32 Lakhs Domicile Certificates Issued In Jammu Kashmir UT Till 31 December Last Year: MHA
Jammu Kashmir- A total 32,31,353 applicants have been issued Domicile Certificates in Jammu and Kashmir as on December 31 last year, said Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told the Parliament on Tuesday (16 March, 2021).
As per the information provided by the Jammu Kashmir UT Government, Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy said these applicants were among the 35,44,938 people who filled Applications for issue of Domicile Certificates have been received till December 31, 2021.
"As on December 31, 2020, a total of 31,08,682 Domicile Certificates have been issued to the dependents or holders of Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC) in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir," the Minister said in a written reply.
However, a total of 2,15,438 applications have been rejected as on the 31 December last year due to not submitted valid documents to issue domicile certificate.
As per Rule 5 of the Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Domicile Certificate (Procedure) Rules, 2020 mandates certain documents to be annexed with the application for issuing domicile certificate.
"The applications which lack the prescribed documents are rejected," the Minister added.
The Domicile Certificates are necessary for the purpose of applying for local jobs in the Jammu Kashmir UT, the erstwhile state which was reconstituted into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The reorganisation took effect from 31 October 2019.