Centre redefines Jammu and Kashmir domicile rules

The Centre has redefined the domicile rules in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, multiple reports claimed. Anyone who has stayed over 15 years in the Union Territory can be a domicile. In section 3A of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Order, the Centre has announced that anyone “who has resided for a period of fifteen years in the UT of J&K or has studied for a period of seven years and appeared in class 10th/12th examination in an educational institution located in the UT of J&K” is now eligible for it, The Indian Express reported. Those registered as migrants and their children will also come under the bracket.

Earlier, Section 35A associated with the abrogated Article 370 had given the legislative assembly of the state the power to define a Jammu and Kashmir resident.