Washington: India’s public debt ratio, which remarkably remained stable at around 70 per cent of the GDP since 1991, is projected to jump by 17 percentage points to nearly 90 per cent because of increase in public spending due to COVID-19, the IMF said on Wednesday. “In our projections, the increase in public spending, in […]
SRINAGAR: Following the interactions with the Tour and Travel fraternity of West Bengal and Gujarat, J&K Tourism and the Maharashtra Tour Organizers Association (MTOA) on Wednesday organized a Webinar on the theme ‘Chalo Kashmir’. J&K receives among the largest chunk of tourists from States like West Bengal, Gujarat and Maharashtra. The Webinar panel comprised of […]
JAMMU: Vice Chancellor SKUAST-Jammu, Prof J.P Sharma today visited various farms of the university at Chatha and took stock of various development activities. He was accompanied by Director Extension, Dr. S. K. Gupta; Director Planning and Monitoring, Dr. Deepak Kher; Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Dr. J.P. Sharma; Head, Division of Agronomy and coordinator, Technology Park, […]
New Delhi: Gold prices declined for the second consecutive day in the national capital on Wednesday, falling Rs 631 to Rs 51,367 per 10 gram amid rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 51,998 per 10 gram. Silver prices also tanked Rs 1,681 to Rs […]
NEW DELHI: Implementation of the Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) project with a total project cost of Rs 5718 crore with the financial support of World Bank amounting to US $ 500 million (approximately Rs. 3700 crore). STARS project would be implemented as a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme under Department of School Education […]
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary, Tuesday held an interactive session with the organic vegetable growers at Agriculture Complex Lal Mandi besides inspecting the recently inaugurated Organic Vegetable Sale centre. While interacting with the growers and officers, the Principal Secretary informed that the department is focusing on providing better […]
BUDGAM: District Development Commissioner Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmed Mirza Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the progress of developmental schemes under District CAPEX, NABARD and Languishing Projects. Speaking on the occasion, the DDC stressed that in view of the ensuing winter season, all the pending projects and works should be completed within the stipulated time on […]
SRINAGAR: A series of webinars, organised by the Directorate of Industries and Commerce to reach out to entrepreneurs and ensure better coordination among the unit holders and District Industries Centers, concluded here today. The event, which covered all the 10 districts, focused on educating the unit holders about various industrial schemes, importance of GEM registration, […]
SRINAGAR: A deputation of Pesticide dealers Association headed by Syed Mohammad Yousuf today called on Director Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat and apprised him of their issues. They said that results of the samples drawn at the premises of the distributor which usually is received after six months should be expedited and it should be […]
Farmers’ protests in Punjab hit supply by rail; fuel being transported by road now Srinagar: Protests against the centre’s new farm bills in Punjab have disrupted supply of petroleum products through railway services to Jammu and Kashmir, the visible signs of which were seen on Monday at empty petrol pumps in many parts of Kashmir. […]