KVK B’gam organises training programme on water conservation

BUDGAM: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Budgam, SKUAST-Kashmir under Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA)-CTR 2022 today organized a training programme to sensitize the farmers regarding conservation and reuse of water. The programme was attended by more than 75 farmers. Senior Scientist and Head KVK Budgam, Dr. Bilal Ahmad Lone while elaborating on the campaign stressed to promote […]

Director Agriculture Kashmir visits Vegetable farm Sumbal, Bandipora

SRINAGAR: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today visited Vegetable farm Sumbal Bandipora to inspect the interventions by the department in different blocks of the farm. He also held interactions with the concerned technical experts. Expressing his views, the Director said that for more than two years the departmental farms are undergoing a process […]

Local entrepreneurship provides path-breaking solutions to unemployment: Director JKEDI

KATHUA: Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI), in collaboration with Government Degree College, Kathua, organized a one-day Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme (EAP), here today. The event was presided over by Director, JKEDI, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat. The Director also inaugurated an Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) for young women in Kathua “We live in challenging times. We […]

KVK Malangpora conducts training programme on Intercropping in Mulberry at Pahoo Pulwama

PULWAMA: Krishi Vigyan Kendra Malangpora organised a day long training programme on ‘Intercropping in Mulberry’ in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. Krishi Vigyan Kendra Malangpora Pulwama conducted awareness cum training programme on “Intercropping in Mulberry” in collaboration with College of Temperate Sericulture Mirgund, SKUAST-Kashmir and Sericulture Development Department Pulwama at Pahoo village of Pulwama […]

Nation-wide Campaign for Promotion of Digital Life Certificate

New Delhi: The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India has launched a Nation-wide Campaign for Promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners. In November 2021, Dr. Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of State (PP) had launched the milestone Face Authentication Technique of submitting […]

MBD Conference 2022: Secretary Mining invites Global Mineral Business Developers to invest in J&K

NAGPUR: Secretary, Mining Department, Amit Sharma, has invited Global Mineral Developers to invest in Jammu and Kashmir during the ongoing two day International Conference and Exhibition on Mineral Business Development, 2022 organised at Nagpur. The theme of this mega event was “Prospects and Challenges of Mineral Based Products and Utilization of Wastes for the Make […]

India hosts 2nd BIMSTEC Agriculture Ministers meeting

New Delhi: India hosted the Second Agriculture Ministerial-level meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) here today under the chairmanship of the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar. Agriculture ministers of Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand participated in the meeting. While […]

Atal Dulloo reviews progress under CAPEX, CSS, NABARD

JAMMU: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting of senior functionaries of Agriculture and its allied departments to review progress on UT Capex, CSS and NABARD besides deliverable of Agriculture Production Department. Threadbare discussions were held on physical and financial progress made by the APD and allied departments under […]

KVK Srinagar organises awareness program for farmers under Jal Shakti Abhiyan

Srinagar: KVK, Srinagar conducted an awareness program under Jal Shakti Abhiyan for the farmers of Tengpora, Bakashipora, Qamerwari on Wednesday. Head KVK, Srinagar along with the team of scientists attended the program with the participation of more than fifty (50) farmers including progressive farmers. Head KVK took the overall review of the program and appraised […]

Training program on 11th Agricultural Census held at Rajouri

RAJOURI: A one-day district-level training program on the 11th Agriculture Census 2021–22 for the officers and officials involved in the process of the census was today conducted in the Conference Hall of PWD Dakbanglow Rajouri. Addressing the inaugural session of the training program, the visiting officer, Joint Director of planning in the office of Financial […]