Atal Dulloo chairs SLEC meeting of MIDH
Directs officers for effective implementation of MIDH Action Plan
JAMMU: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo Wednesday chaired a meeting of the State Level Executive Committee (SLEC) of Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by Director Agriculture Jammu/Kashmir; Director Horticulture Jammu/Kashmir, Director Floriculture Jammu/Kashmir, Director Horticulture PM, J&K, representative of Industry […]
Director Agriculture Kashmir kick-starts Vegetable Seedling distribution
Says Vegetable seedling distribution campaign to continue
SRINAGAR: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal Wednesday visited Vegetable Seed Multiplication Farm Gangbugh and kick-started the distribution of Vegetable seedlings among the farmers of the area. Addressing farmers, Director Agriculture expressed satisfaction and said that the department has to a large extent succeeded in providing early season seedling of different vegetable crops to […]
Rich cultural heritage of JK is its biggest asset: Secretary Culture
Says it needs to be revived
JAMMU: All heritage sites and other protected monuments must be renovated and given facelift on mission mode while ensuring that their aesthetics and sanctity are not compromised with. The remarks were given by Secretary Culture, Dr Syed Abid Rashid Shah while chairing a meeting to review works of various departments under his ambit at the […]
DC Kupwara inaugurates new premises for JK Grameen Bank Kanthpora Lolab
KUPWARA: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Dr.Doifode Sagar Dattatray on Tuesday stressed on enhancing credit flow under different government sponsored schemes and programmes to generate employment avenues for the unemployed youth in the district. The DC said this after inaugurating the branch office of JK Grameen Bank to its new premises at Kanthipora Lolab along with […]
Two Day ‘Shallabugh Bird festival’ culminates with a ‘Bird Watching’ event
GANDERBAL: The two days Shallabugh Bird festival that commenced on 13th of February culminated Tuesday with a bird watching event organized by the Department of Wildlife Protection, Jammu & Kashmir Govt. (Wetlands Division, Kashmir) at ‘Shallabugh Wetland Conservation Reserve’. The event was organized by the Department of Wildlife Protection, J&K Govt. (Wetlands Division, Kashmir) and […]
Third Handicrafts Quality Control Council meeting held
Major decisions taken to promote GI/Non GI Labeled Handicraft products
SRINAGAR: The Handicrafts Quality Control Council in its 3rd meeting held Tuesday under the chairmanship of Director Handicrafts and Handloom Kashmir proposed that GI and Non GI QR Code based labels recently launched by Lt. Governor be adopted by all the establishments who are doing their business in Handicrafts sector under the provisions of the […]
Director JKEDI discusses modalities for community enterprise development
JAMMU: Director JKEDI, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat discussed the possible collaborative initiatives in community enterprise development for the benefit of the underprivileged communities in J&K with Chairperson Total Start Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Developers Sri Suryanil S N Sannyasin, who called on him here Monday. The chairperson discussed a variety of subjects with the Director, JKEDI and explored […]
RBI begins Financial Literacy Week campaign in J&K, Ladakh
JAMMU: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been conducting Financial Literacy Week (FLW) every year since 2016 to propagate financial education messages on a relevant theme. The FLW 2022 was focused on “Go Digital Go Secure” The theme for this year’s Financial Literacy Week is “Good Financial Behaviour – Your Saviour”, which is extremely relevant […]
Two days Shallabugh Bird festival commences
Festival to raise awareness of Bird, Wetland conservation
GANDERBAL: The Department of Wildlife Protection, Jammu & Kashmir Govt. (Wetlands Division, Kashmir) and the District Administration Ganderbal in joint collaboration with SKUAST-Kashmir and Kashmir Birdwatch is organizing two days Shallabugh Bird festival from 13th to 14th of February 2023. The Inaugural function of the fest was organized today at the Conference Hall of Mini […]
Craft Safari by H&H Dept held for Faculty Members, Students of SoFT Pune concludes
SRINAGAR: A team of more than 50 students and Faculty members of School of Fashion Technology (SoFT), Pune visited Kashmir this week to understand the making of Kashmir Art and Craft and undertook the Craft Safari scheduled for them by the Department of Handicrafts & Handloom Kashmir, in three separate batches, as part of their […]