Soaring prices of ingredients strain Valley bakery industry

Manufacturers, confectioneries incur huge losses

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Nov 5: With prices of key ingredients of bakery items witnessing a steep hike, the Valley bakery industry has come under strain.  A group of local bakery manufacturers affiliated to All Kashmir Bread Manufacturers, Bakers and Confectioners Association told Greater Kashmir that the More

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‘Plan allocations in JK arbitrary’

KU organises lecture on decentralized planning

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 5: An extension lecture on ‘Decentralized Planning in J&K – An Experience, was organized by Department of Economics, Kashmir University today.  Director General, Economics and Statistics, G. A. Qureshi, said the J&K state has the privilege of being in the forefront of More

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AJK merchants demand smooth trans-LoC trade

SHEIKH AHMED

New Delhi, Nov 6: AJK traders have urged the Pakistan government to take urgent steps to remove bottlenecks in cross LoC trade. Coordinator, LoC trade council of AJK, Mahmood Ahmed Dar in a communiqué to Pakistan Commerce Minister Makhdoom Fahim Amin has said that the customs restriction More

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Kashmir Inc shows commitment to CSR

NAZIA AKHTAR

Srinagar, Nov 5: Showing commitment to social cause, the relief trust of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries today distributed relief cheques among the orphan students of SP College and Government College for Women M. A Road, here today.  The trust gave away Rs 2000 each to 27 students More

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Bakers on strike

GK News Network

Srinagar, Nov 4: The retail Kashmiri bakers, locally known as kandar, today observed a strike to press their demand for enhancing the rate of traditional bread they produce. The bakers said the increase in the prices of the inputs and ingredients had reduced their profit margins. “The government More

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Traders threaten agitation against prepaid ban

GK News Network

Srinagar, Nov 5: The Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation today lambasted the government of India for imposing ban on the prepaid cellular service in J&K. At a joint meeting between the KTMF and STD/PCO owners association at the office chambers of the federation, the members said the ban More

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Direct tax collection rises

New Delhi, Nov 5: Net direct tax collections during the first seven months of the present fiscal (up to October 2009) stood at Rs 1,73,447 crore, up from Rs 1,66,905 crore in the same period last fiscal, registering a growth of 3.92 percent, Growth in Corporate Taxes was 4.59 percent (Rs 1,09,996 crore More

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