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Art. 370 our honour: Mehbooba 'Nobody will be allowed to fiddle with it' 6/9/2016 11:44:30 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Jun 9: Terming Article 370 of the constitution "strength and honour" Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said nobody should harbour any misconceptions that there is any threat to the state's special status by the industrial policy. However, separatists, including both the factions of Hurriyat Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), have already launched agitation against the industrial policy, alleging that it is to change the demography of the Muslim-majority state. Making it clear that nobody will be allowed to fiddle with J&K's Special Status, the Chief Minister said the New Industrial Policy is completely in tune with the Industrial Policy promulgated by the then Chief Minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah in 1975. "Article 370 is our strength and our honour. We enter this august house by swearing on the State Constitution and it is empowering for all irrespective of the party grouping," Mufti said while intervening during the reply of a question on New Industrial Policy in the Legislative Council. "Article 370 did not belong to any particular party and it is because of this we are in the House as we took oath under State constitution," she said. "Nobody should harbor any misconceptions that there is any threat to J&K's special status by the Industrial Policy," "We have decided to review the policy to remove any misconceptions in this regard." She said this will help set up industries in Jammu and Kashmir. Under the new industrial policy, a local can enter into partnership with a non local but majority shares and land will remain with the state subject person, she said. Mufti said skill development in traditional arts and crafts of Jammu and Kashmir would be incentivised to keep these treasured crafts alive and create employment avenues for the local youth. "Jammu and Kashmir has to capitalise on its competitive advantage especially in traditional arts and crafts for sustained economic growth and arming the local youth with adequate skills will be the key component of this process," the Chief Minister said. She said the skill enhancement in heritage arts like shawls, carpets, paper machie, wood carving, Basohli crafts and Ladakhi craftsmanship will be incentivized so that the new generation of the State's youth is motivated to take up these high-value crafts as a means of livelihood and at the same time contribute towards J&K's economic growth. "We have to develop localized skill strategies so that the skills supply matches the skills demand. It is not just the supply of skills which needs to be addressed, but also the demand for skills and the utilization of skills in the local workplaces," the Chief Minister said.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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