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Startups, entrepreneurs, industry, trade, and the money moving through young Jammu.
JKEDI's Seed Fund Scheme is entirely online, charges no application fee, and sets no minimum education qualification for founders. The eligibility rules are where most applicants come unstuck.
The Vaishno Devi Shrine Board and JKRLM have signed an MoU to route more of the shrine's Puja Samagri and Prasad procurement through women's self-help groups — projected to jump from ₹3.5 crore to ₹15 crore a year.
A new government-backed portal promises Jammu and Kashmir's Self Help Groups a direct line to buyers. It's a genuine step for craft e-commerce — but it isn't built for every artisan, and the gaps are worth knowing before calling it a fix.
A new law clears the way for a small merchant fee on UPI payments above a threshold. It does not touch what you pay from your phone. Here's the myth-busting version, in plain terms.
Jammu division logged 1.6 crore visitors last year. Mission Youth's Tourist Village Network and OYO tie-up show how young residents can turn footfall into income.
A fresh GSI survey has added 3.29 million tonnes at Reasi, and Salal-Haimna and Kotla head for the 8th tranche auction. What that means, in plain terms.
The J&K Cabinet has formally approved the IT and Innovation Park at IIT Jammu. The phases and square footage were already on record; the budget, timeline and who gets access are not.
A national-backed AI research centre has opened at IIT Jammu, alongside Project Phoenix, a digital storefront for local artisans and startups. Here's what it opens up.
A reform ordinance that could cut a hotel or coaching centre's paperwork from 36 NOCs to a handful was deferred by Cabinet this week. Here's what it proposes and what to do while it's pending.
J&K logged its highest-ever annual investment figure in 2025-26. But the same government statement admits it got zero applications under a national electronics scheme. Here's the honest read for entrepreneurs.
North India's first Industrial Biotech Park is rising at Ghatti, Kathua — a ₹15-crore lab-to-startup hub opening a new lane for young J&K science graduates and agri-entrepreneurs.
At ASCEND J&K 2026, 20 startups pitched 14 investors and two walked away with funding. Here's what the state's biggest startup summit means if you have an idea and a JKEDI login.
J&K has approved two Unity Malls — one in Jammu, one in Srinagar — as a dedicated marketplace for artisans, GI products and first-time entrepreneurs. Here's the youth angle.
Imran Choudhary, 17, from a remote Rajouri border block, built Lagnever AI into a learning app with 10,000-plus downloads, a Rs 5-crore valuation and a seat at a global founders' programme.
MachFly Aerospace, incubated at IIT Jammu, is engineering SkyReaper — a reusable jet-powered combat drone. Here's why it matters for young Jammu.
IIM Jammu drew 200-plus scholars from India and abroad for the AIM–AMA Sheth Doctoral Consortium and International Marketing Conference 2026. What's in it for Jammu's youth?
CSIR-IIIM Jammu says J&K is building a dedicated Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Mission — widening the 'Purple Revolution' into a livelihood ladder for young founders.
IIM Jammu is hosting the 13th AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium and International Marketing Conference, drawing scholars from India and abroad to Jagti.
J&K's flagship youth-enterprise scheme wants to seed 1.37 lakh businesses and 4.25 lakh jobs. Here's what it actually offers a Jammu graduate — and how to get in the queue.
An IT and innovation park is taking shape at IIT Jammu, and with it a real ambition: to give the region’s founders and graduates a reason to build here rather than leave.
The Chenab Valley’s lavender story is also a startup story — distillation units, wellness products and student ventures turning a flower into a business model.
With more than a thousand J&K startups now registered and incubation centres sitting inside local campuses, a practical primer for students wondering how to actually start something in Jammu.
Mission YUVA, university skill centres and a maturing startup ecosystem are quietly rewriting the script for young people in Jammu. A practical, ground-level look at the opportunities and the catches.
On International Women’s Day, the success stories came from self-help groups and first-time founders across the Jammu division. A short look at the women turning skills and schemes into enterprises.
Registered startups in J&K have crossed 1,270, with a record year just gone. For Jammu’s young founders, the support map has never been clearer, or more crowded.
From home kitchens to small studios, a new wave of Jammu twenty-somethings is choosing to build here rather than leave. A short look at the city startup itch — and the support that exists for it.
From a thousand-plus recognised startups to mega job fairs and campus incubators, 2025 reshaped how the city's youth think about work. A year-end reckoning.
From SaffronTech to DograHaat, local entrepreneurs are moving beyond traditional businesses and embracing innovation.
As the artificial lake takes shape, property prices in Ware House are soaring, but traffic chaos at Vikram Chowk remains a daily struggle.
SHTM's event on International Women's Day highlighted the resilience and success of rural women entrepreneurs.
Startups are rising in Jammu as youth leverage government schemes.