SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today directed for follow up of action under Back to Village programme. Taking cue from the overwhelming public response, he directed for third phase of the ambitious Back to Village programme, which is likely to be held in the month of October. He observed that public is the ultimate judge […]
SRINAGAR:-Principal Secretary, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Agriculture Production, Horticulture and Cooperative Departments, Navin Kumar Choudhary, today convened a meeting with the management of Jammu and Kashmir State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Limited (JKSCARD) to review the present status of working and financial implication of the bank. Managing Director, JKSCARD Bank, Mohammad Aslam Bhat […]
SRINAGAR: Director Horticulture Kashmir Ajaz Ahmad Bhat visited different area of Shopian to look the qualities of crop in the district and once again advocates farmers to practise high density plants in their orchards Director Horticulture said that the future of Apple industry are High Density plants and the Department itself has planted 6 lac […]
JAMMU: Vice Chancellor, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Professor, J.P. Sharma, hoisted the national flag at Main Campus, Chatha on the occasion of 74th Independence Day. The national event started with the garlanding portrait of Father of Nation – Mahatma Gandhi, followed by the National Anthem. In his address, the VC […]
Shopian: The new contracts given for mining of minerals in rivulets, streams and rivers in south Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama district have left hundreds of manual labourers jobless, as heavy machinery like bulldozers has been brought in to excavate the minerals. Such use of heavy machinery is also causing environmental destruction as it violates principles […]
RAJOURI: To review the credit flow in the core sectors in the last two quarters, District Development Commissioner, Mohammad Nazir Sheikh on Friday convened a joint meeting of bankers and sponsoring agencies, here. A detailed discussion was held in the meeting on various points including position of CD Ratio in the district, number of financial […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Friday asked the J&K government to take immediate steps towards providing succor to the farmers affected from the prevailing dry spell which has run havoc on all sorts of agriculture and horticulture activities in Kashmir. Party Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said that previously the farmers had been suffering […]
Srinagar: S K University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir heled a week-long national training on Weed Science at Wadura Campus, Sopore. The training programme ‘Advances in Weed Science under Changing Agrarian Landscape’ was conducted by the university’s Division of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture in collaboration with World Bank-ICAR funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project […]
NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will be transferring Rs 57,128 crore of its surplus to the Union government for the fiscal 2019-20, against Rs 1.76 trillion of transfer it did last year, the central bank said in a statement. The government had budgeted Rs 60,000 crore as dividend to bridge its fiscal […]
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today held a meeting to review the progress of various projects of the tourism department under Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary Tourism, Zubair Ahmad, Director Tourism Kashmir, Director Floriculture, Vice Chairman LAWDA, Director SKICC, Secretary RSGC, […]