New Delhi: India’s latest agricultural reform legislations will empower farmers and give them more options to sell their produce and earn maximum profits, Israeli envoy to India Ron Malka has said, citing his country’s experience. He said the Indian farmers would realise the real benefits of these reform measures once “the dust settles”. Asserting that […]
PAMPORE: A farmers meet was organised at India International Kashmir Saffron Trade Centre ( IIKSTC ) Dusoo Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. A large number of farmer growers led by all Saffron growers association president Abdul Majeed Wani participated in the meeting during which they were informed by authorities of agriculture department […]
Asks all stakeholders to ensure strict adherence to COVID preventive protocols SHOPIAN: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, KK Sharma, Saturday visited the Mega Fruit Mandi Aglar Shopian and reviewed the development activities being executed there. District Development Commissioner Shopian, Chaudhry Mohammad Yasin, SSP Shopian, Amritpal, Director Industries, MD Sicop, Chief Agricultural Officer, Chief Horticulture Officer, Manager […]
DOD: The site for construction of proposed fruit& Vegetable market at Thathri was today finalized by Director Horticulture Planning & Marketing J&K Imam Din. The market infrastructure will benefit approximately 200 to 300 local fruit & vegetables Growers of the area. The Director, along with Chairperson Municipality Committee Thathri and revenue officials finalised the land […]
KISHTWAR: High returns of Integrated Farming have become another attraction for the cultivators of high end Saffron crop in this mountainous district of Kishtwar. Together with the Saffron, a high-value commercial/export crop being grown in a few pockets, the farmers are undertaking mushroom cultivation, Bee Keeping, Protected Vegetable growing with special focus on local specialties […]
JAMMU: Divisional commissioner Jammu, Sanjiv Verma today reviewed the supply and stock position of Petrol diesel and LPG in Jammu division here at a meeting with the senior functionaries of the Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department and Oil Company representatives. Among others, the meeting was attended by Director FCS&CA Jammu, Jatinder Singh and […]
UDHAMPUR: Intensifying its drive to protect the Consumers from exploitation by the unscrupulous traders, a team of Legal Metrology Department, headed by Assistant Controller Legal Metrology Ajay Kumar, conducted an extensive market checking in Udhampur and adjoining areas. During inspection, packages of Stellar Mathematical Drawing Instrument box Marketed by the M/S A W Faber Castell […]
Srinagar: While online sales of many businesses picked up during the coronavirus lockdown, traditional Kashmiri artisans found no customers on the web portal the government had set up for them in the form of a “virtual fair”. Artisans who would sell their goods through the government’s handicrafts department were told to put up their artefacts […]
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left key interest rates unchanged on Friday but signalled more easing ahead to support an economy that it sees contracting 9.5 per cent in the current fiscal. The six-member Monetary Policy Committee, with three newly inducted external members, voted unanimously to retain the benchmark repurchase or repo rate […]
SRINAGAR: In order to provide direct marketing support to maximum number of artisans and weavers of Jammu and Kashmir who have been distressed due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Handicrafts & Handloom Department, Kashmir, is organizing a Craft Mela from October 13 at Numaish Gah (Kashmir Haat), Srinagar, on rotational basis. The Department has urged civil […]