Article 370 of the Indian Law is a 'temporary provision’, which gives unique self-governing status to Jammu & Kashmir. Beneath Part XXI of the Constitution of India, which deals with short-term, in-between and special necessities, Jammu & Kashmir has been  given special status under Article 370. Not all the requirements of the Constitution, which are relevant to other states, are applicable to J&K. Sheikh Abdullah, who had by then been appointed prime minister of Jammu & Kashmir by Maharaja Hari Singh and Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru, drafted the provision in the year 1947.

According to this article, Indian Parliament needs the state government's agreement for applying all other laws, except for defence, foreign affairs, finance and communications. Therefore, the state's residents live under a separate set of laws as compared to other Indians. Because of this provision, Indian citizens from other states cannot purchase land or property in Jammu & Kashmir. Under Article 370, the Indian government has no power to declare financial crisis in the state. Government of India can only declare emergency in the state only in case of war or outsider attack. Due to the Article 370 the state of Jammu and Kashmir is not getting the benefit of Government Plans.