India, Oct. 31 -- In a significant step towards rehabilitation and empowerment, the Jammu and Kashmir government has confirmed that displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), who settled in the region decades ago, have been granted full ownership rights over the land allotted to them.

In a written reply to a question raised during the ongoing Assembly session, the Revenue Department stated that displaced families from the 1947, 1965, and 1971 upheavals have already been conferred ownership rights under various government orders and legislative frameworks.

According to the department, landmark decisions including Cabinet Order No. 578-C of 1954, the Agrarian Reforms Act of 1976, and government orders issued in 196...