sep 2018

ANDHRA PRADESH Acute power shortage likely from 2022   Andhra Pradesh, which is at present power surplus by close to 1,197 MW per day, may face power shortage in the near future if the increase in demand is any indication.   The State is likely to face a huge demand-supply gap from 2022, when the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Sawai Singh Shekhawat to be honoured with Meera Puruskar   Jaipur-based poet and writerSawai Singh Shekhawat will be honoured with Meera Puruskar by Rajasthan Sahitya Academy for his contribution to Hindi  The Award function will be held in October, this year. He has published seven booksof poetry and his first Rajasthani story, Koonpal, was translated in Hindi, Telgu & Dogari. He served … Read more

RAJASTHAN Delegates from 20 countries to be at Smart City Expo   Delegates from 20 countries will take participate in a three-day international conference ‘Smart City Expo India 2018’ in Jaipur. The event will be organised from September 26 to September 28 at Jaipur Exhibition and Convent Centre (JECC) in Sitapura.   Jaipur Development Authority … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Naidu opens Anna Canteen in Tirupati   Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the first Anna Canteen in Tirupati.   Interacting with the media, Mr. Naidu said that, till date, about 100 such centres have been established in the State and added the government was planning to set up a total of 300 … Read more

RAJASTHAN Sushma Swaraj inaugurated ‘Jaipur Foot’ camp in Vietnam capital Hanoi   External Affairs Minister Sushma Swarajwho is on a four day two nation tour of South East Asia which includes Vietnam and Cambodia, presented free India-made prosthetic limbs for 500 Vietnamese beneficiaries. Last month, it was announced in Jaipur that about 1,000 differently-abled people in Myanmar and Vietnam would be provided … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan seeks project report on feeder canal   The Rajasthan Irrigation Department has requested its counterpart in Punjab to prepare and submit a detailed project report (DPR) to reconstruct the Ferozepur feeder canal.   The feeder canal, which emanates from the Harike headworks, has a capacity of 11,192 cusecs and was constructed in 1952-53. … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bags awards for implementing housing schemes    Rajasthan shined at the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Aawas (rural), Pradhan Mantri Sadak and MGNREGA at the national level by winning several awards. Rajasthan bagged the first prize at the state level in achieving the the target under the Prime Ministers Rural Housing scheme while Banswara … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH To strengthen east coast, Air Force plans to make Andhra ‘strategic base’ The Indian Air Force (IAF) has come up with major plans for Andhra Pradesh to make it a ‘strategic base’. Prime among them is IAF’s plans to set up a major helicopter training facility at Donakonda in Prakasam district. The other plans … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH ·        Payment of unemployment allowance from October 2: Naidu   ð  The “unemployment allowance”, one of the promises made in the run up to the elections in 2014, will be rolled out from October 2. The scheme is christened “Mukhya Mantri Yuva Nestam”. ð  The State Cabinet in its meetings in June and … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Plans to generate 10,000 MW solar power in State by 2022   The State government has chalked out plans to add 10,000 MW solar power in the State by 2022, to help bring down tariff as well as make Andhra Pradesh a power-surplus State. The government has already taken up 4,000 MW ultra solar power … Read more