Jammu and Kashmir Principal Secretary Rohit Kansal said land laws in the valley were regressive and anti-people.
The Centre on Tuesday notified rules allowing outsiders to buy non-agricultural land in Jammu and Kashmir.
On Saturday Hurriyat Conference called for a one-day strike against land laws in Kashmir.
Most shops and markets were closed.
Kansal said the land laws existing in J&K were meant to serve an old agrarian rural economy.
“There was a need to provide a set of land laws which were simpler,” Kansal added.
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