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Economy

An exhaustive resource on the economic life of Jammu and Kashmir across the sub-sectors. It involves sectoral focus, individual profiles, policy interventions, successes and the failures of the sector. Long pieces from history are also part of the listing.

Walnut Falls

Farmers, businessmen and politicians exhibit no difference when they start counting the foreign exchange earnings, almost stagnant for the last few years. Muhammad Younis...

Pushing Spending

At the core of state budget is a serious push to public spending so that the economy moves out of the shadows of GST-demonetization impact....

An Egg Story

Ever wondered what kind of eggs we eat in Kashmir? A poultry specialist's quest to find out the same led to creation of a...

CPEC Impact?

Kashmiri expats in Dubai admit the CPEC is a major development in the region and may impact Kashmir but insist the golden glass emirate...
Dr Haseeb A Drabu

Drabu Explains Jaitley’s Budget

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely’s budget was explained by PDP leader and former state Finance Minister Dr Haseeb Drabu in an interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzfzYwP9U1k&feature=youtu.be Economist Dr Haseeb...

Game Ends

By  Shams Irfan Whenever we used to go out for tea or snacks, my friend would say, “I don’t want to help foreign economy.” It...

Apple On Mughal Road

For nearly half of the month, south Kashmir Shopian is under curfew after five killings. Government ordered the CRPF garrison to move out but...

The Black Sheep

Kashmir produces seven million kg of wool a year but lacks the capacity to process even one per cent of it. Sold at throwaway...

Where Have All The Jobs Gone?

Unionists have attributed militancy and unrest to the massive unemployment in J&K. Creating more jobs continues to be the thrust area in the government...

Overcoming barriers

As the confrontation between the government and its employees slumps trade and makes people suffer, Kashmir Life analyses whether a solution to the crisis...

The Common Factor

They have different roles and status, and ideologies too.  But all the three have one thing in common, asking community to contribute for rainy...

Railway Millionaires

As Railways ventured into Kashmir Valley, it paid 600 crore as compensation for land to people. But as the train chugs, the traces of...

A vanishing aroma

Abdul Aziz Kozgar inherited the craft of making rosewater manually, but is unlikely to pass it on to the next generation. Shazia Yousuf talks...

Wooing investment

New Delhi has extended the excise exemption to industry operating in J&K for another 10 years. But the contents of the package have brought...

Losing colour

Saffron, the prized crop of Kashmir produced primarily in the Karevas of Pampore has always been prone to adulteration, given its high price and...