Article 370 of the Indian constitution, which is of a temporary nature grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Article 370 virtually made Jammu and Kashmir a country within a country, with its own flag, emblem, constitution and Sadr-i-Riyasat (Head of State). The right of the state to have a separate head of state was lost in the 1960s. The Constitution of India was passed by the Constituent Assembly of India on November 26, 1949, and came into effect on January 26, 1950. ... Jammu and Kashmir   (IPA: , Kashmiri:ज्वम त॒ कॅशीर جۄم تٕہ کٔشِیر, Hindi:जम्मू और कश्मीर, Urdu:جموں Ùˆ کشمیر) (often abbreviated as Kashmir), is the northern-most state of India, lying mostly in the Himalayan mountains. ...

This article specifies that except for Defence, Foreign Affairs and Communications, the Indian Parliament needed the State Government's concurrence for applying all other laws. Thus the state's residents lived under a separate set of laws, including those related to citizenship, ownership of property, and fundamental rights, as compared to other Indians. Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ...

Similar protections for unique status exist in tribal areas of India including those in Bihar and Nagaland.

Article 370 and politics

citizens of J&K are allowed to purchase land across the country but citizens of rest of the country are not allowed to purchase land in J&K. Not only this, citizens of J&K are allowed to apply for any govt. job within the country but the citizens of other states are not allowed to do jobs in J&K.

Sir I am not able to uderstand why both the State & Central govt take a decision to remove this special thing. It almost compulsory when nobody in the country thinks that it is in fever of our intigrity. If they don't want to do so, it clearly implies that politician don't want to solve this problem.

References

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