Declining earnings push Kashmir’s handicrafts sector into red
Lack of corrective measures may cost us this ‘distinctive cultural identity’, experts warn
Srinagar: Handicrafts exports of Kashmir have nosedived to a two decade low of around Rs 600 crores. The sector is in red and if corrective measures are not taken, Kashmir’s existing “economic chaos” will aggravate further, and the Valley will lose an important feature of its distinctive cultural identity, stakeholders and experts warn. Actual value […]
J&K’s Debt Load Hits Record 1 lakh crores
As 6 % of expenditures go as interest payments, UT does require generous funding in the wake of PM Modi’s philosophy of cooperative and competitive federalism
J&K’s Debt to Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) ratio is fast heading northward. The region tops the states and union territories of India with the highest liabilities to GSDP ratio along with Punjab at 53 percent. The ratio is the highest for J&K in the decade. The erstwhile state’s GSDP at current prices in 2020-21 […]
Karan Singh moves court over occupation of his Lake Pavilion property in Dal Lake by security forces
HC asks central and UT govts to file reply to Singh’s petition
Srinagar: J&K High Court on Wednesday directed some top civil and security officers of the central and union territory governments to file reply in a writ petition by Dr Karan Singh, former president of the erstwhile state of J&K, over the forcible occupation of his property by government forces within Dal Lake. Dr Karan Singh […]
‘Imposed’ Cultural Calendars in Schools & Colleges
Shall It Integrate or Estrange Further the Kashmiri Youth
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, On Aug 14, 1945, Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration and surrendered unconditionally to the Allied powers. The overriding concern at the general headquarters (GHQ) of the Allied powers was the immediate abolition of the militaristic education and ultra nationalistic ideology. In early 1946, GHQ invited the United States Education Mission to […]
Himayat scheme fails to live up to the promises and hopes it was launched with
Achieves just 15% of target over past 12 years
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir continues to be among the top four states of India with the highest unemployment rate. Oddly enough its employable skill training programmes like Himayat seem to have miscarried, as just 15 percent of the target has been achieved over the past 12 years. ‘Himayat’ (support) was the outcome of the recommendations […]
HC directs govt to release pensionary benefits to incarcerated Er Rashid
Srinagar: The High Court Tuesday directed the Union Territory (UT) administration to instantly release pensionary benefits in favor Er Sheikh Abdul Rashid, the incarcerated former Member Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Hearing a writ petition by the wife and son of Sheikh, Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur issued notice to […]
Married daughter can’t be excluded from the benefit of compassionate appointment: HC
“Definition of a family member does not make distinction between a son and a married son or a daughter and a married daughter; what it speaks of is that he/she must be dependent on the deceased”
Srinagar: In a significant judgment Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh High Court today held that a daughter cannot be excluded from the benefit of compassionate appointment in government service on the ground of being married. The judgment followed a writ petition titled Mst. Shabeena Khan versus director SKIMS wherein the petitioner challenged the opinion of […]
Money meant for 2014 flood impacted goes elsewhere
CAG rips through the diversion of money to non-deserving entities
Srinagar: Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report has disclosed that Rs. 456 crores released as interest subvention (IS) for restoration of livelihood of Kashmiri traders affected by the 2014 floods were diverted for settlement of loans of houseboat owners, assistance to DP Dhar Memorial Trust and others. The relief on interest scheme devised under the […]
CAG picks holes in distribution of relief to PoK displaced families
“No survey carried out or data base maintained for establishing the identities of displaced persons”
Srinagar: Financial assistance worth crores of rupees has been made to ineligible people under Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package for displaced families from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has said. No survey was carried out or data base maintained for establishing the identities of displaced persons, says the report by […]
HC issues notice to respondents, posts matter for hearing on 4th of next month
NC seeks release of money in lieu of land not handed over
Srinagar Jan 16: The High Court has issued notice to the Union Territory (UT) administration on a petition by J&K National Conference (NC) seeking release of Rs16. 66 lakhs in lieu of a piece of state land at Baramulla which the government failed to hand it over “despite orders”. The grand old political party in […]
