Oct 2018

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan Scheme : Rajshree Yojana   From the birth of a girl to class 12th, financial assistance of up to 50,000 parents is provided to the parent for education, health and care. This amount is given in the following steps.   2500 rupees at birth of daughter   2500 rupees for one year of … Read more 19.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH Vizianagaram all set for jatara   Vizianagaram is gearing up for ‘Sirimanotsavam’, a major folk festival of the presiding deity of the town Sri Pydithalli Ammavari Jatara to be held on October 23.   Traditionally, the jatara, the biggest folk festival in north-coastal Andhra Pradesh, is celebrated on the first Tuesday after Dasara … Read more 19.10.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH State focuses on structural shift in economy   Having set the goal of making Andhra Pradesh the best State in the country by 2029, the government has laid its focus on “structural shift and transformation” in the economy. The government estimates that 5 million to 6 million people are “disguised unemployed” in the … Read more 18.10.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Schemes : Bhamashah Sawasthya Bima Yojana   In the Bamashah Health Insurance scheme, every eligible family is being provided 30,000 rupees for general ailments every year and Rs. 3 lakhs for critical illnesses.In addition to the expenses incurred during the recruitment of the hospital, the expenditure upto 15 days after the recruitment is … Read more 18.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH Bonds soon to meet power subsidy to agriculture connections   The State government’s subsidy bill towards agricultural connections is on the rise during the last four years with the demand for connections increasing significantly. It has to foot a subsidy bill of about ₹6,030 crore during the current fiscal. As the budgetary allocations … Read more 17.10.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Schemes :- Adarsh School scheme   In order to provide better education to the students in the rural areas of the state and to provide better facilities to the schools, Rajasthan Government has adopted innovation in the education sector in the last four years in every Gram Panchayat of the state for modern … Read more 17.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH to work on Tirupati-Hong Kong direct flight to woo Chinese investors   Buoyed by the response from Chinese firms and their keenness to invest in Andhra Pradesh, the State government has promised the “prospective investors” that it would ensure a direct flight between Tirupati, which is being developed as an electronics hub, and Hong Kong. … Read more 16.10.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN The plastic bags to be replaced with Biodegradable.   Biodegradable bags, made of starch from maize, are likely to replace regular polythene bags in the state.   After imposing effective ban on usage of plastic bags, government has been looking for a substitute.     The bags have been certified by third-party testing agencies … Read more 16.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Bhilwara dairy launches packaged cow milk   Bhilwara dairy has started selling of packed cow milk in the market. Bhilwara Zila Dugdh Utpadak Sahkari Sangh, a co-operative union of milk producers affiliated to Rajasthan Co-operative Dairy Federation (RCDF) is the only second dairy board in the state, after the one in Bikaner, which is … Read more 15.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH APPCB to grant ₹200 crore loan for Masula port   The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has been directed to grant an advance loan to the tune of ₹200 crore to the Machilipatnam Urban Development Authority for gathering land for the proposed deep sea port.   The MUDA will receive the grant through the Municipal … Read more 15.10.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs