Government Initiatives March 6-13, 2021
For A Better Healthcare
More than 22000 free and cashless treatments have taken place under the SEHAT scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana...
Government Initiatives February 28 – March 6, 2021
Prioritising Agriculture
The agriculture sector is expected to get more share of the Jammu and Kashmir’s budget in future as authorities develop a unique Sustainable...
Bitter Harvest
The political turmoil of the past eighteen months has hit Kashmir’s apple industry hard. The entry of the NAFED and the import of duty-free...
Government Initiatives February 21-27, 2021
Easing Industrialisation
The Lt Governor Manoj Sinha led Administrative Council has approved a series of measures for simplifying the business establishment process. As per the...
Zoom Courts
Forced to go virtual, the courts in Kashmir found the going tough during the lock-down in 2020, reports Saima Bhat
In July 2020, Mohammad Sultan, 56,...
18 Months After
On February 5, the sudden restoration of the high-speed mobile internet pleasantly surprised people. But nobody answers the question as to why it took...
Government Initiatives February 14-20, 2021
Industrialising Jammu and Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir government last week handed over a cheque of Rs 250 crore to Jammu and Kashmir Bank as...
Government Initiatives February 1-6, 2021
BUILDING SMART CAPITALS
Stressing on timely completion of the Smart City Projects in twin capitals of Jammu & Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha passed specific...
Government Initiatives January 24-30, 2021
POWERING THE POWER SECTOR
As the winter wreaked havoc, the power scenario in the valley was comparatively better, this time. Continuing the efforts to put...
Government Initiatives January 24-30, 2021
Parliamentarians In Kashmir
Finally, the members of the parliament of India were permitted to have 3-day Kashmir visit to review the status of the highways...
Government Initiatives January 17-23, 2021
Bamboo Development
In order to harness the unexplored potential of the bamboo sector in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Ministry of DoNER through North...
Developmental Democracy?
The Naya Kashmir of the twenty-first century is “by the corporation, of the corporation, and for the corporations", writes Haseeb A Drabu
After decisively changing...
DDC’s Dozen Questions
In Kashmir, every solution triggers new queries. While the BJP government devised a new system within the democratic set-up to address the representation issues...
Law of The Jungle
Demolition of numerous “illegal” seasonal hutments of the nomadic tribes across Kashmir and Jammu by the authorities has triggered an outcry in Kashmir and...
Land, Brick & Mortar
The immediate fallout of dismantling the protective provisions in August 2019 is that outside entrepreneurs have become an intermediary between the government and the...