Jammu & Kashmir State To-Day (1937)

of the capital and to fix instalments on. the basis of the reasonable paying capacity of the debtor. [...] One of the chief industries in the State is the Silk Industry which is a Government concern. The Silk filature in Srinagar is the largest of its kind in the world. [...] The popularity of the Exhibition may be judged from the fact that the demand for stalls is outstripping the supply and the sales of the exhibitors leap up every year. [...] Among the Resolutions passed by the Assembly and accepted by the Government mention may be made of resolutions regarding supply of water to the Kandi tracts; the adoption of measures to save Hamirpur Sidhar filar from denudation by diversion of the river Chinab; construction of certain roads; rising of the taxable income to"( 12 ) Rs. [...] The Goverment are committed to the policy of raising the proportion of those classes of the people who were not adequately represented in the services before.