Over 380 police personnel belonging to Ladakh and working in different places in Kashmir and Jammu regions will soon be transferred to Ladakh and posted under the administrative control of the new Union Territory, officials said on Sunday. The Ministry of Home Affairs has given nod for the transfer of police personnel working in different wings of the Jammu and Kashmir Police.

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has recommended that the Union Territory of Ladakh be included in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. If the recommendation made to the home and tribal affairs ministries is accepted, tribes in the UTs will secure the right to constitute autonomous district councils and regional councils that have powers to legislate on issues of local importance.

With eye on developing manpower and promote exchanges between the tourist and the locals in the newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a special roadmap had been prepared, Union Minister of Tourism and Culture Prahlad Singh Patel told IANS in an interview on Wednesday. According to Patel, the government plans to rope in locals to promote tourism in the Valley.