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 […]
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 […]
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 […]