Union
Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA) has asked the
J&K Government to
facilitate the ‘rehabilitation
and integration’ of
former militants in
the State, detailing
out the steps needed
to be taken in this
direction, reports Greater
Kashmir. MHA has
asked the state Government
to handle the program
with utmost care to
avoid it being dubbed
as exclusively for surrendered
militants and instead
project it as development
intervention for violence
affected. “To avoid
from being branded as
a direct intervention
for surrendered militants
and attracting unnecessary
attention, the state
Government is directed
to include 60 percent
to 70 percent of targeted
beneficiaries from pool
of surrendered militants
and 40 percent will
be others from the communities
of surrendered militants,”
MHA document reads.
The
MHA communication to
J&K Government outlines
that the project has
been targeted for rehabilitation
of 1700 surrendered
militants and their
families during the
initial phase of two
years. | 
