It is time to ensure universalization of education

After (partially) attaining the goals of  universalisation of primary education through Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan scheme, the universalisation of secondary education (USE) under the purview of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) is all set to take off in J&K. In the first couple of years More

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Fruit industry

Government tried its best to remove the bottlenecks in the fruit industry by way of enacting the Agriculture Produce Marketing Regulation Act of 1997 and APMC rules of 2003. But due to lack of manpower in the satellite fruit markets, the desired results were not achieved. The Act is toothless unless More

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Growing menace

This refers to the growing menace of corruption in Jammu and Kashmir. From number 2, the state will soon become number one state in the list of corrupt states. The Revenue Department is worst hit. It is high time for the Chief Minister to keep his promise of eliminating the menace of corruption from More

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Increase it

This refers to the speech of Minister for Industries and Commerce while inaugurating the Handloom Expo-2011  at Pahalgam (GK 21-07-2011) The Minister has reiterated his enhancement of stipend from Rs 200 to Rs 700. The fact is that the stipend still is being paid @ Rs 100 and Rs 200/- in respect More

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Wrong information

This is in reference to the article titled ‘NAAC Grading system’ by Dr. Abdul Majid Baba (25.07.11) wherein the author has mentioned that the highest cumulative grade point 3.88 with a letter grade A has been to Tata Institute of Social Sciences by the NAAC peer team. But the fact is that NAAC accredited More

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SKIMS glory

I liked the article "Restoring the glory of SKIMS” by Dr Rumana Makhdoomi. The author has rightly portrayed the work done by the employees of the SKIMS.It is true that the state government should focus on the staffers of SKIMS. Real doctors are real servants of the society, but they should not be More

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Not true

This refers to the news item “CM unveils new hydro power policy” published in your newspaper recently. In the news it was mentioned “Army’s mini-power projects defunct” and goes on to quote the CM that the experiment by the army to set-up mini power projects under Sadbhavana “has not been satisfying More

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Very tolerant

This refers to the article titled ''Tolerance in Kashmir '' by Amit Kushari. It was a very good article and the author has clearly expressed his views regarding Kashmir. Indeed we Kashmiris are really tolerant to each and every community of the word. Here is a long standing tradition ofKashmiriyat and More

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