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                                          The state of Jammu and Kashmir rarely makes news for its economy. And yet, asIndiaSpend’s  Dhritiman Gupta   finds out in a snapshot study of the state’s Budget for 2012, not only have tax revenues been begun zooming but the State is also budgeting aggressively ahead. The numbers are obviously lower (Table 2)than most states but J&K could well beat all states to post the fastest tax-revenue growth in coming years. Needless to add, the growth also comes on a low base. Incidentally, State Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather did point out his state’s achievement to media persons in March 2012 after he presented the Budget. A key takeaway – particularly if you did not know – is that almost three-quarters or 74% of the state’s revenue comes from the Central Government. At least that was the case in 2011-12. By way o...

GNS Jammu, June 5 (ANI): Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) protested on Tuesday in Jammu against the state government's decision of curtailing the period of the annual Amarnath pilgrimage. Activists shouted slogans against the state government's decision to start the pilgrimage on June 25. They lashed out at the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), headed by Governor N.N.Vohra, for curtailing the duration of pilgrimage to 39 days, which was 60 days in 2009. The protesters also demanded the return of land to the Amarnath shrine board. National VHP Spokesperson Surender Jain threatened to intensify their agitation and launch a nation-wide movement against the decision of the provincial government. "The issue is to declare the whole area as holy so that in the near future such incidents do not take place. There is need to set up a system under which no one dares to illegally try to occupy the land and they should not try to mess with the duration of the pilgrimage. We a...

 GNS  Jammu , June 05:  A deputation led by PCC General Secretary Mr. Vinod Sharma met the Divisional Commissioner Jammu and apprised him about the problem of electric supply in Jammu city. Mr. Sharma said that there are long cuts in the electric supply in the urban areas of Jammu especially in Jammu East and Jammu West. He said that the children and old aged are falling ill due to long cuts in electric supply during scorching heat. He said that the scheduled fixed by the department for power cuts i.e three hours for metered areas and eight hours for non metered areas stands no were. There are long scheduled and unscheduled power cuts and people are facing great hardships. Divisional Commissioner Jammu gave patient hearing to the deputation and assured them that he will look into the matter personally and keep in touch with the concerned authorities for regular supply of electricity. The deputation consists  of Pt. Jagan Nath Sharma, Mohammad Sakinder K...

GNS Srinagar June 5: Terming the decision to keep Jammu and Kashmir out of the new    telecom policy as discriminatory, thoughtless and divisive, Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP) today urged the Prime Minister to intervene and scrap this diktat. Addressing a meeting of the members of Kupwara district committee of the party here today party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said such treatment of the J&K state only fuelled alienation, contributed to trust deficit and cultivated the feeling of ‘otherness’ among the people here. Mufti said it was ironic that J&K should be kept of a scheme that is christened one nation, one number when the central government is talking of winning the hearts and minds of people here. “What message are you sending to the people of the state by such small minded policies” Mufti asked. He said such actions brought to a naught all efforts at bridging the gulf between the state and rest of the country and need to be dumped once and ...