A Chicken Farm Village
Failure and closure of a big chicken farm in Parigam, that employed many villagers, could have pushed the village into economic depression. But one...
Big Business Malls
The concept of shopping malls may have offered some people big business opportunities on the peripheries of Srinagar but some of them have not...
J&K Obliges Taxman
People in J&K pay more to income tax than to the state power department. While the power tariff collections in the state were around...
Business And Blessings
Some businesses go into a month-long hibernation during Ramadan but the fasting month also means brisk business in some food items generally not consumed...
In Love With Textiles
A widely traveled English woman’s love for fabrics and Kashmiri rugs brings her back to the valley despite dealing with consequences of a stroke...
Enabling Entrepreneurship
Unemployment, disincentivized entrepreneurship, corruption and the conflict in Kashmir are all very intricately linked. Ikhlaq Qadri brings us the highlights of an intense exercise...
Big Bee Business
Many unemployed youth are finding a promising future in beekeeping which is coming up as a prospective small-scale business avenue in unemployment ridden Kashmir,...
Disturbingly Disempowering
After dithering for eight years, J&K government finally came out with a revised policy for developing new power projects. The changes are a mixed...
Brands don’t Matter
Brand consciousness may be on the increase in Kashmir but when it comes to car fuels people still prefer the normal ones over the...
Tailor Made For Women
Many boutiques run by women have come up in Srinagar. The business gives them the flexibility to be their own bosses and earn a...
No respite
The government has refused to pay compensation to artisans affected by the ban on fur trade saying they don’t know who the ‘real’ fur...
The bus stops here
A court ordered phase-out of busses and loss making operations are pushing busses out of the valley with the bus fleet shrinking to less...
Guide to earn
A heavy influx of tourists is attracting many to work as tourist guides, fetching them a decent livelihood. Nazir Ahmad Rather reports
Kazipora is a...
Living in a cocoon
The silk industry in Kashmir is in doldrums today, thanks in part to the bifurcation of the sericulture development department in 1972. For the...
Banking on Kashmir: 2011
Apart from employing around 20 thousand people directly, the banks operating in J&K are the backbone of state’s surging consumer market. Their performance in...
