JK News Today

Srinagar, Oct. 28: Waheed Para makes a point on regional disparity and citing revenue data. Sharing data via his X handle, Parra wrote, “Data shared by the Revenue Department in response to my question in the J&K Assembly reveals a sharp regional divide in certificate issuance over the last two years. SC: Jammu 99.2% | Kashmir 0.67% ST: Jammu 87.2% | Kashmir 12.7% OBC: Jammu 56.6% | Kashmir 43.4% EWS: Jammu 88.5% | Kashmir 11.4% RBA: Jammu 32.9% | Kashmir 67.1% ALC: Jammu 85.2% | Kashmir 14.7% These figures lay bare a stark regional disparity in the distribution of social category certificates, exposing a grave breach of fairness, equality, merit & administrative impartiality at the very core of J&K’s welfare framework. This is precisely why we have been calling for the rationalisation of the reservation policy, strictly in proportion to the population.