JK Policy Institute
By Arka Chakraborty and Kasturi Guha / For JKPI On 18 August 2020, the Jammu and Kashmir Government constituted a high-level committee headed by Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, K. K.…
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It is the responsibility of the government to acknowledge and respond to the concerns raised by the locals vis-Ã -vis the new mining policy and make sure that the policy does…
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By Sohini Jana and Jigyasa Gulati This paper attempts to link historical trauma and political behaviour of the people by taking into account the case study of Jammu and Kashmir.…
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A bureaucrat from J&K resigns out of the blue and floats a political party; presents himself as a changemaker. The frustrated, defeated, lost and futureless people, particularly the youth, seem…
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New Delhi’s ‘anti-militancy policy’ with regard to Jammu and Kashmir is based on the hypothesis that ‘persistent militarized intervention’ is the only means of defeating what it calls ‘Pakistan-sponsored’ or…
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Believe it or not, every second person in Kashmir has the potential to become a fighter pilot, a world-class scientist, an excellent academician, a brilliant doctor, a creative engineer, an…
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Now that Jammu and Kashmir has got a new Lieutenant Governor – a seasoned politician, unlike his bureaucrat predecessor – one expects that he will start the much-needed political outreach…
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The lack of awareness and clear guidelines on the child sexual abuse in Kashmir leads to insensitive handling of such cases that only exacerbates trauma of the victim. Writes Tehmeena Rizvi.
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The migrant labourers who are arriving here, risking their lives in the face of COVID-19 pandemic, are doing so because of the ‘economic unfreedom’ they face at their native places, Write Touseef Raina and JP Singh.
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Missing leadership and people’s organization(s) pose a very dangerous situation, and cannot be allowed to aggravate further, writes Javaid Trali.
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Now that the government has rekindled some hope for creating an atmosphere for investment in J&K, the political instability, which acts as the biggest roadblock in the process, needs to be taken care of, writes Sanjay Sapru.
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During lockdown, Child Sexual Abuse in the virtual world surged exponentially, even in Jammu and Kashmir. A harsher law is in place to report and take sexual offenders to task. But what do we know about POCSO? Asks Muzamil Bashir.
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