J&K witnessing new dawn of development: Prasad

Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing a "new dawn" for development and employment opportunities after the abrogation of Article 370, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Friday.

Prasad was delivering key-note address on "law reforms by Modi government for new India" at an event organised by a private organisation.

He listed various laws such as the Child Marriage Prohibition Act, Prevention of Corruption Act and Right to Information Act which were not in force in Jammu and Kashmir due to Article 370.

After the withdrawal of Jammu and Kashmir's special stauts through abrogation of Article 370, 153 laws were made applicable to the state, he said.

"There was no development in the state and about 42,000 were people killed (in the last few decades)...tax payers' money was wasted due to separatism and terrorism," he said.

"How the people have responded?...They are joining the Army, 29,000 young men and women have registered for getting recruited in the Army... a new .