SRINAGAR: As many as 185 people from outside Jammu and Kashmir have bought land J&K in the last three years, Ministry of Home, Government of India, informed parliament on Wednesday.

Minister of State for MHA Nityanand Rai, however, said, no land has been bought by outsiders nor any Indian company has made investment in Ladakh.

 “As per the information provided by the government of Jammu and Kashmir, a total of 185 people from outside the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have bought land in the UT during 2020, 2021 and 2022,” he said replying to a written question by Ram Nath Thakur, a politician from Janata Dal party from Bihar, in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament.

Rai said that while one person bought land in 2020, 57 bought in 2021 and 127 in 2022.

As per the information provided by the government of Jammu and Kashmir, Rai further said, a total of 1,559 Indian companies, including multinational companies, have made investments in the J&K.

In 2020-21, he said as per the reply, as copy of which lies with GNS, 310 entities invested in J&K, 175 in 2021-22 and 1074 in 2022-23.

“Further, as per the information provided by the Union Territory of Ladakh, no Indian companies, including multinational companies, have invested in the UT during the last three years,” he added. (GNS)