<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in order to provide further impetus to business and ensure ease of doing business, Single Window Portal has been set up and online clearances introduced. AIR Jammu Correspondent reports that special desks have been created in J&K Bank to address issues of youth and women entrepreneurs in the Union Territory. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Earlier, an unprecedented Industrial Package was also announced, besides industry friendly policies in 14 key sectors of the economy. Not only this, about 19 thousand youth including women have been provided financial assistance to start their own business ventures by J&K Bank, as a follow up of the announcement made by the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha during the Back to Village-3 programme. The LG said that in coming times, the UT Govt will continue to take further steps to boost the economy of J&K and help people to overcome the difficulties with due attention to the business community. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Pertinently, the steps taken by the Government seem to be yielding positive results as reports suggest that the unemployment rate in J&K has declined significantly. Further, if GST growth is taken as an indicator of state of economy, J&K witnessed a relatively healthy growth of over 2.7 per cent during 2020-21.</span><br />''  <br />