Free wheeling of power under National Hydrogen Policy: Singh

New Delhi:The government on Thursday unveiled the first part of the much-awaited National Hydrogen Policy, allowing free wheeling of renewable energy used for producing green hydrogen. Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister Raj Kumar Singh said the policy will help lower the cost of producing carbon-free green hydrogen. Under the policy, companies will have […]

UP RERA slaps Rs 1.40 cr penalty on nine promoters

Noida: The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) has slapped a penalty of over Rs 1.40 crore on more than half a dozen project promoters over non-compliance of its orders, officials said. The action was taken against nine promoters during the 84th meeting of UP RERA under the chairmanship of Rajive Kumar on February […]

J&K Govt. promoting agripreneurship as a means of high return, respectable employment for the youth

JAMMU: Agriculture is a key and essential part of human civilization and forms the core societal development of any region. In Jammu and Kashmir economy is predominately agriculture dependent and nearly 70% of population is directly or indirectly engaged in agricultural and allied activities. The J&K government works on a vision on daily basis to […]

CS interacts with representatives of FCIK

Says revival of industrial sector prime objective of LG administration SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today interacted with representatives of Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir (FCIK), who called on him here today at Civil Secretariat. During a marathon interaction, a range of vital issues pertaining to the industrial sector were discussed in detail. […]

Dir Agriculture reviews the functioning of IIKSTC, interacts with the NABL team.

Srinagar: Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today reviewed the functioning of India International Kashmir Saffron Trade Centre (IIKSTC). During today’s visit to the IIKSTC Dussoo Pampore Director Agriculture Chaired a meeting of the concerned officers and technical experts in the centre. Director Agriculture visited different sections of the trade centre and was briefed by […]

Rupee gains 18 paise to 75.14 against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 18 paise to 75.14 against the US dollar in the opening trade on Wednesday amid signs of de-escalation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 75.24 against the American dollar and then inched higher to quote 75.14, registering a rise of 18 […]

Dir Agriculture Kashmir inaugurates atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) and Farm Machinery Bank at Bandipora

Srinagar: Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today inaugurated first of its kind atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) in the district soil testing laboratory of Bandipora. The lab will provide state of the art soil testing facilities to the farmers of concerned district. Director Agriculture congratulated the Department and said in a meeting that the introduction […]

JKSRLM provides training, financial support to SHGs to make them self sufficient

SRINAGAR: National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), a poverty alleviation project implemented by Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India is focusing on promoting self-employment and organization of rural people especially poor. The basic idea behind this program is to organize the poor into Self Help Groups (SHGs) and make them capable for self-employment. In Jammu […]

Horticulture deptt organizes meet/ awareness camp for farmers at Handwara

KUPWARA: A mega meet-cum-awareness camp for the walnut farmers was organized today at TRC Handwara by the Department of Horticulture to aware the farmers about the different departmental Schemes in vogue, particularly schemes related to the development of walnut industry. The camp was organized as per the directions of Principal Secretary Horticulture, by the Department […]

DC B’gam calls for prompt registration of farmers for installation of Solar Power Agricultural Pump

BUDGAM: The Jammu and Kashmir Energy Development Agency Science and Technology department in collaboration with District Administration Budgam today organized a day-long awareness cum implementation of Solar Power Agricultural Pump under (PM-KUSM) at Sheikh Ul Alam Hall, here. The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza who was chief guest on the occasion said that […]