Winds of Change
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...
‘We Want Willow Cleft Smuggling To Be Strictly Curbed’
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...
‘We Are Paying Interest On Interest’
As the GST introduced taxing of the industry for the first time in history, the work environment turned upside down, initially in August 2019...
A lease of life
An integrated cold chain storage facility inaugurated last week has taken Kashmir’s cumulative CAS capacity to 13800-mts with the avowed objective of giving a...
Long Live The Apple Cart
After years of crying hoarse over Kashmir’s failure on post-harvest front, the private sector has finally chipped in to alter the way we sold...
‘End’ of Innings
Once a prosperous village of bat manufacturers, the demography of south Kashmir’s Sangam is undergoing a monumental change. While the government claims the new...
Costs of Occupation
When troops handed over keys of sports complex Bijbehara to displaced bat manufactures after 23 years it brought back bitter memories of the past....
Budget 2011-12: Industrial units
The industrial units registered within the State have been enjoying the benefits of exemption from payment of GST under the specified conditions and for...
