Jammu Kashmir: Pensions Up, Salaries Down
Government jobs in Jammu and Kashmir are shrinking as technology replaces manpower, with salaries rising modestly but pensions surging 251 per cent since 2016-17,...
Kashmir: Stamp Duty Divide
Stamp duty in Jammu and Kashmir is generating steady revenue, primarily from the cities of Jammu and Srinagar. But, the registrations are falling, apparently...
Jammu Kashmir’s GST Stress
With restructured GST set to roll out, Jammu and Kashmir, already grappling with weak consumption and post-Pahalgam economic strain, anticipates further decline in collections...
Kashmir: Waiting For the Finance Commission
By October, the 16th Finance Commission is expected to submit its recommendations to the Government of India on how financial resources should be distributed...
Kashmir: An Omar Budget
Masood Hussain analyses the maiden budget proposals for Jammu and Kashmir by Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah who emerged as the first of the three-generation...
Kashmir: An ‘Inebriated’ Debate?
Moments after submitting draft private bills for the upcoming budget session, lawmakers posted texts online and triggered a public debate. Will these papers manage...
Sitharaman’s Sixth Kashmir Budget
The fiscal management of Jammu and Kashmir is no better under Union’s watch with a surge in debt amidst massive revenue shortfall leaving a...
Budget 2024-25: An Explainer
The fifth consecutive budget for Jammu and Kashmir that the Lok Sabha passed last week, retains the focus on low expenditure on development and...
JK Budget 2023-24
Nirmala Sitharaman’s fourth consecutive budget has reduced funds for developmental activities as expenditure booked for asset creation in 2022-23 saw a steep fall, reports Raashid...
Squeezed Expenditures?
After 2018, Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing a fall in income to the government which is resulting in comparatively low expenditures in asset creation,...
Sitharaman Budget 3.0
In the third consecutive budget that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented in the Lok Sabha, the numbers are seemingly surging but details lack clarity,...
Spending Rs 1 Lakh Cr
In the second consecutive budget that Nirmala Sitharaman presented to the Lok Sabha, the major expenditures continue to remain the same, reports Tasavur Mushtaq
Historically the...
Budget 2021-22: The Speech
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Jammu and Kashmir budget proposals for 2021-22 to the Lok Sabha on March 17, 2021. This was her...
The Sweat Money
Managers of the Rs 4300 crore Provident Fund of the workers in Jammu and Kashmir’s private and public sector were literally yearning for a...
Budget In Brief
The Finance Department budget proposal for the next financial year is a step up over earlier allocation with a focus on infrastructure and certain...
