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Khadi & Village Industries helping youth in Anantnag set up own avenues of self-employment

Ahmed Dar, a Managing Director of a Paper Napkin company in Anantnag says that the financial support was provided by KVI, Khadi & Village Industries. Tanvir Ahmed, Director of ECO Guard Paper Napkin says, a friend asked me to approach KVI. He said its doors are open. We went there and talked to KVI people …

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Girls in Budgam start weaving Kani shawls with support from UMEED

UMEED Scheme Kashmir: Kani Shawls In Budgam, awareness of UMEED scheme is spreading through friends. After doing her higher secondary, when a Kashmiri girl did not get employment, she contacted her friend who had joined UMEED and got associated with it. When she got some money, she started making Kani shawls with one of her …

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Budgam players thankful to have a multipurpose indoor sports hall

Sports Hall Budgam Ikraya, a girl student comes regularly to the multipurpose indoor sports hall stadium in Budgam, Jammu & Kashmir to practice. She says, earlier there was no stadium and we faced difficulty in practicing. Coach Urooj Ahmad said, we used to practice under the sun in heat and rain. Now players practice for …

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Nagaberi’s development as a tourist place will help the locals grow in Pulwama

The locals in Pulwama support the move by the Jammu & Kashmir government to develop Nagaberi as a tourist destination. Ghulam Hassan Gorsi, a local here speaks about the beauty prevailing in the territory and Nagaberi abounds in it. Nagaberi situated 15 to 20km away from south Kashmir’s Satura Tal has all the attributes of …

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Residents of Gurez valley happy with macadamised local and internal roads

Gurez Valley Kashmir People living in Gurez Valley Kashmir are happy that macadamization of local, internal roads of Gurez connecting with main areas has begun. Zeeshan Mir, a resident of Gurez says, the roads were in a bad shape. We told our difficulties to the DC on his visit and demanded a better road, said …

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How Nano Urea liquid will reduce the cost of cultivation of J&K farmers

The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) organised a Farmers Conference on Promotion of IFFCO Nano Urea which was held on September 9, 2022.The farmers conference was a joint effort of the Department of Agriculture and IFFCO. Zamindar is the backbone of India, said A B Jabar Parray, a villager in Srinagar. Eighty percent of …

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Girls join Tilla embroidery centre in Ganderbal to start their livelihood with UMEED

In Wakura cluster in district Ganderbal of Jammu & Kashmir, the girls who were not doing anything and who did not have any source of employment, got associated with UMEED scheme. Under UMEED, they were given full support, training and financial assistance to start their own units. District Ganderbal runs Tilla Centre in full swing …

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Chadoora’s youth provided sports uniform in a drive to veer them from drugs

A mega sports uniform distribution drive was carried out at Chadoora town in Jammu & Kashmir organised by the President Municipal Committee (MC) Chadoora, Syed Fahad Andrabi. The drive was aimed at pulling the youth away from drugs into positive energies like physical fitness and sports. This is the only option, say officials. To realise …

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Farmers taking home horticulture machines on subsidy in Pulwama

Farmer Nishar Ahmad is at the Department of Horticulture, Soil Testing Laboratory, Pulwama, getting his horticulture mechanization motor sanctioned. This is through the government mission of integrated development of horticulture operational assistance. He had filled the form last year and the motor was sanctioned this year. He says it is a decent government scheme in …

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Budgam’s Kashmiri woman runs restaurant guided by UMEED scheme

In Budgam, the F20 Restaurant, is the result of an initiative by Jammu & Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM), UMEED. Restaurant owner Nida says this JKRLM UMEED scheme is very helpful especially for womenfolk. She was guided all along to set up her restaurant café F20. She says people generally come to eat pizza in …

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