Non natives can access food grains under PDS from ration shops JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan today on pilot basis launched ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme at two fair price shops here at Bhagwati Nagar. The scheme is part of an important technological reform initiative under the recently launched Atma Nirbhar Bharat […]
JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Tuesday chaired the 45th meeting of Apex Projects Clearance Committee (APCC) of J&K State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (SIDCO). Administrative Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development Department, Industries and Commerce Department, Power Development Department, along with concerned Directors, and representatives of various industries participated in the meeting. […]
KULGAM: District Development Commissioner Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat today chaired District Level Review Committee (DLRC) meeting to review the performance of banks and line departments during financial year 2019-20 under ACP and other government schemes. The meeting discussed in detail progress and achievements made by the banks vis-à-vis implementation of various government- sponsored schemes like […]
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, today sanctioned financial assistance worth Rs. 3.30 crore in favour of construction workers and dependents of such workers under Death -Cum -Funeral Assistance and Chronic/Life Consuming Diseases financial assistance of various districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Under the scheme, being run by J&K Building and Other Construction Workers […]
Srinagar: A one day training program on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was organized by Department of Agriculture Kashmir at Lalmandi, Srinagar. The training programme was inaugurated by Director Agriculture Kashmir Altaf Aijaz Andrabi. During the inaugural lecture Director said that previously agriculture was focussed on increasing the production and productivity, but the present days focus […]
Kolkata: Around 4.66 lakh homes scheduled for delivery in 2020 may miss the deadline as most of the states had allowed six months extension to complete the projects in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a global property consultant said on Tuesday. The National Capital Region, Mumbai and Bengaluru had completion of more than one […]
Handicraft products worth Rs.935.25 cr exported in 2019-2020 SRINAGAR: In order to ensure business continuity amidst Covid-19 pandemic, the Handicrafts and Handloom Department, Kashmir, has urged exporters and businessmen from Jammu and Kashmir to participate in the Virtual Fairs being organized by Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) and Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC) in […]
Mumbai: There will be status quo with regard to the MoUs, worth more than Rs 5,000 crore, the Maharashtra government had signed with three Chinese companies on June 15, Industries Minister Subhash Desai on Monday, a move that comes in the backdrop of the Ladakh clash. Desai, however, clarified that the status quo does not […]
Kolkata: Indian smartphone makers are not too hopeful over prospects of a reversal in fortunes due to the current anti-Chinese sentiments triggered by the Sino- India border tension, insisting that low-cost funding is the need of the hour to take on foreign rivals. There have been calls for boycott of Chinese products from several quarters […]
‘Mid-Day-Meal’ imperative for universalization of Elementary Education’ CS JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired a meeting of State Level Steering-cum-Monitoring Committee (SLSMC) of Centrally Sponsored ‘Mid-Day-Meal’ (MDM) scheme and approved its budget proposal for the year 2020-21. The Committee approved the draft Annual Action Plan amounting to Rs 160 crores for […]