New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- The Cente on Tuesday allowed residents of any states to purchase urban land and immovable property in Jammu and Kashmir, stating that the new law would integrate the Union Territory with the rest of the country.

Earlier, only residents of Jammu and Kashmir were allowed to purchase land in the state.

The Centre last August brought new policies to the valley by scrapping the state's special powers under Article 370 of the Constitution and its bifurcation into two Union Territories.

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha clarified that the new law does not apply to agricultural land.

"The industrial areas that we have defined -- we want that like the rest of the country, industries too come here so tha...