The Reasi Lithium
The Geographical Survey of India (GSI) revelations that Reasi hills hold vast treasures of rare and expensive lithium have triggered hopes of a better carbon-free future and a lot of prosperity. The inferred deposits...
Learn How to Apply for Instant Personal Loan Online
Personal Loans are used for many things, including a medical bill, debt consolidation, purchase of a new appliance, vacation, education and more. After borrowing a personal loan, you need to repay the money in...
GST fail to reach a consensus on online gambling and gaming in India
A proposed blanket tax rate of 28% on goods and services could severely hamper the booming gaming and gambling sector in India. This rate hike on Goods and Services Tax (GST) would be applicable...
Kashmir Gems
The costliest and most fascinating Sapphire from Padder Mountains continues to remain unmatched across the globe. Though the mining is halted for more than half a century, the stones recovered earlier continue to keep...
Pashmina In Crisis
The vast cold desert where China and India are involved in a stand-off since May 2020, is home to the most of Changthang goatherds that supply the best Pashmina to the world. Tarushi Aswani...
Clearly Stagnant
Data revealed about the banking operations in Jammu and Kashmir in the last six months suggests an improved credit off-take by the corporate and gradual depletion of advances and low credit appetite in local...
Labour Pains
A series of civilian killings including five non-native workers have pushed Kashmir into a credibility crisis and an economic mess at the same time reports Minhaj Masoodi
In Srinagar outskirts, a lane branching off from...
The Eid Slump
Eid has ceased to be a business opportunity as the fall in liquidity and inflation has seriously crippled the purchasing capacity of the consumer. The politics and the pandemic is adding to the retail...
SARFAESI Sales
Properties acquired by wilfully bank defaulters were always auctioned through protracted judicial processes, a system that SARFAESI law simplified. As Jammu and Kashmir is trying to revive its debilitated economy after August 2019, 49...
Mutton Hunger
When the Wazwaan country is deprived of its staple food, it is a crisis for the government and the society that still is a stalemate, reports Khalid Bashir Gura
Soon after finishing morning prayers, Suhail...
Tourists Return?
After 18 months of hiatus, the tourist footfalls have started surging in Kashmir. Insiders in the hospitality sector believe that if Gulmarg crowds are an indication, Kashmir may have a better tourist year, reports Khalid...
Making Apple Rot
As the scab invaded Kashmir’s apple orchards, more than two-thirds of the crop is unworthy of the market. This fruit could easily be diverted to the industry for better use and reduce the loss...
Packing Apples
Apple packaging is a key ingredient to Kashmir’s apple economy that keeps thousands of people busy round the year to manage more than 70 million boxes a year. Farzana Nisar visits three South Kashmir hamlets that...
Economy Sans The Fig Leaf
Beyond the lockdown losses, the constitutional and legislative changes will have a long term impact on the local economy and its structure writes Haseeb A Drabu
Interestingly, the very first indication that the Government of India...
Economic Collapse
With tens of thousands of jobs gone in last one year and no economic activity visible in the immediate future, most of the businesses are landing on the brinks of collapse, reports Tasavur Mushtaq
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