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Javaid Lone Awantipur Sept 15: Stressing the need of joint efforts by the government, civil society and youth to curb counterfeiting and adulteration of products, Jammu and Kashmir minister for agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir, Friday said the menace posed a serious threat to the state economy. Talking to Kashmir Observer on the sidelines of a function at the Islamic University of Science and technology (IUST) Mir said his concept of 'economic independence' was not subservient to New Delhi. "It (economic freedom) envisages that every individual and every region should be prosperous," he said. On the...