J&K Legislators Receive ₹3-Crore CDF Boost

Jammu and Kashmir legislators have received a long-awaited financial boost with the government releasing ₹3 crore per assembly member under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) for the current fiscal year.

- Mir Ehsan

SRINAGAR: While legislators welcomed the move, many have voiced concern that the amount is inadequate given the rising costs and developmental demands across their constituencies.

Under the current structure, each legislator is entitled to spend ₹3 crore annually, totaling ₹15 crore over their five-year term. This is the first major release of CDF since the newly elected assembly took office in October 2024—marking the first such legislative body since J&K's reorganization into a Union Territory following the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.

From 2018 until last year, the region was without a functioning assembly.

The government had announced the CDF during the previous assembly session, but the funds were released only recently.