CT Dept inspects Banquet Halls for GST evasion

JAMMU MARCH 08: A team of officers headed by Commercial Taxes Officer Circle-P today launched an extensive drive to register Banquet Halls/owners of Banquet Halls. During the special drive, 31 banquet halls falling under the territorial jurisdiction of Circle-P, Jammu were found unregistered and notices were issued for seeking registration under the various provisions of  […]

MLA Bandipora inaugurates FFT prog

BANDIPORA, MARCH 08: The Department of Fisheries, Bandipora today organised a 2- day Fish Farmers Training Programme (FFTP) at Bandipora under ATMA Scheme. Member Legislative Assembly Bandipora, Usman Majeed, who was the chief guest on the occasion, inaugurated the training programme. The Assistant Director (AD) Fisheries, Sajad Hussain, Chief Agriculture Officer Mohammad Qasim, Technical experts […]

Fisheries sector offers lucrative return on investments: DC Srinagar

Flags-off fish farmers ‘exposure tour

SRINAGAR, MARCH 08: District Development Commissioner Srinagar, Dr. Syed Abid Rashid Shah today said that fisheries sector offers quick return on investment and unemployed persons should avail the benefits of fish rearing sector. He made these remarks during the flagging off 25 fish farmers for exposure field visit to Trout Fish Farm Mammer, Kangan and […]

Handicrafts Deptt organizes awareness camp at Bla

  BARAMULLA, MARCH 08: Handicrafts Department Baramulla Thursday organized a day-long awareness camp for the Handicraft artisans of Baramulla District at Community Centre Pattan. Additional Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Farooq Ahmad Baba was the chief guest on the occasion. SDM Pattan, Assistant Director Handicrafts Baramulla, Lead Bank Officers, Officers from the J&K Bank and other officers […]

Govt seeks Par nod to spend Rs 85,315 cr more this fiscal

New Delhi, Mar 8 :The government today sought Parliament’s nod for a net additional cash spending of Rs 85,315 crore in the current fiscal ending this month, 70 per cent of which will go towards compensating states for revenue loss suffered post the GST rollout. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal moved […]

Dorjay stresses strengthening of Cooperative movement in Ladakh region

JAMMU MARCH 07: Minister for Cooperatives and Ladakh Affairs, Chering Dorjay has emphasized on strengthening of Cooperative movement by providing appropriate funding to the Cooperative societies in both the districts of Ladakh region. Addressing the officers during a review meeting chaired by him, he said that steps taken in recent meeting with officials of National […]

Qaiser Jamsheed Lone chairs DRSC meeting; reviews functioning of Transport, Cooperative Deptts

JAMMU, MARCH 07: The meeting of Department Related Standing Committee (DRSC-I) of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council was held here today under the Chairmanship of MLC, Qaiser Jamsheed Lone to examine the Transport department. During the meeting, a threadbare discussion was held on the overall functioning of Transport Department and directions were passed to the […]

CTD issues notices on GST to 192 dealers in Jammu

Jammu, Mar 07: Commercial Taxes Department (CTD) has issued notices to 192 dealers on  account of GST liability, a senior official said today. The department has recovered the goods and services tax (GST) to the tune of Rs 5.1 crore in Jammu region, the CTD official added. “As many as 1,691 dealers were surveyed in […]

India-China bilateral trade hits historic high of USD 84.44 bln in 2017

Beijing, Mar 7 :The India-China bilateral trade has reached USD 84.44 billion last year, an historic high notwithstanding bilateral tensions over a host of issues including the Doklam standoff. A rare novelty of the bilateral trade otherwise dominated by the Chinese exports was about 40 per cent increase of Indian exports to China in 2017 […]