Before dismantling Article 370 and Article 35-A in August last year, non-natives could not buy any immovable property in Jammu and Kashmir. However, the fresh changes have paved the way for any person having Indian nationality to buy land in the union territory melting the state barriers.
The Centre has paved the way for any Indian citizen to buy land and property in Jammu and Kashmir, which completes one year of being designated a Union Territory on October 31. The Union Ministry  said in an order that the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016 has been notified in the UT while 12 laws of the erstwhile state have been repealed.
Major reform as per section 96 of the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, another order issued recently, the Union home ministry repealed and amended 25 other central laws including the Stamp Act, 1977, Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services Decentralisation and Recruitment Act.
