Dip in manufacturing pulls down Q3 growth to 4.4pc

Economy to grow at 7pc in FY23: Govt data
New Delhi: India’s economic growth decelerated to 4.4 per cent in the October-December quarter of this fiscal mainly due to a contraction in the manufacturing sector. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth was 11.2 per cent in October-December 2021 and 6.3 per cent in July-September 2022, showed the data released by the National Statistical Office […]
‘Digital J&K’ to usher in a golden chapter: CS

Launches integration of services with Digi Locker, Umang app
JAMMU: Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta Tuesday remarked that the progress achieved towards the goal of ‘Digital J&K’ in recent times is one of the brightest chapters that would go down as the most transformative part in the history of the UT. He made these remarks while launching the integration of services of Municipalities […]
Umeed helps Kulgam woman to ‘live’ her dream

Kulgam: A 58-year-old woman from Danow Makanpora hamlet of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district has become an inspiration for hundreds of unemployed women as she has lived her dream of becoming a successful sheep farm owner. Gulshana Bano(58), a resident of despite being uneducated has been earning livelihood for herself besides her family who were otherwise […]
Agriculture Production Department to give online training to farmers

ACS reviews implementation, sets deadline for each component of mission
JAMMU: The Agriculture Production Department has planned to implement the Holistic Agriculture Development Plan (HADP) with a mission for transformative and holistic development of agriculture and allied sectors across Jammu & Kashmir. To this end, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production, Atal Dulloo, chaired a comprehensive review meeting at Civil Secretariat here today. During the […]
DC, Director I&C visit Panchayat Halqa Rangil
Distribute Sanction letters of self-employment among beneficiaries
GANDERBAL: The Director Industries & Commerce (I&C) Kashmir, Saloni Rai Tuesday visited Panchayat Rangil Ganderbal as a part of follow up programme of phase four of Back to Village (B2V-4), as the Prabhari Officer and conducted scheduled activities there. The Prabhari Officer accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shyambir along with the officials of line departments […]