Challenges Confronting the Development of Jammu & Kashmir

State of Jammu and Kashmir is so far in the infancy of development. Problems confronting the state are manifold and diverse. Major evils and issues obstructing the development of the state are like erosion of state autonomy, unutilized resource base of the state economy, mass unemployment, unstable and erratic nature of state finances, problem of law and order. The tempered autonomy of the state and its gradual erosion has broken the trust maintained under constitution (Article 370) between centre and the state. State's unutilized resource base due to law and order problem has never allowed it to come out of the clutches of poverty, misery and backwardness, while its remote location and difficult terrain has added fuel to fire in its backward character. The finances have always been asymmetric and having suffered both from the over expenditure and insufficient revenues. An attempt will be made to make an analysis of the issues and to suggest the possible solution to economic problems. But, one can say that there can be no redressal of issues in the absence of peace and without taking people into confidence.