Rashid Paul

FLOOD THREAT: Only 13% of funds under PMDP for flood control project of Jhelum released in eight years

FLOOD THREAT: Only 13% of funds under PMDP for flood control project of Jhelum released in eight years

Srinagar: The Comprehensive Flood Control Project (CFCP) for river Jhelum is facing some trouble as a mere 13 percent of the Rs 2023 crores plan under Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) for the Project has been released and expended over the past eight years and thus a few hour rain raises a flood alert level […]

 Rashid Paul

Stray Dog Terror

Stray Dog Terror

A menace for unprivileged but show of compassion amongst a governing elite surrounded by high walls and barbed wire

Stray dog population in Kashmir has gone out of control and dog bites are a major public health issue. Absence of a noticeable scientific population control mechanism coupled with the a non existent waste management has led to a crisis which is taking a heavy toll on the life of gentiles, the general public. Stories […]

 Rashid Paul

Nadroo mysteriously vanish from Dal and Wular lakes, claim ecologists, lake-dwellers

Nadroo mysteriously vanish from Dal and Wular lakes, claim ecologists, lake-dwellers

Srinagar: Nadroo (lotus roots), a cherished delicacy in Kashmiri cuisine, has almost vanished from its two important habitats, the Dal and Wular lakes, say lake ecologists and dwellers. It seems the devastating floods of 2014 have caused some troublesome imbalance in the ecology of the two prominent lakes of Kashmir, the Dal and Wular, said […]

 Rashid Paul

Kashmir’s Apple Crash

Kashmir’s Apple Crash

Slashing import duty on American apple shall shrink the space for Kashmiri apple. Farmers wish if LG Manoj Sinha could act as their representative and persuade the all-powerful PMO to roll back the decision. 

With cost input inflating by 20 to 30 percent over the past year, the Kashmir apple is heading to a strong market crash, reason- the government of India decision to slash import duty on American apples from 70 % to 50 %. The major cut in the import duty on Washington apple signals a further […]

 Rashid Paul

Muslim enrolment in higher education in J&K falls to an all-time low of 33% 

Muslim enrolment in higher education in J&K falls to an all-time low of 33% 

With no ostensible institutional discrimination, this fall is recorded in last five years  

Srinagar: Enrolment of Muslims in higher education in Jammu and Kashmir has fallen to its lowest — at 33 — percent, during the past five years, reveals a report by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.   The greatest fall has come to the fore after the ministry recently released its 2020-21 edition of […]

 Rashid Paul

Muslim Enrolment in Higher Education in Kashmir Declines to 33%.

Muslim Enrolment in Higher Education in Kashmir Declines to 33%.

The community representing 68.31% of population of J&K is facing an ‘absolute decline’ in enrolment in institutes of higher learning

The All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-21 by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, has thrown open some disturbing data concerning the situation of Muslims of Jammu and Kashmir in higher education. The recently released survey shows that enrolment of Muslim students in the higher education in J&K has dropped by 47,334 […]

 Rashid Paul

J&K’s tax kitty swells four-fold in past decade, but inflation hovers above the national average

J&K’s tax kitty swells four-fold in past decade, but inflation hovers above the national average

Srinagar: J&K’s own tax and non-tax revenues have experienced nearly a fourfold increase over the past one decade and have reached Rs 33,942 crores. However, its rate of inflation hovers above the national average. Official data reveals that the size of the budget of the erstwhile state in 2012-13 was Rs 26,217 crore but its […]

 Rashid Paul

J&K’s Economic Survey 2023- A Reminiscence of Soviet Style Policy of Statistics

J&K’s Economic Survey 2023- A Reminiscence of Soviet Style Policy of Statistics

Despite generous resource allocation from the Centre J&K lags behind the national average in Per Capital Income

After a long gap of five years the Union Territory administration of Jammu and Kashmir has come out with its Economic Survey 2022-23.  The Survey “reviews” the developments in the J&K economy during nine months of the previous financial fiscal. The document however reminds one of the erstwhile Union of Soviet Socialist Republics style of […]

 Rashid Paul

HC sets aside 2019 award of compensation by MAT, remands back the matter to Tribunal

HC sets aside 2019 award of compensation by MAT, remands back the matter to Tribunal

Srinagar: The High Court has set aside a 2019 award of compensation by Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MAT) against a person without sending him a notice and denying him the opportunity of being heard. Allowing an appeal filed by one Ghulam Nabi Turrey, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal, remanded back to the Tribunal the matter for […]

 Rashid Paul

20 PSUs in J&K witnessing capital erosion, points out CAG report

20 PSUs in J&K witnessing capital erosion, points out CAG report

Says net worth of 13 enterprises has been completely eroded

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s 20 public sector undertakings (PSUs) are experiencing capital erosion while the net worth of the 13 enterprises has been completely eroded, says the recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). The report says that on March 31, 2022, there were 20 PSUs with accumulated losses of Rs […]

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