Meeting to cover beneficiaries under PMJJBY & PMSBY held
ANANTNAG: Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Anantnag, Dr S.M Ashraf Friday conveyed a meeting with the bank heads and line departments to discussPMJJBY and PMSBY schemes. The LDM Jammu and Kashmir Bank Anantnag apprised the chair that under the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojna (PMJJBY) the insured is covered with two lakhs at a meagre […]
CS directs for making PSUs more vibrant, profitable
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta Thursday chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat here to review the functioning of various Corporations and Public Sector Undertakings. While chairing the meeting, Chief Secretary directed the concerned Managing Directors for making their respective public sector units more vibrant and financially viable. He said that every corporation should […]
DC B’la, MD JJM reviews Progress of Works
BARAMULLA: In order to take an appraisal of the progress of effective implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission Scheme, Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Dr Syed Sehrish and Mission Director, JJM Kashmir, Dr. G.N. Itoo Thursday jointly presided over a meeting of concerned officers at Dak Bungalow where a comprehensive review of the scheme was taken. At the […]
OFDA to end grievance of Pashmina stakeholders
SRINAGAR: In order to ensure the genuiness of the pashmina products, the Handloom and Handicrafts (H&H) Department during the last few years has issued more than 16000 Pashmina labels and the numbers are expected to increase enormously in the coming months owing to increase in exports and demand from the stakeholders due to wide publicity […]
Trader’s federation Pulwama protests unscheduled power cuts
Pulwama: Members of the Traders Federation Pulwama on Wednesday staged a silent protest against unscheduled power cuts in the town. The Federation members expressed strong resentment against PDD for failing to provide scheduled power supply to their localities during the month of Ramadan. The Federation members said that they are reeling under hours of power […]
Union Secretary releases JaKeGA annual report 2022-23
JAMMU: Union Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Tuesday released the first annual report 2022-23 of Jammu and Kashmir e-Governance Agency (JaKeGA), IT department. CEO JaKeGA, Abhishek Sharma, Director NIELIT, Shameem Khan, JaKeGA team and officials of IT department were present on the occasion. Union Secretary appreciated the efforts being taken […]
Skill Development Courses Commence at CDI, IICT
SRINAGAR: The Director Handicrafts and Handloom, Kashmir on Tuesday inaugurated three Skill Development Programmes (SDP) at Craft Development Institute and Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Baghi-Ali-Mardan, Nowshera, Srinagar. The Skill Development Programmes have been started in three different areas vis-à-vis Papier-Machie, Carpet Weaving, Cutting and Stitching. The programmes are aimed at providing training to candidates […]
Dir Fisheries reviews preparation for rolling out HADP for Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Director Fisheries, Mohammad Farooq Dar Tuesday chaired a review meeting on CSS/PMMSY & CAPEX budget 2022-23 and preparations for roll out of Holistic Agricultural Development Plan (HADP) for Kashmir Division. The meeting was attended by Joint Director Fisheries (South) Kashmir, Chief Project Officer, Kokernag, and all District/ Project officers of Kashmir Division. During the […]
Dir H&H Kashmir holds meeting for setting up Wool Bank
SRINAGAR: Director, Handicrafts and Handloom, Kashmir Monday held a meeting to deliberate upon the modalities of setting up of Wool Bank under Integrated Wool Development Programme (IWDP) implemented by the Central Wool Development Board, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The meeting was held to devise a viable framework for setting up of the much […]
Union Secretary hails e-transformation of JK’s PDS
Visits Fair Price Shop at Panchayat Dhok, concludes 2-day JK visit
JAMMU: Union Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, Sanjeev Chopra, has appreciated the reforms introduced by the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), J&K for holistic transformation and streamlining of the public distribution system. Interacting with the officers of the FCS&CA Department here today, the Union Secretary hailed the commendable efforts […]