Did reducing Jammu and Kashmir to a UT and abrogating its special status make a difference?
Seven years after the abrogation of Article 370, an analysis suggests that the promised socio-economic transformation of Jammu and Kashmir has not materialized. Data indicates that the region performed better on key human development indicators prior to the 2019 bifurcation.
Seven years have passed since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) introduced legislations in Parliament to implement its long-standing objective — stripping the special status accorded to the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by Article 370 of the Constitution. Through these legislations, the Union government not only abrogated the special status, but also took direct control of the State’s administration by bifurcating it into two Union Territories — J&K and Ladakh.
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