Srinagar, Mar 5 (KNS): Senior BJP and Kashmiri Pandit leader, Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo today sought enhancement of relief for Kashmiri Pandit migrants with Home Minister Amit Shah.

In a letter he wrote, "Since the cost of price index has gone high a number of times over the last five years and consequent price rise in almost all fields of public purchases has touched a very high that has disturbed the domestic budget of the displaced community of Kashmir, currently living in exile due to their ethnic cleansing, it has become very difficult for the Relief holders among them to make the both ends meet. In this context, I request that the amount of Relief per family per month be enhansed to Rs.20,000 @Rs.5,000 per soul. There are less than 22,000 relief holders in total who are dependent upon the monthly relief. It would be a great gesture on behalf of the government to provide this sort of help to the relief holders on the auspicious occasion of this Mahashivratri;"

"The overaged youth who couldn't be accomodated under the PM Employment package need monetary assistance from the government to ensure their economic subsistence. It can be done by means of monetary compensation, interest free loans and one time working capital for creating new working business units that can earn profits in due course of time. Kindly make it convenient to declare an economic package to benefit this section of the society so that it is guaranteed an economically viable future in the difficult situation it is facing; andA huge number of 30,000 plus applications have been received by the JKSSB for 2,000 posts under the PM Employment package. I make an earnest request to your goodself to announce a package of reservation of 4,000 jobs for the youth of the displaced community in the Central government employment for posting in the Jammu and Kashmir union territory. This will go a long way to help the educated youth of the community to lead an honourable economically palatable life in their own homestead, Jammu and Kashmir,." He added.

These three declarations will boost the morale of the displaced community & will also work as great confidence building measure in favour of the displaced community currently living as refugeees in its own country, he also said. (KNS)