J&K to consider conferment of permanent
resident status to West Pak refugees
Dec 17: The Centre has urged to State Government to
consider conferment of permanent resident status and other basic rights to West
Pak refugees. As per the minutes of meeting issued by Ministry of Union
Home Affairs recently to review the action taken to redress the grievances of
West Pakistan refugees and implementation of relief package for displaced
persons (DPs) of 1947, 1965 and 1971 from PoK. The Union Home Ministry in its
decision has urged the State Government to grant these refugees who have been
deprived of their basic rights right from 1947, the right to contest State
elections, right to purchase property in the State, right to admission in
professional colleges and right to recruitment to State services.
The
MHA has also urged the State Government to streamline the procedure for issue of domicile
certificates to West Pakistani refugees and if necessary devise a proper format
for such certificates so that the West Pakistani refugees could claim age
relaxation for recruitment to Central Government services. Similarly it urged
the State Government to streamline the procedure for issuance of SC/ST/OBC
certificates so that such caste certificates are expeditiously issued to
eligible West Pak refugees. Regarding the grant of admission to the children of
West Pak refugees in the professional colleges of the State the Centre has
urged the State Government to issue appropriate orders in this regard.
Besides the State Government was urged to examine feasibility of allocating
certain percentage of seats in the institutions for admission of children of
these refugees.
Among the
decision taken in the Union Home Ministry meeting the State Government was
asked to inform Ministry of Home Affairs about the number of families to whom
benefits under Centrally Sponsored Schemes including IAY have been extended in
the last three years.
Regarding
the extension of credit facilities to West Pak refugees without collateral
security the concerned DCs have been asked to discuss the same in district
level Coordination Committee meeting where the banks would be advised to
consider to extend such credit facilities to the refugees. The MHA has also
advised the CGTMSE to impress upon the MLIs operating in the State to extend
credit facilities to West Pakistan refugees under Credit Guarantee Scheme
(CGS). It has also sought information from State Government regarding total
number of West Pak refugees for their rehabilitation. Besides it sought details
of other assistance provided to West Pak refugees.
The
State Government has also been asked to consider additional claims of DPs of
1947 for compensation in lieu of land deficiency received in the year 2004 and
additional 640 applications of urban DPs for allotment of plots received after
the State Government would consider the cut off date expeditiously. Further it urged the State Government to
utilize the balance amount of the assistance provided by Central Government for
rehabilitation of DPs of 1947.
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