Drabu’s 3P Vision for handicrafts
At a symposium organized by Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) in association with Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI), Chairman J&K Bank and state’s well...
Reid & Taylor strengthens Kashmir Bond
Global fabric giant Reid & Taylor is procuring more tweed from Kashmir and promises to showcase it in a big way. Haroon Mirani reports.
Strengthening...
Wicker: Surviving Chinese Onslaught
Centuries-old wicker industry, which artisans allege has always remained out of government’s sight, is fighting a battle of survival on its own. Haroon Mirani...
CDI introduces course in craft industry
The handicraft sector is the third largest employment provider in valley with a potential of engaging five lakh artisans. However, with the rise in...
Countering Recession
J&K Bank has came out with four products including the revised DastKaar Finance, a product launched a few years back. Avowed objective for the...
Floating in turbulence
Mushtaq A Punjabi
The world is under heat of recession that has affected almost all the big economies; slightly or considerably. Our valley is...
The wheel is slowing
A potter’s wheel once carved out almost all household goods. But now the use of earthenware is limited as polythene and plastic have replaced...
Recession is here
It was a blessing and a disgrace at the same time as the apparent insulation of J&K’s small economy from the larger mainland market...
