Teacher from small town Baramulla wins Fulbright Fellowship in the US
Educator Rameez Ahmad Sudhan belonging to Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir has emerged a winner among lakhs of applicants who applied to attain the Fulbright scholarship. Rameez has been granted a Fulbright Fellowship by the US Department of State for 2023. He says only six students are selected from all over India. After a process of […]
Kulgam ITI Centre is skill training women to set up independent units
At the Kulgam ITI centre in Jammu & Kashmir, women are taught practicals in cutting, stitching and tailoring. Moreover, designing is taught along with embroidery. We teach them skills on the basis of which women can earn their own livelihood. The central government and the state government heads along with the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu […]
Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY Sehat scheme is a protective shield for the common man
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the two-day ‘Jashn-e-Sehat’ health conclave in Jammu & Kashmir. It is the celebration of the rights of every individual. It is a celebration of trust in Modi Care without any discrimination. We need to celebrate people’s rights to health and deliberate upon challenges and future roadmap for better health services […]
Watch how Kashmir apples are handpicked and sorted for the market
Kashmir proudly known as ‘Paradise on Earth’ is also home to temperate fruits like apples, for which the state is very famous across the globe. Kashmir apples are a good source of Vitamin C, dietary fibre, flavonoids and antioxidants. The labour force employed at apple orchards begin apple picking and sorting from 9am till 5pm […]
On-spot jobs available for youth at Rozgar Mela
The District Employment and Counselling Centre, Kulgam held a Rozgar Mela to help the educated unemployed youth meet opportunities. Its key aspects were online registration on employment portal/NCS portal. Career counselling for educated unemployed youth, self-employment opportunities, and on-spot placement by private agencies. Dr Bilal Mohi-ud-din Bhat, DC Kulgam said, we give a platform via […]
Back to Village will fill schemes for welfare of villagers in Poonch
Back to Village is the coming together of officers and people and administration and the public. Officers visit villages and sit with the public to understand problems, says Rohit Kansal, Pt. Secretary to government, Information Department. It is a knowledge campaign that has identified 80 schemes in the 35 departments. These are public facing schemes […]
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- […]
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 […]
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 […]