Losing confidence
The measures announced by New Delhi to defuse tensions in Kashmir seem to be lost for want of implementation. A Kashmir Life report. Eight...
Dividing the conflict
As governments in Delhi and Srinagar continue to remain in political inertia over Kashmir, an RSS think tank has suggested dividing the state into...
PARALYSED STATE
As the confrontation between the government and its employees slumps trade and makes people suffer, KASHMIR LIFE analyses whether a solution to the crisis...
Securitizing Autonomy
A new law empowering banks to dispose off mortgaged assets of a defaulter to realize its money clash with state subject laws in J&K....
Skewed, Skimpy SKEWPY
Billed as a landmark, the government’s employment and welfare programme is mostly a cocktail of existing schemes with some more doles thrown in. Many...
Financing Healthcare: Some Innovative Options
On the 27th Annual Day of SKIMS (December 5, 2009), economist, and banker Dr Haseeb A Drabu delivered the Sher-i-Kashmir Oration suggesting a business...
Towards A Legislator Oriented Model For J&K
The administrative authority of the state has to be made subservient to the development functionality of government, says economist and banker Dr Haseeb A Drabu.
In J&K...
NREGS: Better late than never
Revision of wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme may help the state reap its benefits, but experts say more is required. Haroon...
Choosy reservation
A constitutional measure to improve the status of underprivileged classes - reservation in jobs and education - is proving a lopsided measure. Many deserving areas have been left out while many in the list have long acquired facilities available to advanced areas. Hamidullah Dar reports.
