Female bat better
The lack of a female buddy in cricket can land a batsman in trouble! Well, you can’t score centuries. At least, not at the...
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...
An Upsetting Applecart
Kashmir’s fruit basket is losing weight and many other factors are sending fruit growers into the red. A Kashmir Life report.
For decades, apple has...
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...
No case for taxman
A Supreme Court order has shagged off the taxman from the backs of industrialists and on the way saving them a whooping Rs 900...
A chick and egg tale
His efforts to make valley self sufficient in poultry are not new. Since 1978 when Nazir Ahmad Tramboo’s tryst with the egg started, he...
Public carrier, private woes
For SRTC it has been a journey from riches to rags. The state’s prime mover of men and material has been accumulating losses for...
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...
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...
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...
CALLING INDIA INC: SHOULD WE?
Historically, non-local investors have been coming to state as fortune hunters. Now J&K government is again inviting them. KASHMIR LIFE examines if the investors, with no...
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...