'Centre Will Grant Jammu and Kashmir Statehood at an Appropriate Time': Amit Shah The bill to merge the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) cadre of all-India services officers with the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre was passed by Lok Sabha by a voice vote on February 13. Union home minister Amit Shah. Photo: PTI Rights14/Feb/2021 New Delhi: Home minister Amit Shah gave an assurance in Lok Sabha on Saturday that the Centre will grant full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir at an appropriate time and asserted that the government has done more for it since Article 370 was scrapped in August 2019 than those who ruled it for generations.