August 2017

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

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

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

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

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

ANDHRA PRADESH   readies policy for youth.   The State government has readied the Youth Policy-2017 with an aim to address the needs and aspirations of youth in the age group of 15 to 34.   There were 186 lakh youth in the age group in 2016.Though the policy has been readied a couple of … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh students can avail fee concession in Ohio varsities.   State government had signed a MoU with Ohio State in the USA that will help students from Andhra Pradesh avail fee concessionof almost 75 per cent to study MS in the varsities in the USA’s state.   The state government has signed … Read more