The centre feels that the state can now do with less central. According to AIR, Home Secretary G K Pillai has said that amendments to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) are still on the table. Government hopes that the committee of the Unified Headquarters in the State declares some areas in the state as “not disturbed” to make the controversial law redundant in those parts.
The Home Secretary allayed fears that violence may return in the Kashmir Valley, saying several major steps have been taken post-September last year. Pillai said there was a need to reach out to people of Kashmir and not just reaching out to mainstream political parties. He said, the Government is planning to hold seminars in remote areas of the state with a team of 100 officers of the Centre along with state government officers listening to the problems of local Kashmiris.