Budgam farmers get subsidy to install borewells for improved production
The Horticulture department’s prime motto is farmers welfare, self employment generation and women empowerment, says Dr. Md. Iqbal Baba, Chief Horticulture Officer, Budgam. We created a water source for the farmers as they did not have the water facility for irrigation, and they needed to sprinkle medicine in the fields. There are two schemes. PMDP- […]
B2V4 culminates; 35 departments participate, 101 deliverables attempted. Around 14000 dropouts re-join schools; 1 lakh Golden Cards issued, 50 thousand families benefitted
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 8: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta chaired a meeting with Administrative Secretaries here to review achievements of the recently concluded Back to Village-4 programme.Dr Mehta congratulated the Secretaries and their respective departments for successful culmination of the programme with most of the set targets achieved.The 35 participating departments were successful in saturation […]
Kulgam woman starts mushroom unit after leaving private job
I left my private job and decided to do something else. I saw in the media about mushroom cultivation and that got me interested, says Shazia Jehan, resident of Kulgam district in Jammu & Kashmir. She thought why not start a mushroom unit herself. Shazia contacted the Agriculture Department. She was trained for 10 days […]
Commercial Floriculture emerging as new form of employment across J&K
SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 07: Commercial Floriculture in Jammu and Kashmir is helping the farmers to multiply their profits with the help of Government sponsored schemes and other related interventions.Commercial Floriculture, a specialized form of Horticulture aimed at augmenting the income of Growers and generating employment opportunities involves setting up of Ornamental Nurseries, Aromatic oil crop farming […]
Digital services portal begins in Kulgam under Digital India Mission
Jammu & Kashmir Digital services are in line with the Digital India Mission, says Bilal Ahmad, Tehsilaar of Kulgam. Whatever services were being provided by the Tehsil office, Kulgam will now be provided online from the portal jansugam.jk.gov.in. Domicile Certificate including Dependence Certificate Report, Property Certificate, Unemployment Certificate, Inheritance & other mutations, Income Certificate, Reservation […]
Free ration scheme to continue till December in J&K
Till now we are getting free ration as well as we can buy ration through money, say local residents of Poonch in Jammu & Kashmir. We are grateful to the government for giving us free ration. The decision taken by the government to provide free ration during Covid has been continuing, say officials. It has […]
This Kashmiri singer will steal your heart through his singing
Furquan Bashir from Budgam in Jammu & Kashmir has liked singing since childhood. He used to keep humming songs all through the day. Along with studies he kept his singing on. Today, singer Furquan Bashir earns through his singing and helps 4-5 others assisting him to earn their livelihood. Bashir wants to raise the name […]
Lt Governor chairs high level meeting of J&K Advisory Board for Development of Kisans & Agriculture department officials to discuss the roadmap on holistic development of Agriculture & allied sectors in UT
Jammu, November 05: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today chaired a high level meeting of J&K Advisory Board for Development of Kisans and UT’s agriculture department officials to discuss the roadmap on holistic development of agriculture & allied sectors in J&K, here at the Convention Center. The meeting had meaningful and in-depth discussions wherein the participants […]
Mobile Veterinary units to treat animals in J&K
Union Minister of Animal Husbandry Parshottam Rupala launched A-HELP Programme and Mobile Veterinary Unit scheme to take care of animal health issues in Jammu & Kashmir. Fifty state-of-the-art mobile veterinary units were flagged by the Union Minister and the Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha. Till now, people had to take their animals to Veterinary hospital […]
Cab driver lands up a govt job after cracking SSB exam in Pulwama
A cab driver Bashrat from Trichul, Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir cracked Class IV SSB (Sashastra Seema Bal) exams under the PM Rozgar scheme. Earlier, he used to earn Rs 8000 in the whole month as a cab driver which was not enough to run his household and he had to take up labour work […]