This “process of conferring the ownership rights to the residents of unauthorised colonies and action as per the Development Control Norms for unauthorised colonies is under progress and will take time,” the Act says.
The Court pointed out that the provisions of the Constitution of India had been, step by step, between 1950 and 2019, extended to J&K and the ‘abrogation’ of Article 370 (a temporary provision) was the culmination of the process.
While there was never any doubt about J&K being an integral part of India, the Supreme Court's endorsement of the decisions of August 2019 has given ballast to New Delhi’s global diplomatic strategy on the dispute with Pakistan. Relations have been tense for four years, but a window for engagement could open after elections in both countries next year
In a recent Parliamentary debate, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi coined the phrase 'Hindutva rate of GDP growth' and pegged it at around 8%. But a closer look at the data shows that the Hindutva rate of growth is almost exactly the same as the Hindu rate (around 4%).