Haseeb A Drabu J&K Government signs MoU with NAFED for High-Density Plantation of Horticulture produce After decisively changing the political structure of Jammu and Kashmir, the union government has now shifted gears to focus on the economy. Considering that the Parliament was informed that Article 370 and Article 35A were abolished to remove the roadblocks to the economic development of Kashmir, the slew of economic policy measure announced over the last three months were expected for some time now. There is no denying the fact that BJP is transforming the nation-state from an accommodating (read, “soft state”) to a hard state, more so vis-a-vis Kashmir. What this meant in political terms has already been seen. On the economy front, the intention seems to be to replace the “granny state which doles out goodies” by a hardnosed development state which gets a bang for every buck. No quarrels with that.