Kashmir’s Oil Pressers
Before edible oil extraction was mechanised, Kashmir had a roaring cottage industry of traditional oil pressers who would use bullocks to convert various seeds...
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...
Silk Since 1846
Kashmir has seen various ups and downs in managing the silk as an industry and an economy for the state and the people. Here...
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...
Locked Down, Jobless
As the counter pandemic lockdown prolongs, thousands of people in unorganised and transporter, retail and services sectors are literally jobless. Left to fend for...
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...
Silky Way
Once a thriving industry Kashmir was known for across continents, silk yarn production has been on a steady decline. But an engineer, undeterred by...
Breaking Solina’s Silence
For the last many years, a process was set in motion to convert the heritage filatures in the sprawling Solina into a developmental graveyard...
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...
Denying A Level Playing Field
Cement is the only major industrial activity that gets Kashmir a degree of self-sufficiency. But a series of attempts at various levels have been...
“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...
Khyber’s Gulmarg Entry
Creating a Rs 120 crore world-class luxury resort marks the beginning of Khyber Group’s entry into the hospitality sector. Market and the government foresee...
