Srinagar, March 11 -- Kashmir Traders Aliance (KTA) has high expectations for the upcoming budget and has urged the government to provide a special financial package for the business community to help them weather the post-COVID business slowdown.

Ajaz Shahdhar, the president of the KTA, said in a statement that there is a market slump and that traders are having trouble making ends meet. There needs to be a financial influx into the markets since the post-COVID economic environment in Kashmir has not yet recovered.

"We have high expectationsfrom the upcoming J&K Budget as the trade community is facing a plethora of problems post-COVID, there is a need for capital infusion in the market, due to fewer sales businessmen finding it difficu...