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Govt unleashes bold reforms; to raise FDI in defence production; open coal, mineral mining

New Delhi: In bold reforms aimed at boosting sagging economy, the government on Saturday announced an easing of limits on foreign direct investment in...

Buyers to face heavy penalty for delaying payment to MSMEs: MSEFC chairperson

Jammu: The Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council on Saturday warned that the delay in payments for supplies received from the Micro Small and...

KEA, KTMF hail appointment of Zubair as MD J&K Bank

Srinagar: The Kashmir Economic Alliance and the Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation led by Haji Muhammad Yasin Khan have welcomed the appointment of the...

Div Com reviews functioning of J&K State Cooperative Bank

SRINAGAR: Consequent upon constitution of new Board of Management of J&K State Cooperative Bank, the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole who is also...

JKEDI backed start-ups: A ray of hope in times of Covid-19

SRINAGAR: With the coronavirus crisis restricting most of people indoors, Startups in J&K are working tirelessly to find solutions to ever-growing problems. Many Startups incubated...

Timely seed distribution, extension service sustains Agriculture activity in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: With about 70% population directly or indirectly involved with Agriculture and rural population primarily dependent on this activity, the Agriculture Production department has...

KCCI delegation cxalls on Divisional Commmisioner

SRINAGAR: A delegation of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry met Pandurang K Pole, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir. The delegation comprised of members representing...

Govt projects record food grain output at 295.67 million tonnes for 2019-20

New Delhi: The country is estimated to achieve an all-time high foodgrains production of 295.67 million tonne in 2019-20 crop year, the fourth consecutive...

COVID-19 impact: Exports plunge 60.28 pc in April

New Delhi: India's exports contracted by a record 60.28 per cent to USD 10.36 billion in April amid the coronavirus lockdown, official data showed...

Govt to amend Essential Commodities Act to deregulate cereals, edible oil, pulses

NEW DELHI: The government will amend the six-and-a-half-decade old Essential Commodities Act to deregulate food items, including cereals, edible oil, oilseeds, pulses, onion and...

Watermelon, favourite fruit in Ramadan, shunned even at throwaway prices

Srinagar: This year because of the outbreak of Covid-19, the sale of watermelon has decreased by 50 percent in the valley. During the month...

Housing subsidy scheme for middle-income families extended till Mar 2021: FM

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Thursday announced a Rs 70,000-crore boost to housing sector by extending the subsidy scheme for affordable housing...

Announces 2% interest subvention on smallest category MUDRA loans

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a 2 per cent interest subvention on the smallest category of loans given under the...

Rs 10,000-cr job work offered under MNREGS to migrant workers

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said Rs 10,000 crore has been spent in the last two months on creating 14.62 crore...

Free foodgrains for 8 cr migrant workers for 2 months

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced free foodgrains for an estimated 8 crore migrant workers for next two months at a...

Advisor Baseer Khan reviews JKPDC working

JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Thursday reviewed the working of J&K Power Development Corporation (JKPDC) here at a meeting. The Advisor took...

Jammu Basmati certified for being as safe for Pesticides Residual Limits

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary, today awarded the Basmati Growers with Certificate of Quality and pesticide residual safety in a...

Godfrey Phillips, donates protective gear to police for use

SRINAGAR: In its ongoing efforts to support the administration against COVID fight, Godfrey Phillips India Limited Thursday donated PPE and other protective equipment to...

ED arrests Wadhawan brothers in Yes Bank case

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested DHFL promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan in connection with its money laundering probe against Yes...

UN economic experts hail India’s ‘impressive’ stimulus package to revive economy hit by coronavirus

UNITED NATIONS: Top UN experts have hailed as impressive India's Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package, the largest so far among the developing countries,...

TDS/TCS rate for non-salary payments cut by 25 pc till Mar’21; ITR filing deadline extended to Nov’20

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday slashed TDS/TCS rate for non-salary payments to residents by 25 per cent for the remaining months of the...

Navin chairs review meeting of SLPSC on RKVY-RAFTAR

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production Department Navin Kumar Choudhary today chaired a State Level Project Screening Committee (SLPSC) meeting on Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana...

JKEDI starts webinar series for entrepreneurs, startups amid Covid-19 crisis

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) has initiated a webinar series to help the entrepreneurs to reduce and overcome the impact of...

Employees, employers’ contribution to PF cut to 10%

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced reduction of statutory provident fund contribution by both employers and employees to 10 per cent...

450 fruit trucks dispatched from cold stores

SRINAGAR: With Government relaxing lockdown measures to permit gradual resumption of activity in certain sectors, Industries & Commerce Department in Kashmir Division has been...

Altaf Thakur hails detailed description of Rs 20 lakh Cr package

Srinagar: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) JK spokesman Altaf Thakur today hailed segment-wise details of Rs 20 lakh crore economic package, provided by the Union...

Govt does not release April inflation figures as lockdown prevents data collection

NEW DELHI: The government did not release the April CPI inflation data on Tuesday as the nationwide lockdown prevented officials from collecting price data...

Maruti resumes operations at Manesar plant on single shift basis

NEW DELHI: The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Tuesday resumed operations at its Manesar plant in Haryana after about 50 days...

Caution thrown to the winds at crowded Parimpora mandi

Srinagar: Kashmir’s Parimpora fruit mandi (market) which primarily caters to supplies of fruits, vegetables, and groceries for the region, may render futile all the...

Brazil confirms over 160,000 coronavirus cases, deaths over 11,000

BRASILIA: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil has surpassed 160,000 with the country's COVID-19 death toll standing at over 11,000 according to...

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