August 2019

ANDHRA PRADESH BEE to Andhra Pradesh: Save more power for growth   The bureau of energy efficiency (BEE) has urged the state energy department to take part in capacity building in energy-efficient technologies. This will help AP, which is emerging as an industrial hub, to play a pivotal role in the industrial sector, especially in micro, small … Read more

RAJASTHAN 5,000 farmers apply for old-age pension scheme   The state government has started registering farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY), an old-age pension scheme for all land holding small and marginal farmers (SMFs), through E-mitra. So far, 5,000 farmers have registered themselves under the scheme.   The registrations are being conducted through e-mitra centres in … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Anantapur tops State in crop insurance   A perennially drought-prone district with the lowest annual rainfall in the country after Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, for farmers in Anantapur the crop insurance and input subsidy provided by the State government are lifelines. With a negligible number of tenant farmers, Anantapur district’s agrarian class is highly … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         Rajasthan gets an award at the World Education Summit ð  Rajasthan has bagged the “best innovation and initiative leadership award” for its achievements in higher education in the World Education Summit-2019 held in New Delhi. ð  Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar Singh Bhati received the award at the summit. ð  Representatives … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh govt all set to launch Navodayam scheme for MSMEs   The Andhra Pradesh government is all set to launch Navodayam, a complete outreach programme for thousands of ailing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the state.   In AP, MSMEs generate maximum employment after agriculture.   About 86,000 MSMEs in … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan seeks UNICEF help for counselling parents   The health department has claimed that it has achieved 70% of target under measles-rubella (MR) vaccination campaign in one month in the state. However, in some pockets, parents have refused to give their consent for vaccination of their kids. This has prompted the department to seek help of the UNICEF in … Read more

RAJASTHAN Finance Commission to visit Rajasthan   The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman, N.K. Singh and including Members of the Commission will visit the State of Rajasthan from 16th August to 19th August 2019.   The Commission will hold the other meeting with the representatives of the State’s Panchayati Raj Institutions and Rural Local … Read more

  ANDHRA PRADESH Defence Ministry to conduct JNAQC in Visakhapatnam   Naval Quality Assurance Establishmentsis to host the Joint Naval Annual Quality Conclave (JNAQC) in Visakhapatnam on 5 September. It will be hosted under the charge of Director General Quality Assurance (DGQA), Ministry of Defence.   The theme of the Conclave is Transformation of QA Paradigm: Opportunities and Challenges. The conclave will … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         State in forefront of Sanskrit promotion ð   Rajasthan has been in forefront of promoting Sanskrit education and is the only state in the country with an education directorate and an education minister for Sanskrit.   ð  “The Sanskrit education directorate was set up in Rajasthan in 1958 when Mohan Lal Sukhadia was the … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH ·         GVMC to reduce garbage, improve clean city ranking ð  The Greater VisakhapatnamMunicipal Corporation (GVMC) seeks to improve its’ star rating of garbage-free cities’ to improve its rank in Swachh Surveksham 2020.Visakhapatnam was ranked the seventh cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan 2018, a drop in four places from its third rank in the 2017 cleanliness survey. Subsequently, … Read more