March 2019

RAJASTHAN India’s first seed bank of native trees species for Thar desert to be set up in Jodhpur   India’s first seed bank of native tree species for Thar desert is going to be set up in the Jodhpur city of Rajasthan under project Maruvan (dessert forest).   The project will first focus on Marwar belt including Jodhpur, Bikaner, Barmer … Read more 17-18.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH Daiki Aluminium Industry to set up plant in Sri City Andhra Pradesh   Japan-basedDaiki Aluminium Industry Co. Ltd., through its Indian subsidiary, is to set up an aluminium alloy plant at Sri City in Andhra Pradesh. Daiki Aluminium Industry India Pvt. Ltd. would make an initial investment of250 crore. To be built on a 20-acre plot in … Read more 17-18.03.19 APPSC (Andhra Pradesh) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH Liquor flow from border States poses a major challenge   Given the fact that 11 of the 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh share border with 22 districts spread across five States — Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha and Chattisgarh and one union territory Puducherry — it is a Herculean task for the Excise … Read more 16.03.19 APPSC (Andhra Pradesh) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan has over 6 lakh unemployed persons, Jaipur on top with 60,000   The National Career Service (NCS) data of the ministry of labour and employment shows that Jaipur has the highest number of unemployed persons in the state, nearly 60,000. According to the data, the total number of registered job seekers in the state are … Read more 16.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH EC deploys I-T teams in AP to check poll expenditure   The Election Commission has deployed several teams in the state to keep a tab on the amount of money candidates were to spend on the poll campaign.   Consequently, the Income Tax department has set up a control room in Visakhapatnam and … Read more 15.03.19 APPSC (Andhra Pradesh) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN ·         RHB seeks land for building 98,000 houses in eight cities ð  The RHB has proposed to construct approximately 98,000 houses on the earmarked land in eight cities. ð  Established in 1970, the RHB had aimed to provide houses on a no-profit no-loss basis. ð  In 2017, the state government had planned to dissolve … Read more 15.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

  RAJASTHAN Rajasthan 3rd in hate crimes in India in ’2018: Amnesty India   According to data released on Tuesday by the Amnesty India on its interactive website ‘Halt the Hate’, Rajasthan was third in the country in terms of hate crimes in 2018, topped only by UP and Gujarat. According to the data collected through media reports, there were … Read more 14.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH EVMs with Braille features come as a boon for differently abled   Now, the different-abled voters need not wait for their turns for voting standing in the queue, adding that transport facilities would also be arranged to the extent required.   The voters will be provided with minimum basic facilities at the polling … Read more 14.03.19 APPSC (Andhra Pradesh) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH Liquor flow from border States poses a major challenge   Given the fact that 11 of the 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh share border with 22 districts spread across five States — Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha and Chattisgarh and one union territory Puducherry — it is a Herculean task for the Excise … Read more 13.03.19 APPSC (Andhra Pradesh) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN State writes to Centre for MNREGA fund release   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has urged the Modi government to release Rs 1000 crore fund due under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) scheme for Rajasthan.   An allocation of Rs 543 crores in material head and Rs 260 crores under labour head … Read more 13.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs