Industries

* **Agriculture & Horticulture:** Focused heavily on apricot and apple cultivation, with a growing micro-industry around dried apricots, apricot oil, and organic jams. * **Tourism & Hospitality:** Driven by transit tourists, historical war tourism (Kargil War Memorial), and emerging adventure/cultural tourism in the Suru and Zanskar valleys. * **Handicrafts & Handlooms:** Local artisans produce Pashmina shawls, woolen garments, carpets, and traditional Balti/Purig handicrafts, mostly on a small, cooperative scale. * **Defense & Logistics:** A massive, underlying sector of the local economy; local transport companies, construction firms, and grocers cater to the substantial military footprint. * **Construction:** Driven by government infrastructure projects, border road development, and commercial hotel building.