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Panchayats should converge on all Agriculture related schemes: CS

Approves action plans for several Central schemes

Srinagar: Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta on Monday impressed upon the officers of Agriculture Department to make Panchayat a unit of convergence for all agriculture related schemes. He was chairing the State Food Security Mission Executive Committee (SFSMEC) and State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) like NFSM, NMAET-ATMA and RKVY. The […]

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ACS Finance reviews progress of DGGI

Seeks details on integrating CSS with DGGI

SRINAGAR: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Finance Department, Vivek Bhardwaj Monday chaired a high level meeting to review progress of District Good Governance Index (DGGI) and also devising mechanism for integrating all the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) with District Good Governance Index (DGGI) at district level. The meeting was attended by DG IMPARD, Saurabh Bhagat; DG […]

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Lt Guv extends greetings on International Yoga Day

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has extended his greetings on the eve of International Day of Yoga. In a message, the Lt Governor observed that practice of Yoga enables people to live a healthy life, enhances mental and physical strength and creates perfect harmony between the body and mind. “Yoga and Yogic practices are beautiful […]

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Covid-19: Doctors ask people to use masks

Srinagar: For the past few days, Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing a steady increase in Covid cases with a senior doctor urging people to use masks. Dr Muhammad Salim Khan Head of Department Community Medicine at GMC Srinagar said that fever, sore throat, cough, body aches and chills are back in Kashmir, so stay alert […]

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Tejaswini Scheme helps young JK women to set-up biz ventures: Govt

Tejaswini Scheme helps young JK women to set-up biz ventures: Govt

Srinagar: The J&K Government on Monday said the Tejaswini Scheme was providing financial assistance to the young women of J&K for setting up gainful self-employment ventures, suited to their skills, training, aptitude and local conditions. The government said it was facilitating soft finance for setting up new units and enterprises or for expansion/modernization of existing […]

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DC Srinagar chairs Regional Transport Authority Meet

Accords approval for operation of 120 e-Rickshaws in City

SRINAGAR: In order to ensure proper regulation of e-Rickshaws on City roads and finalise routes for their operationalisation, a meeting of Regional Transport Authority (RTA) was held under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz at DC Office Complex, here on Monday. Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation/CEO Smart City, Athar Amir Khan, Regional […]

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JD Info Kashmir condoles demise of Manager of local urdu daily

SRINAGAR: The Joint Director Information Kashmir, Inam Ul Haq Siddiqui has condoled the demise of General Manager (GM)- Daily Aftab Srinagar, Ghulam Nabi who passed away Monday evening after a brief illness at SMHS hospital, here. The Joint Director has offered his deepest condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace to the […]

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Sapna Kotwal takes over as JD Information Jammu

Jammu: Sapna Kotwal on Monday took over as the Joint Director Information Jammu. The outgoing Joint Director Namrita Dogra congratulated Sapna Kotwal for her new assignment and apprised her about the functioning of the Joint Directorate Office and several other important issues. After taking over the charge, the new Joint Director interacted with the Officers […]

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Commissioner Secretary Floriculture inaugurates ride on mowers

Srinagar: Commissioner Secretary Floriculture, Parks and Gardens, Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad on Monday inaugurated Garden Equipment Modernization. He was accompanied by Director Floriculture Kashmir Farooq Ahmad Rather. Commissioner Secretary at the occasion said the focus of the department is for total modernization of the garden equipment. He said that the introduction of the ride on mowers […]

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J&K bags ‘Star of Governance-SKOCH Award in Horticulture’

J&K bags ‘Star of Governance-SKOCH Award in Horticulture’

Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir UT has been awarded the ‘Star of Governance-SKOCH Award in Horticulture’ in the SKOCH State of Governance Report 2021. The UT was awarded at an event held at New Delhi as a part of ‘India Governance Forum’. J&K has topped in the Horticulture category nationally in the ‘SKOCH State of […]