I'll keep stating this because frankly, this cannot be overstated.
Kashmir won't be fixed without armed settlers flooding in.
Remember what foiled Operation Gibraltar in 65.
Not the Army, not the Air force, not the IB.
Pro Indian village peasants.
This is what's needed.
Frankly, I cannot believe how this is even an argument.
Set settlers lose upon them.
It'll be a hastened pacification and an incredible drop in the expense required to maintain the Army deployment inside Kashmir.
We already have a whole stock of shit INSAS and other outdated tools.
Just hand those over.
It's not like our institutions don't have any experience regarding such a thing.
Salwa Judum in Chattisgarh, Pir Panjal Scouts, Ikhwans, armed Gujjars and Bakarwals etc have already been a successful formula.
We also have Israel which is a literal master of armed settlers placement.
Cross train if you must. It's honestly not needed though. This was all being done 2 decades back. I'm sure the IA's institutional memory hasn't faded in that regard.