Department facilitating marketing, sale of cherry crop
JAMMU: Horticulture Department’s activities gained momentum in the region, with relaxation in the lockdown restrictions, to facilitate fruit growers resume and revive their operations with maintainence of its nurseries across the Kashmir Valley amid COVID-19 Pandemic, while strictly following the guidelines and SOPs issued by the government. The department, in an endeavor to give respite […]
NEW DELHI: Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder rates have been hiked from Monday after three consecutive months of cuts. The price of a single cylinder of non-subsidised LPG has been hiked by up to Rs 37 in metro cities. Indian Oil Corporation, one of the country’s largest fuel supplier, cited an increase in the international […]
New Delhi: Moody’s Investors Service on Monday downgraded India’s sovereign rating to ‘Baa3’ from ‘Baa2’, saying there will be challenges in implementation of policies to mitigate risks of a sustained period of low growth and deteriorating fiscal position. “Moody’s has today downgraded the Government of India’s foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings to Baa3 from […]
New Delhi: The government on Monday hiked the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy marginally by Rs 53 per quintal to Rs 1,868 per quintal for the 2020-21 crop year, while the rates for oilseeds, pulses and cereals were also raised. The decision, taken by the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will help […]
Shopian: Shopian administration is set to throw open Mughal road for allowing transportation of cherry to Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu. An official from Shopian told Kashmir Reader that the snow clearance on Mughal Road has been completed a few days ago. However, some areas which come under Poonch district are yet to be […]
Shopian: One of Kashmir’s biggest mulberry nurseries, at Losedenow village in Shopian district, has been such a victim of official apathy that with every passing day it’s land is shrinking while illegal encroachments are growing. Once spread over a hundred kanals, the land has shrunk to a fraction of it, said an official of the […]
MeT predicts more rains, advises farmers to suspend spraying orchards
MeT predicts more rains, advises farmers to suspend spraying orchards Srinagar: The ongoing spell of rains has multiplied worries among cherry farmers as wet spell is expected to cause damage to the standing fruit. Farmers are already facing issues in shipping cherry, which is being harvested in the Valley right now, because of ongoing Covid-19 […]
Srinagar: The newly the Restaurant & Cafe Association of Kashmir (RAK) invites applications for membership. President Sheikh Feroz has taken an initiative to invite restaurant owners to join the association after facing a lockdown for the last nine months. “We have not opened our restaurant for the last nine months due to strict lockdown. We […]
Baramulla: Chief Agriculture Officer Baramulla Mohammad Yousuf Shah Sunday kick started the sale of exotic vegetable at Binner village of Baramulla. The sale witnessed huge rush from the adjacent areas. Interacting with farmers on the occasion CAO Baramulla said that the department is committed to promote the scheme, and aims to provide quality vegetable seeds […]
SRINAGAR: Chairman Jammu & Kashmir RTI Movement Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat has urged the authorities to come to the rescue of vegetable and cherry growers of Kashmir as they are under distress due to COVID 19 pandemic. In a statement Dr Raja Muzaffar said that vegetable growers are not able to transport their produce to […]