A total of 47,766 migrant families are presently registered with the office of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner (Migrants), Jammu.
A variety of measures have been taken over the years by the Government by way of financial assistance/relief to the affected families, within a broad policy framework that those who have migrated will eventually return to the Valley.
Initially in the year 1990, the State Government of J&K, after registering migrant families, provided cash relief of Rs. 250/- per family and free ration, which has been enhanced from time to time. At present, the cash relief has been enhanced to Rs. 3250/- per head per month (maximum of Rs. 13,000/- per family per month) plus dry ration (9 Kg Rice, 2 Kg Atta per person per month and 1 Kg Sugar per family per month) to eligible families living in Jammu. Expenditure incurred by the Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir in this respect is reimbursed by the Ministry of Home Affairs under Security Related Expenditure (Return & Rehabilitation)-SRE(R&R).
Under Prime Minister’s Package-2004, a project for construction of Two Room Tenements (TRTs) with an estimated cost of Rs. 385.00 crore was sanctioned. 5248 TRTs have been constructed at various sites in Jammu. All TRTs are allotted to the eligible Kashmiri Migrants.
A Comprehensive Package was announced by the Government in 2008 for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Migrants. Under this package, 3000 Government jobs have been provided to Kashmiri Migrants.
Besides, the Government of India has approved another package, on 18th November 2015 for providing additional 3000 State Government jobs to the Kashmiri Migrants and construction of 6000 transit accommodations in the Kashmir Valley. Out of 6000 Govt. jobs, 5757 jobs have been provided to Kashmiri Migrants and 4928 Transit Accommodation have been constructed in Kashmir Valley.
Relief to Jammu Migrants
Terrorist violence/militancy in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly in its early phases (early 1990s), had led to large scale forced migration from the Kashmir Valley. Besides the families who migrated from the Valley, many families migrated from different hilly areas of Jammu division to safer places of nearby towns due to security reasons.
The Govt. of India has approved a proposal for providing relief to the migrants of the hilly areas of Jammu division at par with the Kashmiri migrants i.e. cash relief of Rs. 3250 per head per month (maximum Rs. 13000 per family per month) plus relief for ration/fodder at the existing rate (i.e. 9 Kg. Atta, 2 Kg. Rice per person per month and 10 litre kerosene oil per family per month and Rs.300 per cattle per month for purchase of fodder), w.e.f. 18-11-2015. The Government of India would now be funding the relief (cash and ration/fodder) for migrants of the hilly areas of Jammu.
