JK Policy Institute
“Is TV a Pied Piper? Yes, it is. We had better be sure where it is leading our children.” When television psychologist Dr. Dorothy H. Cohen warned parents about the…
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Introduction Livestock rearing is indispensable to rural economies everywhere. J&K too is no exception. In Kashmir, besides the milch cattle, sheep farming has all along been part of farming traditions.…
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Why on Earth are we trying to hurry? It is not good to be lazy or procrastinate, but what’s required is slowing down. A slower lifestyle helps calm nerves, make…
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Abstract “Ladli Beti Scheme” is a financial and social assistance scheme sponsored by Jammu and Kashmir government, started with a view to counter the declining female sex ratio in the…
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By Syed Rooh Fatima The Rishi movement calls for a word of explanation, if not an apologia, because of the Hindu origin of the term Rishi, which has created a…
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Jammu and Kashmir is the second-largest producer of wool in the country. The UT produces approximately 70 lakh kg of wool per year. Still, even with such a high production…
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By Nissar H. Gilani Medical historians are quite sure that prehistoric people had no concept of Public health, though they had health problems just as we do today. Frankly, their…
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The pharmaceutical business, like every other sector of the economy, has also grown exponentially over the years in J&K. While previously there were only a few chemists’ shops dealing in…
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Introduction A lot has changed since the exit of the US troops from Afghanistan and the subsequent takeover of the landlocked country by the Taliban. This dynamic shift in power…
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Waste generation has become a serious environmental and public health problem everywhere in the world, and disposal is as big a problem as is waste. India, alone, generates about 100,000…
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“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” – W.H. Auden The overuse of local natural resources has, for the last two decades in rural village settings, contributed to…
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Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) is a national public health insurance scheme of the Government of India that aims to provide free access to health insurance coverage…
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