Srinagar, April 10 -- The Centre's flagship Prime Minister's Package of 2009 for Kashmiri Pandits, with an outlay of Rs 1,618.40 crore, has facilitated the return of only three families since its inception, according to an RTI reply obtained by Congress leader Sanjay Sapru.

Sapru, who released the findings here on Friday questioned the credibility of the government's rehabilitation claims, terming the gap between allocations and outcomes as a "systemic collapse of implementation."

"For over a decade, this package has been cited as a cornerstone of rehabilitation. The RTI reveals that only three families have actually returned under the scheme," Sapru told reporters as per Kashmir News Service (KNS).

He said that while certain component...