India on Wednesday admitted that 185 outsiders bought land in illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir during 2020, 2021, and 2022.
In a written reply to a question, Indian Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, informed the Rajya Sabha that only one person bought land in 2020, while 57 persons bought land in 2021 and 127 in 2022.
He said, as per the information provided by the IIOJK administration, a total of 1559 Indian compa-nies, including multinational companies, “have made investments in the territory”.
“In the 2020-21 financial year, 310 entities in-vested, while 175 invested in 2021-22 and 1074 in 2022-23,” he said, adding that as per the information provided by Ladakh administration, no Indian companies, including multinational companies, have invested in the region during the last three years.—KMS
