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Centre panel examines Rohingya and Pandit settlements in Jammu

Centre panel examines Rohingya and Pandit settlements in Jammu
India demographic changes: Centre panel examines Pandit, Rohingya settlements in Jammu - Telegraph India · telegraphindia.com

The government of India sent a special group of four people, called a committee, to a place called Jammu.

The committee wants to learn how the people living there have changed over time.

Many Kashmiri Pandit families left their old homes in Kashmir and now live in a place called Jagti.

The committee visited them and listened to what they had to say.

They also visited a neighborhood where Rohingya families, who came from far away, are living.

Some people in Jammu are upset about the Rohingya families because they are worried the area will change.

The committee also learned about a big argument over land in Kashmir.

Kashmiri Pandits want to get their old land back, but some other people say they already sold it.

The committee talked to police and government leaders for help.

In the end, the committee will share ideas to fix these problems.

Key facts

Committee head
Justice (retd) Prabhakar Navlekar
Focus areas
Rohingya settlements and Kashmiri Pandit migrant colonies in Jammu
Hindu population of Kashmir in 1981
3.96 per cent
Hindu population of Kashmir in 2011
2.45 per cent
Rohingya immigrants in the region
Roughly 13,000
Rohingya detention
Holding centre inside Kathua sub-jail since 2021
Gorkhas in Jammu
Present in thousands; originally from Nepal, with ancestors who served in the Dogra army
Mission
High-Powered Demography Mission announced by PM Narendra Modi on August 15 last year

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