Cut The Clutter: Is J&K undeveloped & left behind after decades of conflict? What data says on key social indicators

his August marks four years since Modi govt scrapped J&K’s special status and carved two Union territories out of it. On this occasion, we take a look at how

Jammu & Kashmir — long viewed by outsiders as a troubled land on account of its battle with cross-border terrorism — compares with India on key socioeconomic indicators. Govt data throws up a stereotype-defying surprise. In Ep 1293 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta takes a look at data from NFHS-5 and other surveys to talk about the many ways J&K is doing better than the rest of India.