January 2019

ANDHRA PRADESH Assembly Budget session likely from January 30   The Budget session of the State Assembly is likely to be conducted from January 30. Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu may present the vote-on- account for the financial year 2019-20 on February 4.   The Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council are likely to remain in the … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Centre announces ₹900-cr. drought relief for Andhra Pradesh   The Central government on Tuesday announced allocation of ₹900 crore to the State towards drought relief package.   The fund allocation is a part of the relief package worth ₹6,680 crore earmarked for Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka.   Maharashtra has got the … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradeshs seventh airport inaugurated at Orvakallu   Andhra Pradesh’s seventh airport at Orvakallu near Kurnool city was inaugurated by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu. The airport has been categorized as ‘3C’ and is capable of handling turboprop aircraft like ATR-72 and Bombardier Q-400. While Visakhapatnam, Rajamahendravaram, Vijayawada and Tirupati are major airports in Andhra Pradesh, Kadapa, Puttaparthi (not a commercial airport … Read more

RAJASTHAN Sikar has 649 girls per 1,000 boys, worst in Rajasthan: Report   The recently released Central Registration System figures are contradictory to the figures released by the state. While the Centre has claimed that the state recorded an average SRB of 806 in 2016, the state had then claimed 939 girls had been born … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         Rajasthan government to felicitate those adopting stray cows ð  Rajasthan government has decided to honour those who adopt stray cows on Independence day and Republic day. ð  The Directorate of Gopalan has issued a letter to all district collectors asking them to motivate donors, NGOs, social workers and cow lovers to adopt stray cows and felicitate them on … Read more

RAJASTHAN Flower research centre to come up at Mount Abu   The horticulture department is set to develop an agro-eco-tourism and international flower research centre at Mount Abu.   It had identified about 20 bighas of land near the sunset point for the project. The Rs10-crore project is funded under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·        Government may extend deadline to meet housing targets ð  The rural development department may extend the deadline to meet the target for the completion of building remaining 1,78,965 houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) from January 31 to March 31. Out of the sanctioned 6.87 lakh houses under PMAY, around 5.08 … Read more

RAJASTHAN Projects under RUIDP in 42 cities of Rajasthan to begin soon   Drinking, drainage and sewerage projects in 42 cities of the state under the Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project (RUIDP) phase-IV are expected to begin soon.   Under the project, the department will work to beautify and restore 10 heritage sites, including Khetri, Mandawa, Deeg, Kama, … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh CM hikes welfare pension amount by 100 per cent   Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu has announced an increase in welfare pension amount to Rs 2000 per month from Rs 1000. Naidu said that the benefit will be extended right from the month of January.   Interestingly, Naidu increased the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Govt to bring new system to fix fees of private schools’   Education minister Govind Singh Dotasra has hinted to replace RajasthanS chools (Regulation of fees) Act 2017.   The existing fees Act which mandates to form a committee of parents and school management has not prevented schools to fleece parents. Several news reports have … Read more