IT exemption to Industry: JK yet to get any signal from centre for extension

Entrepreneurs Say Non-Extension Will Dampen Investor Confidence

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Mar 30: As the 10-year Income Tax exemption to industry sector in J&K is coming to end on March 31, state government is yet to get any signal from the centre about its extension, though minister for industry S. S. Slathia is hopeful the scheme will be extended. According to More

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CM eyes overseas job market for JK youth

Chairs JKSOECL meet

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 30: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Friday stressed the J&K State Overseas Employment Corporation Limited (JKSOECL) to strive for seeking job opportunities for the youth of J&K in the international market.He said the corporation should launch a website as early as possible and More

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‘Kashmiris lose millions in stock market’

Bombay Stock Exchange, KU organize seminar on Investors’ Education

GK NEWS NETWORK

Islamabad (Anantnag), Mar 30:  Department of Management Studies, South Campus, University of Kashmir in collaboration with Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Mumbai organized a day-long seminar on ‘Opportunities in the Financial Markets and Investors’ Awareness’ at South Campus, here.The purpose More

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Kashmir Inc ridicules Centre’s stand on NHPC projects

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Mar 30: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) today ridiculed the statement by Union Power Minister in which he had said the centre government “won’t return NHPC-run power projects to state.”Reacting to the statement, president, KCCI Abdul Hamid Punjabi said : “It shows the More

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Yawning gap in power purchase, revenue collection

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 30: State Government has spent Rs 3383.0854 crore on power purchase from March 2011 to January 2012, while the total revenue collection during this period is just Rs 833.525 crore.  As per data provided by the State Government in the Upper House, there is a huge gap between expenditure More

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3 JK Bank top officials retire today

Accorded warm send off

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 30: Three top officials of the J&K Bank who are retiring tomorrow on superannuation were accorded a warm send off on Friday at a simple but impressive function at Bank’s Zonal Office, M A Road, here.Parvez Ahmad, Executive President J&K Bank, was the Chief Guest on the occasion More

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Mercy Corps takes ‘Start-up Kashmir’ to Shopian

GK NEWS NETWORK

Shopian, Mar 30:  Continuing with its series of awareness programmes, Mercy Corps, an international development agency, today held its eighth ‘Start-up Kashmir! Entrepreneurship Awareness’ programme at Town Hall in Shopian.It was held in collaboration with J&K Entrepreneurship Development More

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Orchard owners receive tips to produce high quality fruit

Budgam, Mar 30:  A group of 45 progressive orchard owners from far off Khag-Beerwa and Sitharan areas of this district were today taken to Central Institute of Temperature Horticulture (CITH), Rangreth to have access to latest technology. The group was imparted training about latest More

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2000 artisans trained in Bandipora

Bandipora, Mar 30:  As many as 15 handicrafts centres are functioning in Bandipora district which have imparted training to 2000 candidates since 2007. During current fiscal 230 artisans have been registered in the district while seven self help groups set up to enable the unemployed More

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Baramulla produces 45 lakh kg broiler meat, 70k litre surplus milk

GK CORRESPONDENT

Pattan, Mar, 30: Baramulla has come a long way in making substantial progress in cattle upgradation programme and as on date 65 per cent of its 2.25 lakh cattle population is crossbred Holstein Friesian or Jersey.The district is pumping in over 70,000 litre raw milk to summer capital Srinagar More

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