Wheat prices shoot up

Experts attribute rise to imminent expiry of 2 market intervention schemes

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Mar 24: With two major market intervention schemes the centre had launched sometime back to bring about stability in the wheat market expiring on March 31, prices of the commodity have begun to shoot up. “Even though there are still some days left for the schemes to expire wheat More

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Valley gets first boutique hotel

NAZIA AKHTAR

Srinagar, Mar 24: Valley’s gets its first boutique hotel, ‘Comrade Inn’ was thrown open today.  The hotel at Rajbagh here with 40 luxury Deluxe rooms contains all important facilities required for corporate and business houses.  “All our rooms are centrally heated. We have noiseless More

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Make good quality seeds available to farmers: V-C SKUAST

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 24: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir conducted its 27th Zonal Research & Extension Advisory Committee Meeting at Shalimar Campus, here with Prof. Anwar Alam, Vice Chancellor in chair.  Prof Alam urged the scientists of university More

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After PAN, TAN, here comes DIN

Press Trust of India

New Delhi, Mar 24: The government will this fiscal introduce a unique document identification number (DIN) to be quoted on "every" income tax related communication. Taxpayers and tax deductors currently have to quote Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number More

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RBI appreciates JK Bank for reaching out to all

Bank launches smart cards at Sanghani, Chakra villages

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 24: Drawing upon the merging domains of technology and finance, J&K Bank  launched and distributed Smart Cards at village Sanghani Tehsil Akhnoor and Village Chakra Tehil Bishnah in Jammu division. The issuance of such smart cards, mostly in the areas that remain far off More

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Govt agrees to up EDLI scheme benefit

Press Trust of India

New Delhi, Mar 24: The labour ministry has accepted a proposal to raise the ceiling of benefit under the Employees Deposit-Linked Insurance (EDLI) Scheme from Rs 60,000 to Rs 1 lakh, a move that would help over 4.71 crore EPFO subscribers. "The labour ministry has written to the Employees' Provident More

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Awareness camps for artisans held

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 24: The Department of Handicrafts District Office Srinagar under the guidance of Assistant Director Handicrafts Srinagar Muhammad Latief organized a day long awareness camp for Handicraft artisans at Community Training Centre Safakadal here on Tuesday.  Deputy Commissioner Srinagar More

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CII helps quake-hit get skill training

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 24: The CII Jammu and Kashmir State Council as part of its initiative to help October 5 earthquake victims has completed skill training programme in Boniyar. A statement said that it had identified 80 women in four villages of Naganari, Najar, Bhatt Mohalla and Hakapathri in Boniyar More

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Farmers training camp at Malroo

Srinagar, Mar 24: A farmers mega training cum-awareness camp was held at Malroo today. The camp was organized by Agriculture Extension Officer, Zone Qamarwari.  An official statement said that farmers were imparted with necessary counseling about scientific cultivation of rice and the exigency More

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LoC trade points to have truck scanners

Press Trust of India

Jammu, Mar 24: In a bid to provide foolproof security  to cross LoC trade, Jammu and Kashmir government has recommended procurement and installation of whole body truck scanners at two trade points in the state. “In order to ensure that goods coming into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan More

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Workshop on SHG-Bank linkage prog

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 24: A one-day workshop on Self Help Group – Bank Linkage Programme was organized by NABARD in collaboration with Lead Bank Office, Central Zone at DC Office Ganderbal.  A statement said the workshop was inaugurated by the District Development Commissioner, Syed I H Bari.  More

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Interest rates set to rise

Bank watch By sajjad bazaz

For protecting its net margin, a bank typically counters a rise in the reverse repo rate by increasing its lending rates on housing loans, car loans, personal loans, and other retail loans.OVER a period of few years, we have seen that people here More

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