SRINAGAR: The Centre on Wednesday said that 185 persons from outside Jammu and Kashmir bought land in the Union Territory during 2020, 2021, and 2022.

In a written reply to a question, Union 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. “Further, as per the information provided by the Union Territory of Ladakh, no land has been bought by persons from outside the UT during the last three years,” he said.

He said, as per the information provided by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, a total of 1559 Indian companies, including multinational companies, have made investments in the UT.

“In the 2020-21 financial year, 310 entities invested, while 175 invested in 2021-22 and 1074 in 2022-23,” he said, adding that 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. kno