Involving some 3.5 million people, apples are the core of Indian Kashmir’s economy, which went into a tailspin after phone and internet links were suspended and hundreds of people detained to ...

Though apple crop has not been damaged by floods in Kashmir, damage to roads has affected transportation of crop outside the state. With rise in demand, the price of a box of apple too has shot up ...

Apples contribute to around 8% of Jammu and Kashmir’s gross domestic produce. Fruits identified for high-density plantation are apple, walnut, almond, cherry, litchi, and olive.

According to PTI, despite Kashmir producing 12-13 tonnes of apple every year, the quality of the fruit still leaves much to be desired.

The apple trade, worth $1.6 billion in exports in 2017, accounts for nearly a fifth of Kashmir’s economy and provides livelihoods for 3.3 million. This year, less than 10 per cent of the ...

Kashmir's orchards produce 1.1 million tons of apples annually, 700,000 tons of which are exported to other parts of India and the rest consumed locally. Only a miniscule percentage makes it overseas.

Kashmir produces 75 per cent of the country's total apple production and the horticulture industry of Kashmir has a turnover of Rs 10,000 crore annually. For representational purposes.