. vi) 100  %  saturation  has  been  achieved  in  17  Individual  beneficiary centric schemes, including Saubhagya, Ujala, Ujjwala and Indradhanush schemes.
3. vii) During  the  year  2020-21,  1289  road  construction  works  were completed  at  a  cost  of  Rs.1638  crore.  The  construction  work  of 14500 km of road has been completed so far under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna, which has connected about 2000 places.
4. viii) Work has been taken up for setting up of one All India Institute of Medical Sciences each in Jammu and Kashmir Divisions at a cost of Rs. 2000 crores each, besides 7 other medical colleges in the UT of J&K.
5. ix) Indian  Institute  of  Technology  (IIT)  Jammu  and  Indian  Institute  of Management (IIM) Jammu have been made functional.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.3138 FOR 22.03.2022

- x) 21 hydro power projects with aggregate capacity of 5186 MW have been taken up for development in next 05 years.
2. xi) International  flight  from  Srinagar  to  Sharjah  has  been  started  on 23.10.2021. In addition, night flights from Jammu and Srinagar have also been started.
3. xii) The  scope  of  High  Density  Plantation  Scheme  for  Apple  has been expanded to include Mango, Litchi, Cherry, Walnut etc. Kashmiri Saffron has been given the Geographical Indication(GI) tag.
4. xiii) Under fast-track recruitment, 26330 posts have been identified in various departments in the UT  of J&K  and  taken up for recruitment.  Presently  selection  process  has  been  completed  with respect to 11,324 posts.

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