Is Jammu and Kashmir Inching Towards A Debt Trap?
Syed Suhail Yaqoob As per official data, Jammu and Kashmir had 8.47 lakh hectare agriculture land in 2005-06, which has shrunken to 7.94 lakh hectare till 2015-16. This means, the loss in a decade is estimated at 53,000-hectare farmland (equivalent to 10, 60,000 kanal), which has been converted for non-agricultural activities across Jammu and Kashmir. Houses have been cropping up over the lush green paddy fields across Kashmir. This one is from Pampore In the Kashmiri language when somebody eats too much, he or she is referred to as Bateh-Jin (glutton). It is very difficult to find the orig...
Source: kashmirlife.net