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Monday, March 25, 2024
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Industry

Despite being far away from the market and the raw material, this is the most exhaustive listing of the detailed reportage about the industrial activity in Jammu and Kashmir, its evolution, output, import substitution and the policy intervention over the years.

Mere Occupation

The draft industrial policy being submitted to cabinet for approval later this month may link allotments in the shrunken industrial estates to the actual...

Fighting Anemia

Given the state of malnutrition in the state, a Jammu manufacturer piloted fortified wheat flour. In this piece, Shubam Puri, one of the director’s...

No case for taxman

A Supreme Court order has shagged off the taxman from the backs of industrialists and on the way saving them a whooping Rs 900...

Costs of Occupation

When troops handed over keys of sports complex Bijbehara to displaced bat manufactures after 23 years it brought back bitter memories of the past....

“A unit set in Kupwara should get more incentives than one set in Kathua.”

Mohammed Ashraf Mir  is an entrepreneur dealing with steel and building construction since 1981. He is one of the founder members of Federation of...

A Game Changer

 As India and Pakistan were fighting over Kargil heights, a south Kashmir boy takes off for US to study. Nine years later, Khuram Mir...

Steely Resolve

Driven by his ambition and entrepreneurial passion, an engineer from Kashmir valley worked on a marsh to set up a Rs 100 crore state-of-the-art...

‘End’ of Innings

Once a prosperous village of bat manufacturers, the demography of south Kashmir’s Sangam is undergoing a monumental change. While the government claims the new...
Photo: Bilal Bahadur

Khyber’s Gulmarg Entry

Creating a Rs 120 crore world-class luxury resort marks the beginning of Khyber Group’s entry into the hospitality sector. Market and the government foresee...

Karewa Craftsmen

Pampore is usually associated with the costly spice Saffron. But it is rare public knowledge that a vibrant apparel cluster is fighting odds to...

Making Pharma Relevant

Lured by a liberal industrial policy to the Jammu plains, pharma majors want policy makers to initiate change that will make the sector suit...

Silky Way

Once a thriving industry Kashmir was known for across continents, silk yarn production has been on a steady decline. But an engineer, undeterred by...

Long Live The Apple Cart

After years of crying hoarse over Kashmir’s failure on post-harvest front, the private sector has finally chipped in to alter the way we sold...

Denying A Level Playing Field

Cement is the only major industrial activity that gets Kashmir a degree of self-sufficiency. But a series of attempts at various levels have been...

More Stars for Kashmir

A five-star hotel conceived by Sheikh Abdullah and businessman Khawaja Saif-ud-din Baba took more than thirty years to complete. With a management contract with...