Foreign Journalist Need Government Permission to visit KASHMIR

Foreign Journalist Need Government Permission to visit Jammu & Kashmir

Background:

There are many areas in INDIA which are restricted to journalist. In India, In 1958, a special order passed called as -

"Foreigners (Protected Areas) Order 1958 (India)"

Under this Order -  Foreigners Journalists need Government permission to visit some  areas.

PAP ( Protected Area Permit Zone ) These areas are as:-

Parts of Sikkim
Parts of Arunachal Pradesh
Parts of Himachal Pradesh
Parts of Jammu & Kashmir
Part of Rajasthan
Parts of Uttrakhand

Recent News:

As we know J&K is the International issue. And due to adverse reporting on Kashmir by the foreign media outlets.

Government of India (i.e Ministry of External Affairs) pull out his rule book and Reminded the foreign journalist about "Foreigners (Protected Areas) Order 1958 and advising them to take prior permission to visit Jammu & Kashmir.

From last so many years - government is taking these rule lightly and many foreign journalist not took permission to visit and even many not aware of this rule.

So, Ministry of External Affairs sent out the letters to the Foreign Media Outlets just to remind them about these orders as many of the journalist not took prior permission to visit Kashmir. (In fact they took permission to visit North East Part of India).

Exception : Citizens of Bhutan NOT consider under this order

For citizens of Pakistan, Afghanistan & China - Rules are different and they are more strict.

Recently in 2018 - For Manipur - Some Restriction remove And For J&K - Restriction increases.

Impact:

It impact on 'India's image internationally. May be India Ranking Decrease further in future in 'World Press Freedom Index'

As we know, Recently there is report by 'REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDER' on 2018 World Press Freedom Index

India Rank is very bad i.e. 138 out of 180
To know all countries rank - Please go through below link - https://rsf.org/en/ranking

India Rank - 138
Pakistan Rank - 139
China Rank - 176

Advantage:

Long Term Peace can be establish.

Let's see what happen eventually. Hope for the best.


To get more info you can go through below Links:-

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-reminds-foreign-journalists-to-take-prior-permission-for-reporting-from-kashmir-1292460-2018-07-22

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreigners_(Protected_Areas)_Order_1958_(India)

 Do Comment/Correct in case of any wrong Data, wrong info and share your views on - 'Foreigners (Protected Areas) Order 1958'. Add more info if anyone have in comments, I will verify and update the details in Post- Keep Learning !


 Above Information is as per my understanding and all information is as per data available till today.

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