The government on Wednesday said there was "no specific" report received from Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir aboutany "new losses" of income and jobs due to restrictions imposed after the abrogation of Article 370 provisions.
The government told Parliament that the people of the region would now be able to realise "full potential of economy".
The people of Jammu and Kashmir have suffered from terrorist violence and separatism supported from across the border for the past many decades and were denied certain constitutional provisions on account of Article 35-A, Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said in Rajya Sabha.
He was replying to a written question of CPI(M) leader K Somaprasad, who had asked whether the government has take note of the burden,loss of income and jobs of people of the union territory following the restrictionimposed in recent days and if government intends to declare a compensationpackage for those who lost jobs and earnings.
The MP had also asked whether any report has been receivedabout the loss in the IT and tourism sector in Jammu and Kashmir during therecent restriction periods.
However, Reddy, in his written reply, spoke about loss dueto terrorism for decades and also that the people of the erstwhile state weredenied full rights enshrined in the Constitution of India and the benefits ofvarious Central Laws that were being enjoyed by other citizens of the country.
"As a result, full economic potential of the regioncould not be realized by the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions forthe last 70 years," he said.
The minister said after the declaration issued abrogation ofArticle 370 and bifurcation of the state into two union territories, all suchaspects have been addressed and the people of Jammu and Kashmir can now realizefull potential in all sectors of economy like in other parts of the country.
He said that due to the these recent decisions, certainprecautionary measures taken initially have already been substantially relaxed.
"There is no specific report received from theGovernment of Jammu and Kashmir regarding any new losses on account of suchpreventive steps taken as a short-term measure," he said.
The minister said that under the Rs.80,068 crore PrimeMinister's package announced on November 7, 2015, 63 major development projectsin road, power, health, tourism, agriculture, horticulture, skill developmentsectors are already under various stages of implementation.
"In addition to the above steps, many flagship schemesof the Government of India including the individual beneficiary centric schemesare being proactively implemented by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir,"he said.
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