An official said that austerity measures like major cuts to fuel usage and foreign travel and a ban on the procurement of new government vehicles have been announced for government officials, while the people have also been directed to follow strict austerity measures in the wake of a mounting economic crisis

Jammu and Kashmir leaders Omar Abdullah and Manoj Sinha extended birthday greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 17. In Ladakh, LG Vinai Kumar Saxena led a padyatra in Leh under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, with nearly 1,500 people participating