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Jammu and Kashmir: Growth surges since Article 370 abrogation

Jammu and Kashmir: Growth surges since Article 370 abrogation
Jammu and Kashmir: Mapping the growth dynamics in post-Article 370 era · thehansindia.com

Jammu and Kashmir is a region in the north of India.

For many years, it had special rules that kept it different from the rest of the country.

In 2019, India changed those rules, and since then the region has been growing and changing quickly.

Many new roads and bridges have been built, connecting villages and towns.

A big railway line was finished in 2025 so trains can run in all kinds of weather.

In 2026, a fast train called Vande Bharat started running between Jammu and Srinagar in under five hours.

Far more tourists are coming to visit, which helps hotels, shops, and local guides.

Seven new medical colleges were opened, so more people can train to become doctors.

Companies are investing lots of money, which can create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

All of this is meant to bring Jammu and Kashmir closer to the rest of India.

Key facts

Road and bridge projects sanctioned
1,057 since 2019, worth over Rs 4,550 crore
Bridges completed
290 completed; 338 under construction
Roads built under PMGSY
More than 21,400 km
Rail link
272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla line completed in 2025
Tourist visits
25.19 lakh (2020) to 2.35 crore (2024)
Foreign tourist arrivals
5,317 (2020) to 65,452 (2024)
New medical colleges
7 opened after 2019; MBBS capacity now 1,300 seats
Investment proposals
Rs 1.63 lakh crore by December 2024; potential 5.90 lakh jobs

Quotes

Daily Mirror Online report

News portal reporting on J&K’s development

“The broader trend since 2019 has been one of dramatic recovery, with millions more visitors helping revive hotels, transport services, local handicrafts, and guiding services, it says.”
thehansindia.com
“In the larger national context, Jammu and Kashmir today appears more closely tied to India's economic and institutional mainstream than at any point in recent decades.”
thehansindia.com

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