JK Policy Institute

Advocating for sustainability
The challenge is how to make ‘Dairy Farming’ environmentally viable 
509 339 Adeela Hameed

A way to achieve that is to use better management practices and technologies. Milk production takes place all around the globe. Worldwide demand for dairy continues to increase in large…

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Mapping Drinking Water Scarcity in Kashmir
1024 683 Zahoor Ahmad Dar

The change in global precipitation, increasing global temperatures, melting of glaciers, rising sea level waters, displacement of people, erratic monsoons pose an unprecedented threat to human existence. Distribution of drinking…

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Why has DD Kendra Srinagar failed to deliver its potential as a public service broadcaster?
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“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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Chopans: Pastoralists of Kashmir who sustain sheep farming in Kashmir
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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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Here is why you should consider adopting a slow lifestyle.
600 355 Adeela Hameed

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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Impact assessment of ‘Ladli Beti Scheme’ in Jammu and Kashmir 
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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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The historical background of Muslim Rishi Movement in Kashmir
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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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Sustenance of Kashmir’s Wool Industry depends on adapting and adjusting its practices to the changing times
1024 352 Adeela Hameed

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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Missionary Hospitals in Kashmir: Testimonials of how far we have come and how far we still need to go in terms of healthcare
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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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 A brief analysis of ‘spurious and substandard drugs’ in J&K
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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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How the change of power has affected lives in Afghanistan especially of women
1024 683 Dr Adil Rasool Malik

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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It’s time to ask: when will Kashmir have proper waste disposal infrastructure
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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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