Missing Moneybags
State and the central governments would massively invest in incentives to the manufacturing sector, a process that GST has interrupted. As the policymakers insist...
“A unit set in Kupwara should get more incentives than one set in Kathua.”
Mohammed Ashraf Mir is an entrepreneur dealing with steel and building construction since 1981. He is one of the founder members of Federation of...
‘The World Around Us Will Change In These Two Years’
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...
Taxing Times
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...
‘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...
A Game Changer
As India and Pakistan were fighting over Kargil heights, a south Kashmir boy takes off for US to study. Nine years later, Khuram Mir...
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....
Cultivating an aromatic industry
Kashmir has huge potential to produce aromatic oils used in medicines and cosmetics. By tapping into the sector, Kashmir can have an eco-friendly path...
Cementing a future
Despite huge limestone reserves, J&K relies heavily on the cement import from outside states. A new advanced plant hopes to bridge the gap. Haroon...
The Silken Knot
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...
Dubai Details
The liberal industrial policy has led to the acceptance of around Rs 50K crore investment proposals in less than a year, of which Rs...
‘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...
Breach in the cement block
The state has allowed an outside player into the cement sector, ending the monopoly of local players. Trade leaders are annoyed at the opening...
Karewa Craftsmen
Pampore is usually associated with the costly spice Saffron. But it is rare public knowledge that a vibrant apparel cluster is fighting odds to...
Making Pharma Relevant
Lured by a liberal industrial policy to the Jammu plains, pharma majors want policy makers to initiate change that will make the sector suit...
