The budget 2022-23 is a blend of sophistry, wordplay, saying it has left stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir excluded and ignored. SRINAGAR โ The political parties and the trade bodies on Tuesday said that most sections of the society have been ignored in the budget 2022-23. The Budget was presented by the Finance Minister of…
“The traders say that they met the then DC Baramulla who assured them that he will look into the matter.” SOPORE โ As the Baramulla district administration plans to implement the โSopore master planโ, many business establishments and shopkeepers have expressed their resentment saying that the implementation of the โplanโ will render them jobless. Although…
The leather trade in Kashmir was once a thriving business. Traders blame the governmentโs policies for the looming disaster. SRINAGAR โ The leather industry in Kashmir is at the risk of extinction with traders blaming the government apathy, the politics around animal slaughter and the political turmoil for the looming disaster. The trade has been…
JCCI calls for shutdown on September 22, says government disrupting local trade. SRINAGAR โ More than thirty years ago, when the then National Conference government proposed an end to the annual Darbar move between Jammu and Srinagar, the winter capital shut for 23 days before the decision was reversed. The Bharatiya Janata Party supported the…
Shopkeepers urge people to shop locally to help keep Kashmir businesses afloat. Srinagar โ As the business establishments in Kashmir valley struggle to stay afloat due to three years of the crisis caused by political upheaval and pandemic, the traders in the region are grappling with evolution in spending habits of people, something they find…