New Delhi (NVI): The government has directed all private satellite TV channels to only use the new political map of India prepared by the Survey of India, which was revised in the wake of bifurcation of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state into two UTs of J&K and Ladakh.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a circular dated November 18 said, “Consequent upon the creation of the new Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on 31st of October 2019, the new Political map of the country has been released on 2nd November, 2019.”
This Political map has been prepared by Survey of India, department of Science & Technology, and is available online on their website (http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in) for free download, it added.
Notably, two days after the creation of Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the government on November 2 issued a new map of India, which significantly included parts of the erstwhile state which are under the illegal occupation of Pakistan and China.
The two UTs came into being on October 31 when the state of Jammu and Kashmir ceased to exist.
The state was divided as per the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019 passed by Parliament on August 6. Simultaneously, its special status granted under Article 370 was also abolished.
