Partnering progress
In a panel discussion presided over by chief minister Omar Abdullah on J&K’s Economic Reconstruction through Public Private Partnership (PPP) last week, economist and...
Credit Guaranteed
J&K Bank Chairman Dr Haseeb A Drabu talked about the prospects and problems of Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme at a seminar on the issue...
Proud Kashmiri
It is a family that never sent any of its wards to any business schools, but in last 150 years, it has evolved a...
Potion of prosperity
The cultivation of medicinal plants can bring prosperity to the state and also raise the living standard of people living in far flung areas...
Are we ready?
As another tourist season begins, and Kashmir hopes to cater to record number of visitors, Haroon Mirani finds that infrastructure and policy hurdles are...
Boost for small industry
The J&K Bank’s Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme introduced this week gives micro and small enterprises not just capital to upgrade their units, but would...
Facing a cut
Embroidery and cutwork is a dying handicraft, with very few artisans left in the trade. Sumayyah Qureshi meets septuagenarian Aziz-din-Banday to get an insight...
Stuck in worries
The Joint J&K Chamber of Commerce has been more paralysed than the cross-LoC trade it was supposed to run. Unsupportive India and Pakistan Governments had...
Realising a dream
Starting from one room of his house with financial help from friends, Abdul Rashid Dar set up Henna Agro Industries that sells 20 metric...
GI registration and beyond
Kashmir artisans heaved a sigh of relief after Chennai based GI Registry awarded them an ownership of the craft. Bureaucratic hassles are, however, putting...
Small car, big hitches
The Tata’s small car is luring people at the lowest ebb of middle class, but concerns are growing whether infrastructure and environment in Kashmir...
More life for fruit
Kashmir apples are gaining a longer life, courtesy a Controlled Atmosphere Storage facility installed by Fungicides India Limited. Haroon Mirani reports on the prospects...
Identify sector wise requirements
Recession is hitting hard Kashmir’s handicraft sector, a major foreign exchange earner which employs thousands of people. Right now the sector would require handholding to an extent that various players at different levels are confident enough to keep the processes going unhindered.
We at the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have already written to the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) that a new package envisaging certain concessions and relaxations be drafted in consultation with the government to help the handicraft sector sail through the turbulent times.
We at the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have already written to the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) that a new package envisaging certain concessions and relaxations be drafted in consultation with the government to help the handicraft sector sail through the turbulent times.
Drabu’s antidote for PSUs
A committee on PSU reforms lead by Dr Haseeb Drabu has undone the recommendations of Godbole committee set up in 1998. While Godbole recommended...
A Tweed Tale
Weavers in Inder and Badibagh villages of Pulwama once sold tweed to international markets in Europe and America. Second World War dealt the first...
