06.08.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh spends big on e-Pragati, but few takers among babus.   The state government is spending 5 lakh on each of the IAS, IPS and other all-India-cadre officers chosen to be trained for the e-Pragati platform. Keen on taking governance completely to the e-platform, the state has roped in Indian School … Read more

Greenhouse effect

  The greenhouse effect is a natural process that warms the Earth’s surface. When the Sun’s energy reaches the Earth’s atmosphere, some of it is reflected back to space and the rest is absorbed and re-radiated by greenhouse gases. It is the process by which radiation from a planet’s atmosphere warms the planet’s surface to a … Read more

21 &22.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Tribunal allows Andhra to build Neradi barrage on Vamsadhara   The Andhra Pradesh government has hailed the order of the Vamsadhara Water Disputes Tribunal which favoured Andhra Pradesh to draw 50 per cent of the available water from the river and go ahead with the Neradi Barrage across the river in the downstream of Gotta Barrage. … Read more

22.08.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Current Affairs

Andhra Pradesh   Airports Authority of India to build new Andhra Pradesh airport.   The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has emerged successful in the bidding for the Greenfield international airport proposed at Bhogapuram in north Andhra region. By submitting financial bids, which were opened on Monday, both AAI and GMR were in the race to bag the project.   After the bids were … Read more

29.08.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Andhra Pradesh   Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to speed up allocation of staff   With the pending allocation of government employees between the two Telugu speaking states to be completed only after the finalization of seniority lists, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have agreed to expedite the process and submit the revised seniority lists by September end. The issue related … Read more

07.08.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Current Affairs

Andhra Pradesh   Centre approves State’s proposal for electronics cluster in Chittoor district.   The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has approved the State government’s proposal to set up a Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) at Vikruthamala village in Chittoor district. The EMC will be developed over 501.40 acre at a cost of … Read more

Food scarcity

  According to FAO Food Security  is “a situation in which all people at all times have access to adequate quantities of safe and nutritious food to lead a healthy and active life”. This definition requires three basic conditions to be met: 1) adequacy, i.e. supplies from domestic production, stocks and imports are sufficient to meet the … Read more

21.07.17  Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Current Affairs

Andhra Pradesh Kuppam will be satellite town to Bengaluru   The tri-State Kuppam junction would be developed as a satellite town to Bengaluru in view of the close proximity of the places to each other and the rich potential of the Kuppam region for agro-based industries and gold mines.   As part of the action … Read more

Classification of climates, (Koppen and Thornthwaite)

  Climatic Regions of India : Koeppen’s Classification Climate Type Climatic Region Annual Rainfall in the Region Amw (Monsoon type with shorter dry winter season) Western coastal region, south of Mumbai over 300 cm As (Monsoon type with dry season in high sun period) Coromandel coast = Coastal Tamil Nadu and adjoining areas of Andhra Pradesh … Read more

16.08.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Current Affairs

Andhra Pradesh   Andhra Pradesh cities lag behind Tier-II capitals on GDP in a big way   Major cities in Andhra Pradesh, including those in the capital region, contribute only 25% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the state – a far cry from cities like Hyderabad and Bangalore that contribute 70% and 61% to the GDPs … Read more