Daily Mirror of Kashmir

  Educating India being the motto of the group, Maqsood Ahmed aim is to provide education to 1,00,000 students by the year 2025. Maqsood Ahmed, is Managing Director and founder of Nizamia Education Group (NEG). In an exclusive interview with mirror of Kashmir he talks to Rameez Makhdoomi. A bit about your early days? I am from Border District of  poonch , Surnakote Tehsil ,village Marhot. I completed my higher secondary from Poonch from Baba Nizamia school.  I could not get through  my dream of becoming Doctor as I did not get selected in NEET. I was much mentally disturbed but in 2012 I decided to start as education counsellor and I moved from Poonch to Jammu and Delhi . We registered Nizamia consultancy with Ministry of Corporate .We then started our work in Seven sister states of  North East , Jaharkhand and also moved to African , SAARC  countries . We had just one student in 2012 but within due period of growth we have been able to provide admission to...

 Time overdue to open Schools in Kashmir : G N Var  Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been completely closed for almost more than  year and half  due to COVID-19 lockdowns, according to  data released  by UNICEF.  In Kashmir too now calls of opening schools are growing .  The Mirror of Kashmir recently took an opportunity to talk with G N Var President  Private Schools' Association of J&K (PSAJK) ,an important face of our education sector. He talked with our correspondent Rameez Makhdoomi. Has time come to open schools ? Time has come long back to open our schools .Few Days back I was in Capital Delhi to attend a conference on same issue and we came to know that many States of India are now planning to open back the school's while some have already opened the schools and unfortunately we have no talk of opening schools in Jammu and Kashmir from Government side. Secondly , if a child can roam freely in public parks a...

  Houseboats have kept flame of Kashmir tourism alive :Muhammad Yakub Dunoo, Spokesperson, Kashmir Houseboat owners Association The eminent face of Kashmir Houseboat industry Muhammad Yakub Dunoo, Spokesperson, Kashmir Houseboat owners Association talks to Mirror of Kashmir Senior Correspondent Rameez Makhdoomi in an exclusive interview. Your take on new House boat policy 2020 after studying it ? Actually there were few pre condition in the Houseboat policy 2020 as one had to get  NOC from PDD, Pollution Control Board, Fire Department etc  as these were not acceptable to us and we told this categorically to Department of tourism .  Then it was send back  to Secretariat for reforming it and esteemed LG brought reformed policy recently. Is this reformed Houseboat policy acceptable to you ? Well there are  many good things in our favour now but still few other things are unfavorable to us which would be taken up duly with the concerned authorities . What ...

  Rice Quality in Kashmir Ration Depots of High Quality:  Dr. Abdul Salam Mir, Civil, Food Supplies and Consumer Affairs (CAPD)  In this edition we talk on various dimensions of Civil, Food Supplies and Consumer Affairs (CAPD)  with Director Dr. Abdul Salam Mir  Aadhar Updation status of ration cards in Jammu and Kashmir ? The Aadhar Updation status is overall 96 percentage in Kashmir which is quite impressive . Are people cooperative ? Yes intially people were a bit hesitant but with the time they understood that without biometric Aadhar Updation they will not get ration card they became cooperative . How do you see the rice  quality provided by the ration depots in Kashmir? I monitor it every week on Sunday and the rice quality has improved vastly and it is now quite of high quality standards . A bit on Ration card holders in Kashmir statistics vise ? We have three categories in this regard  . In the poorest of poor AAY they get per ration card 35 ki...

  Papier - mache art is dying in Kashmir :MOHAMMAD AKHTER MIR, Prominent face of Papier Mache sector  Kashmiri papier-mâche is a rich  handicraft of Kashmir that was brought by renowned  Muslim  saint Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani from Persia in the 14th century to medieval India. It is based primarily on paper pulp, and is a richly decorated, colourful artifact; generally in the form of vases, bowls, or cups (with and without metal rims), boxes, trays, bases of lamps, and many other small objects. These are made in homes, and workshops, in Srinagar, and other parts of the Kashmir Valley, and are marketed primarily within India, although there is a significant international market. We talk with prominent face of Kashmiri Papier Mache Sector ,artisan and Buisnesman MOHAMMAD AKHTER MIR in an exclusive interview with our senior correspondent Rameez Makhdoomi. Your take on current status of Papier Mache industry in Kashmir? Papier mache of Kashmir has rich legacy and her...

 Bumper increase in Vegetable production a great development for agriculture in Kashmir :Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal Agriculture is the mainstay of Kashmir . To talk on burning issues confronting our agriculture , Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal talks to Senior Correspondent Mirror of Kashmir Rameez Makhdoomi . Sir , you recently revived different schemes going on with reference to promotion of agriculture and farmers in Kashmir . Your overview on that ? As far as taking review is concerned  Department of agriculture is concerned with the welfare of more than 70 percent of people engaged in agriculture , and in this regard taking implementation progress of these schemes is must . We have here two main cropping seasons Kharif and Rabi .Kharif crop can be grown in Kharif season only and similarly Rabi Crop can be grown in Rabi only . If we do not take constant review we can't know what is needed ,when we grow paddy , Sweet corn , m...