जम्मू व कश्मीर (जे एण्ड के) में उग्रवाद और अस्थिरता के प्रमुख कारणों में से एक अलगाववादी आंदोलन भी रहे हैं। जम्मू-कश्मीर को राष्ट्रीय मुख्यधारा में लाने के लिए सरकार द्वारा की गई कार्यवाही को स्पष्ट कीजिए। अनुच्छेद 370 और 35 ए को निरस्त करने से पहले और बाद की स्थिति पर चर्चा कीजिए। साथ ही, राज्य को राष्ट्रीय मुख्यधारा में लाने में इन दोनों अनुच्छेदों को निरस्त करने के सकारात्मक प्रभावों को भी स्पष्ट कीजिए।
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Separatist movements have been one of the major factors contributing to militancy and instability in Jammu & Kashmir (J & K). Bring out actions taken by the Government to bring J & K into national mainstream. Discuss pre and post abrogation status of Articles 370 and 35A. Also bring out positive impacts of abrogation of both articles in mainstreaming the state.
🧭 How to think about this question · directive: “bring out / discuss”
Decode the demand
- Three directives, three parts: 'bring out' the government's mainstreaming actions (with separatism as the backdrop), 'discuss' the status of Articles 370 and 35A before and after 2019, and 'bring out' the positive impacts. Each gets its own heading in the question's own words.
- The trap: writing a political essay for or against abrogation. The examiner wants the constitutional mechanics (what each Article did, how it was removed, what the Supreme Court held) and verified outcomes, not opinion.
- Carry data: one terror-incident figure before and after, one tourism figure, the Reorganisation Act, the December 2023 verdict; name the NCERT framing of J&K's instability.
Think in a structure
- Open with the NCERT line that special status did not prevent violence, then the two dates that frame the answer: 1989 and 5 August 2019.
- Actions as a hub: security, legal, democratic and development spokes; one real instance per spoke.
- Articles 370 and 35A as a before/after table, then one point each on the legal route taken and the Supreme Court's holding.
- Impacts in dimensions: legal equality, security, democracy, economy; then an honest caveat so the 'discuss' is balanced.
- End positively: what remains to be done (statehood, dialogue, jobs), anchored on the Preamble's promise of unity and integrity.
Facts checked at source (4)· open
- The Supreme Court's December 2023 verdict constitutionally upheld Parliament's 5 August 2019 decision.PIB — PM on the Supreme Court's Article 370 verdict (11 December 2023) ↗“the Supreme Court’s verdict on the abrogation of Article 370 is historic and constitutionally upholds the decision taken by the Parliament of India on 5th August 2019”
- PRS: the J&K Reorganisation Bill, 2019, introduced in Rajya Sabha on 5 August 2019, reorganised the state into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh.PRS Legislative Research — The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019: bill summary ↗“The Bill provides for reorganisation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh.”
- MoS Home in Rajya Sabha (July 2024): over 2.11 crore tourists visited J&K in 2023 and over 1.08 crore by June 2024.News on AIR (Prasar Bharati) — J&K witnesses unprecedented growth after abrogation of Article 370, says MoS Home Nityanand Rai (24 July 2024) ↗“Over two crore 11 lakh tourists visited the Union Territory last year while till June this year over one crore eight lakh tourists have visited there. This was informed by Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai in the Rajya Sabha”
- MHA (PIB, December 2023): terrorist-initiated incidents in J&K were 228 in 2018 and 43 in 2023 (up to 30 November). J&K Government (Assembly reply, 4 March 2025): 2.36 crore tourists in 2024.PIB: Decline in Terror Incidents in Jammu and Kashmir (MHA reply, December 2023) ↗“Terrorist Initiated Incidents 228 43 Encounters 189 48 Civilians killed 55 13”
Question: UPSC's CS (Main) 2026, GS Paper III — paper ↗. Guidance: Minimalist IAS, checked 8 Nov 2026 (how we verify). ·
Model answer· 615words · Minimalist IAS
NCERT records that despite its special status under Article 370, J&K 'experienced violence, cross border terrorism and political instability'. Separatist politics backed from across the border fed militancy from 1989 until Parliament ended the special status on 5 August 2019, a step the Supreme Court upheld in December 2023. The three parts below follow that arc.
Separatism, militancy and the actions to bring J&K into the mainstream
- Separatist politics as fuel: Hurriyat-led boycotts, cross-border terror and radicalisation made shutdowns and stone-pelting a cycle that kept youth outside democratic politics.
Mainstreaming actions: Counter-terror grid; NIA terror-funding cases; UAPA bans on outfits; PM's Development Package; Back to Village camps; Panchayat and DDC polls; Youth skilling
- Security first: sustained counter-terror operations and border domination shrank militant space, the precondition for every other step.
- Choking the ecosystem: NIA cases on terror funding and bans on separatist outfits under the UAPA cut the money and organisation behind unrest.
- Democracy from below: panchayat and District Development Council elections took decisions to villages and offered the young a lawful route to power.
- Development outreach: the PM's Development Package, 'Back to Village' camps and skilling tied livelihoods to the Union, as the 2nd ARC's conflict-resolution report advised.
The full answer goes on to cover
- Articles 370 and 35A: pre and post abrogation status
- Positive impacts of abrogation in mainstreaming the region
- Way forward
With 1 table you can reproduce in the exam.
Prepared by Minimalist IAS to the answer standard of Shivam Singh (mentor, 7 years) · facts checked against official sources (how we verify) · updated 8 Nov 2026. UPSC publishes no model answers: compare your structure and coverage with this, then write your own.







