Commentaries

Arka Chakraborty and Taitreyi Biswas The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway connecting the Kashmir valley to the outside world is one of the most treacherous roads in South Asia. The highway is…

Arka Chakraborty and Taitreyi Biswas The strategic and geopolitical conflict in Jammu and Kashmir tinted with the colours of religious and national identities figures very frequently in the mainstream national…

Setting prices for the mutton should be simple — cover costs, make a profit, and appeal to customers. But there are more variables to the mutton pricing formula than we…

Arka Chakraborty and Kasturi Guha   Winters in Jammu and Kashmir are always the harshest, and yet the most beautiful in the Indian subcontinent. A 40-day-long (approximately) ‘Chillai Kalan’ (harshest…

Arka chakraborty and Kasturi Guha For decades now, the administration has been combating violence in Jammu and Kashmir — but now “narco-terrorism” and “substance abuse” has become another challenge altogether…

Arka Chakraborty and Kasturi Guha   It is not a stretch to say that Jammu and Kashmir is currently standing at the proverbial crossroads of development. The new schemes introduced…

Javaid Trali The Roshni Act or the Jammu and Kashmir State Lands (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act was enacted by the then state government led by the Chief…

Arka Chakraborty and Kasturi Guha  Jammu and Kashmir is one of the coldest regions in India. Winter in the Union Territory sets in late October and lasts till early March.…

Arka Chakraborty and Kasturi Guha During the third phase of Back to Village programme, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha traveled across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The LG held…

Arka Chakraborty and Kasturi Guha The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) recently released reports on J&K finances, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and non-Public Sector Undertakings (non-PSUs) which were…

By Arka Chakraborty and Kasturi Guha The J&K administration is making strides to improve the sports infrastructure of the Union Territory. Speaking of which, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha along with…

By Arka Chakraborty and Kasturi Guha / For JKPI The third phase of the public outreach programme ‘Back to Village’ (B2V) will begin from October 2nd and continue till October 12th.  The first of its…