Arts and culture bring different people together, to appreciate each other with their diversity and language is one of the most important part of any culture as it is the way by which people communicate with one another, build relationships and create a sense of community. There are roughly 6,500 spoken languages in the world today and Jammu and Kashmir is no different than rest of the world. List of languages of J&K include Kashmiri, Shina/Khowar (Dardic group), dialects of […]
Delayed RTI reply demands Rs 20K for info Sanjeev K Sharma JAMMU, Oct 27: Believe it or not, for the last 13 years there is acute staff shortage at Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) in J&K with 26 vacant posts for Gazetted Officers and the Government run cultural body is having a total shortage of 116 staffers which also include 72 non-Gazetted and 18 Class-IV employees and this shortage of employees has directly resulted in overburdening of […]
Apr 17, 2021
On the spot registration certificates were issued to at least thirty cooperative self help groups. The participants in the camps were informed about the schemes with special focus on credit card scheme for individual artisans, financial support for Industrial Cooperatives, state award scheme and about the marketing of the products.
The speakers stressed on the benefits that can be availed by the groups once they come under the ambit of cooperatives and strengthen and extend partnership between themselves.
Joint Director Handloom Kashmir, Publicity cum Exhibition Officer, Deputy Registrar INDUSCOS Kashmir were present on the occasion, besides the camp was attended by a large number of artisan folk from the adjoining areas including Anchar.