Director Agriculture Kashmir visits S.M Farm Allowpora, Pulwama

SRINAGAR: To review the progress on the Department’s programme of promoting lavender and other aromatic, medicinal plants on commercial lines, the Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammed Iqbal today visited S.M Farm Allowpora Pulwama. Director visited different blocks of the farm. He had an interaction session with the technical experts and concerned officers of the Farm. […]

KVK Srinagar organizes training programme on Soil Health Management

Srinagar: KVK Srinagar in collaboration with Directorate of Extension, SKUAST-Kashmir organized a training programme on “Soil Health Management vis-vis- Soil Health Card Management” at KVK Campus today on 28th of November 2022. The programme was presided over by Dr. Sajad Mohiuddin, Sr. Scientist & Head attended by Chief Agriculture Officer, Mr. Choudry Mohammad Younis, Chief […]

KVK Shopian holds valedictory function of training programme on Mushroom Cultivation

Srinagar: KVK Shopian organised a valedictory function of the week long training programme for rural youth titled “Entrepreneurship Development through Mushroom Cultivation” sponsored by Ministry of MSME, GOI on 29th of November 2022 at training hall of district employment cum counselling centre Shopian. Prof.Dil Mohammad Makhdoomi, Director Extension SKUAST Kashmir was the Chief Guest of […]

SERB Sponsored Workshop on Regenerative Medicine inaugurated at SKUAST Shuhama

Srinagar: A Seven Days High End Workshop on “Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Veterinary Regenerative Medicine quot; was inaugurated Tuesday at Faculty Outreach Centre, FVSc & AH, SKUAST- Kashmir Shuhama. The workshop is being organized by Division of Veterinary Clinical Complex, SKUAST-Kashmir and is sponsored by Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India under […]

JK-RLM (UMEED) organises workshop on SHG-Bank Linkage at Shopian

SHOPIAN: The Jammu & Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission (JK-RLM) UMEED today organised a workshop in collaboration with Lead District Manager JK Bank on SHG-Bank Linkage at RSETI Shopian. The aim of the workshop was to sensitize the bankers and the community for proper implementation of the programme and offer an opportunity for direct interaction between […]

HP&M Dept conducts awareness camp at fruit & vegetable market Parimpora, Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The Department of Horticulture Planning and Marketing (HP&M) today conducted an Awareness programme cum Workshop in Srinagar on grading, packaging and processing of fruits and vegetables and other centrally sponsored schemes. At the outset, Deputy Director Kashmir, Nahid Mir welcomed all the fruit growers, traders, SHGs, FPOs, Cooperative societies and Presidents of all Fruit […]

FM Sitharaman concludes pre-Budget meetings for Budget 2023-24

New Delhi: Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the pre-budget consultation meetings for Budget 2023-24 held in virtual mode from 21st to 28th November, 2022. The pre-budget meeting concluded here today. More than 110 invitees representing 7 stakeholder groups participated in 8 meetings scheduled during this period. The stakeholder groups include […]

Markets hit fresh all-time highs; rally for 5th day

NEW DEHLI: Benchmark indices ended at fresh lifetime highs on Monday amid foreign fund inflows, a decline in crude oil prices and buying in index major Reliance Industries. Rallying for the fifth day in a row, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 211.16 points or 0.34 per cent to settle at 62,504.80, its fresh record closing […]

Rupee should stabilise once US reduces speed of its rate increases: Economics Nobel winner

New Delhi: Douglas W Diamond, winner of this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, says it is difficult to predict exchange rates but the rupee should stabilise once the US “reduces the speed of its rate increases”. In an email interview to PTI, the American economist also said that when the US raises exchange […]

Director Agriculture Kashmir visits Anantnag

Department endeavouring for socio-economic transformation of the farming community of Kashmir: Iqbal SRINAGAR: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today visited Vegetable/ Floriculture nurseries of Anantnag district. He also visited shangus and some other villages of Anantnag and interacted with the farmers of different villages and monitored the various agriculture activities in the district. […]