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Centre’s new Bill kicks off row in Valley

However, people are apprehensive that the proposed bill is another attempt to dilute the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under article 370

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A political storm is brewing in strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir following the Centre’s proposal to introduce a bill in the parliament to extend the jurisdiction of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 to the restive state.

Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a proposal to introduce a Bill in the Parliament to extend the jurisdiction of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 to Jammu & Kashmir on statistics relevant to any matters under any of the entries specified in the List-I (Union List) and the List- III (Concurrent List) in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, as applicable to Jammu and Kashmir under the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Order, 1954.

This is despite the fact that Jammu and Kashmir State legislature has enacted the ‘Jammu and Kashmir Collection of Statistics Act, 2010’, which is almost a replica of the central legislation.

However, under Article 370 in the Indian Constitution, Jammu and Kashmir enjoys a special status. Central laws cannot be automatically extended to Jammu and Kashmir unlike other states.

However, people are apprehensive that the proposed bill is another attempt to dilute the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under article 370.

“The very fact that Acts are being extended to J&K is an alarming trend. No argument can justify the extension of Central laws and acts to J&K,” said Junaid Azim Mattu, state spokesman of National Conference.

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