Industry

The liberal industrial policy has led to the acceptance of around Rs 50K crore investment proposals in less than a year, of which Rs 3000 crore was negotiated during the 10-days Dubai Expo. Ranjan...

With impressive concessions in hand, as the government is busy planning to get investors from the plains to change the industrial culture in a disadvantaged market, those who have been running the show in...

Before joining as Jammu and Kashmir’s Principal Secretary for Industries and Commerce, senior IRTS officer, Ranjan Prakash Thakur has held many key positions. Born in London, he studied at the St Stephens College, IIFT...

As the GST introduced taxing of the industry for the first time in history, the work environment turned upside down, initially in August 2019 and later by Covid-19. In the new situation, the sector...

As the counter pandemic lockdown prolongs, thousands of people in unorganised and transporter, retail and services sectors are literally jobless. Left to fend for themselves, most of them are unable to decide if the...

Ghulam Qadir Bhat, the leader of Kashmir’s bat manufacturers tells Waseem Dar KASHMIR LIFE (KL): What is the state and status of bat industry in Kashmir right now? GHULAM QADIR BHAT (GQB): It is satisfactory for...

With the setting up of an Industrial Estate, Lassipora seemingly has undergone palpable socio-economic change. Alongside tangible infrastructure improvements, the locals are happy about the employment opportunities this estate has generated. Muhammad Younis spends...

Government’s effort to complete an electrification project ahead of schedule has helped a new group of entrepreneurs to get into the manufacture and value addition of items that state’s power distributors require, reports Masood...

Kashmir has seen various ups and downs in managing the silk as an industry and an economy for the state and the people. Here is the official history of these efforts from the days...

For the last many years, a process was set in motion to convert the heritage filatures in the sprawling Solina into a developmental graveyard with museums, entertainment spots or housing slots. With World Bank...

Vested interest, negative policy interventions, market shifts and nature intervened in the unmaking of world’s biggest silk factory in Kashmir. As cocoon production fell from a million kilograms to 138 thousand, Kashmir lost more...

State and the central governments would massively invest in incentives to the manufacturing sector, a process that GST has interrupted. As the policymakers insist they are negotiating a new model with the centre to...

The pellet-powered government was so shocked by the reaction to new tax regime that it is unable to tell people that it wanted to create a historic precedence for the sake of autonomy otherwise...

The draft industrial policy being submitted to cabinet for approval later this month may link allotments in the shrunken industrial estates to the actual implementation of the project, reports R S Gull With doors literally...

Given the state of malnutrition in the state, a Jammu manufacturer piloted fortified wheat flour. In this piece, Shubam Puri, one of the director’s of the company, explains why social relevance is a key...