Jammu, March 11 -- A total investment of over Rs.10,000 crore has been has been made in the industrial sector of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir since 2019, deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary said during the question hour in the assembly on Monday.

In a written reply to National Conference (NC) MLA from Budhal, Javaid Iqbal Choudhary, the deputy chief minister informed the House that investments of Rs.10,516 crore have been made since 2019-20.

"Investments of Rs.3,407. 63 crore have been made in Kashmir and Rs.7,108 crore in Jammu," Choudhary said.

He added that investments worth Rs.164.37 crore were made in Kashmir in 2019-20, Rs.148.89 crore in 2020-21, Rs.125.87 crore in 2021-22, Rs.737.36 crore in 2022-23 and Rs.1423...