Jammu, Feb. 13 -- The Jammu & Kashmir Government on Thursday made a series of policy clarifications in the Legislative Assembly, announcing uniform implementation of Scheduled Tribe (ST-I) reservation across the Union Territory, operationalisation of a real-time fake-news monitoring cell, focus on strengthening existing schools and incentives for employees serving in remote areas.

Replying to a question by legislator Dr Narinder Singh Raina, Social Welfare Minister Sakeena Itoo said ST-I reservation has been implemented uniformly across Jammu and Kashmir. She clarified that the ST-II reservation extended to the Pahari ethnic group is based on ethnic, cultural and linguistic identity, not on any regional or area-specific criteria, as refl...