The notification of the City Gas Distribution Policy represents a structural shift in how energy will be supplied and consumed in Jammu and Kashmir. For the first time, a comprehensive...

The push for rooftop solar installations and the solarisation of government buildings in Jammu and Kashmir has reached a crucial juncture. With more than half of the residential target already...

Connectivity is no longer a luxury; it is the lifeline of modern society. In a region where mountains and borders have long dictated isolation, the decision to clear land for...

Road safety in Jammu and Kashmir has entered a phase where numbers tell a story of progress but also highlight the scale of unfinished work. Fatalities have dropped, accidents have...

Compressed Bio-Gas Policy has been placed on record as a framework to reshape energy use and waste management in Jammu and Kashmir. It is a structured plan to convert organic...

Water is tested to protect lives, not to fill registers. When nearly two lakh samples were examined in sub-divisional laboratories across Jammu and Kashmir over five years, 897 failed. None...

Craft in Kashmir has never been mere livelihood. It is continuity, a living thread spun across generations that binds pastoralists of the high Himalayas to the workshops of Srinagar. Pashmina,...

Trade events in Kashmir are often spoken of as symbolic exercises, but their deeper significance lies in whether they can transform the economic landscape. The recent buyer-seller meet was not...

Nationwide Reform Utsav scheduled from October to December is being framed as a campaign to showcase governance reforms and developmental achievements of the past twelve years. Yet its real significance...

Srinagar’s Achan landfill is no longer merely a dumping ground. It is a monument to institutional failure, a toxic inheritance that has poisoned land, water, air, and trust in equal...