Kashmiri Pandits Protest Relief Ration Merge into NFSA Demand Census Recognition

They say a relief change could erase their identity

Displaced Kashmiri Pandits held a street protest in Srinagar against Jammu and Kashmir’s plan to fold their relief ration system into the National Food Security Act. Organisers argued the overhaul threatens their welfare and recognition, and they demanded specific mention of their community in the census, saying it is “about our existence.”