Education For Entrepreneurship
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha during the signing of MoUs between Mission Youth, Government of J&K and BSE to spread financial literacy
The Jammu and Kashmir Government is going to train 5000 young professionals this year, and equip them with the requisite skill sets of the Financial Services Sector in order to create employment opportunities for them. The government also announced a new scheme –
Tejaswini under Mission Youth, through which financial assistance of Rs 5 lakhs to the girls between the age group of 18-35 years will be provided to start their businesses. During the recently held
Back to Village programme, around 9000 youth were identified for financial support for starting their enterprise. The expected target has been exceeded and 18,500 youth have been extended the financial support to start their own business units. Also, two IT Towers, one each in Jammu and Srinagar would be ready in their estimated timeframes. The government under Mis
Reclaiming Khushal Sar
The government avoided any commitment that it will restore the freshwater lake. Eventually, a social activist threw his hat in the ring, handheld the residents, living on its banks, and initiated the first civilian effort to retrieve the water body. Two months in the muck and the lake is visibly clear but authorities require chipping in to help move the mode, reports
Yawar Hussain
Residents overseeing the cleansing process of the Khushal Sar from Gil Kadal. Kl Image: Yawar Hussain
For years, the residents of a vast old city belt would chase politicians and officers for the restoration of the fresh waters of Khushal Sar if not the recovery of the encroached patches of its land. It was a perpetual stink that was part of the environs they lived in. Already struggling to manage the Dal lake and Brari Nambal lagoon in Srinagar and Wullar Lake in north Kashmir, nobody was in a position to address their concern.