July 2019

The key highlights of union Budget 2019 are  given below : A 10-point Vision for the decade Building Team India with Jan Bhagidari Minimum Government Maximum Governance. To Achieve green Mother Earth and Blue Skies through a pollution-free India. Making Digital India reach every sector of the economy. Launching Gaganyan, Chandrayan, other Space and Satellite … Read more Union Budget 2019- Key highlights and analysis

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan’s first weed museum to come up in Jaipur   For the first time in the state, a ‘weed museum’ will be inaugurated at Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute (RARI), Durgapura, Jaipur. The concept of weed museum has been proposed wherein preserved samples of weeds can be displayed for the general public and farmers, to help them with … Read more 07-08.03.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH Centre sanctions ₹420 crore for tribal university at Relli   The Central government has sanctioned ₹420 crore for the first phase of construction of Central Tribal University, which is coming up at Relli village in Vizianagaram district.   The Union Minister pointed out that the A.P. State Reorganisation Act, 2014, inter alia, envisages … Read more 06.07.19 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Government schools to run in two shifts to stop dropouts   The state has decided that government English medium schools opened under Mahatma Gandhi Rajkiya Vidyalaya will run in two shifts if needed.   It is necessary to have a government school in a 2km-radius from the residence of students. In case there are no … Read more 06.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH Government decides to sell sand directly to users   The State government has decided to do away with the free sand policy and return to the original practice of selling it directly to consumers from September 5. However, there would not be any third party in the process.   The Andhra Pradesh Mineral … Read more 05.07.19 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Panel to monitor colleges in districts   The college education department of Rajasthan is setting up district resource assistance committees (DRACS) in each district “to monitor colleges, enhance coordination among them and provide resource help to them at district level.   The DRACS are being constituted under the resource assessment and college with excellence … Read more 05.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada to fight pollution   Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change has planned to make five cities in Andhra Pradesh pollution-free as part of its National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). Ambient air quality data for the period of 2011-2015 and World Health Organisation report 2014-2018 for around 102 cities across the country were … Read more 04.07.19 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Nal Se Jal’ scheme   The ambitious scheme proposes to provide piped water to all by 2024.   According to the estimate, only 16% of the families and 25% of the population in the state are presently covered by piped water. It is estimated that a whopping Rs 70,000 crore is required to make this dream … Read more 04.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh government sets up agriculture mission to help farming sector The state government has constituted an agriculture mission to address the issues of the farmers and farming sector. The farmers of Andhra Pradesh are in distress due to unfriendly policy decisions, increased cost of cultivation, high indebtedness, bankruptcy, unorganised supply of inputs, lack of remunerative prices and timely … Read more 03.07.19 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN CM inaugurates two units of Chhabra thermal power plant   With the start of unit 5 and 6 of CSTPS, Rajasthan witnessed addition of 1,320 megawatts of additional power generation.   The two CSTPS units have augmented the Chhabra power station’s installed capacity to 2.320 megawatts.   There was power generation of only 13 … Read more 03.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs