Meaningless rhetoric!
For the past couple of years now, ordinary people here are being bombarded with huge financial figures. A standard catch-line accompanying these whooping sums informs them that this money is and will be used for their betterment, progress and development. Although there is nothing unique about such pronouncements, however, what is new is the increased […]
Policy planning group?
In the summer of 2017, with a lot of fanfare Congress party announced what it called the ‘Policy-planning group” to access the situation in the Valley. What was important about this panel was that it was headed by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Congress, which had been very critical of the Centre as well […]
Watery desert!
Jammu and Kashmir is lavishly bestowed with abundant water resources which have immense potential to change the life of the inhabitants of the whole region provided they are exploited judiciously. However, what meets the eye is a soaring picture that if not rectified could lead to an entirely different conclusion which is contrary to the […]
Focus on the youth
The Lieutenant Governor administration’s decision of establishing Youth Clubs in every Panchayat across Jammu and Kashmir and engage 22,500 youth from 4290 Panchayats in the first phase of the scheme is a welcome step and will go a long way addressing the issues confronting the youth of the Union Territory. The government will be incurring […]
Strengthening grass-root democracy
The Lieutenant Governor administration of the Union Territory has approved Rs 12,600.58 crore District Capex Budget for Jammu and Kashmir for current fiscal for equitable development of UT with active involvement of Panchayats, BDCs and DDCs. The budget is more than double of the previous year’s budget and was announced following the brief overview given […]
Man-animal conflict
The recent incident in which a young girl of Ompora was mauled to death by a leopard in Ompora area of Budgam has shocked one and all. The wild life authorities have launched hunt to catch or kill the man-eater leopard and some reports suggested that it has been captured. Kashmir has a long history […]
Welcome statement by MMU
Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), an amalgam of leading socio-religious organisations in Jammu and Kashmir has appealed to the people in the Union Territory to take COVID-19 jabs, saying the effectiveness of the vaccination as a means of protection from the disease is well established. The amalgam expressed serious concern that many people, especially in Srinagar, are […]
Responsible parenting
The pandemic has claimed nearly four million lives world over and has destroyed the economy of individuals as well as States. It has changed the entire life pattern and forced people to accept a new way of living, a way that is not much comforting or likeable. Humans are known as social animals but the […]
Addressing unemployment
Unemployment is the biggest challenge that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is face to face with. The situation on the front further worsened post August 2019 as the life came to a standstill and all sectors got impacted. Whatever hope was left vanished as Covid-19 gripped the entire world. People lost jobs and […]
Defeating drug abuse
While entire society besides the administration is presently focused on containing the spread of Covid-19, and genuinely so, there are some other serious issues which should also be addressed side by side to save the Kashmir society, particularly the youth. One amongst them is the growing menace of drug trafficking and drug abuse. Watching daily […]
