September 2019

ANDHRA PRADESH Cabinet gives its nod for APSRTC’s merger   The Cabinet has cleared the decks for creating a Public Transport Department with which the A.P. State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) will be merged as per the Anjaneya Reddy Committee’s recommendation.   With this, APSRTC employees will become ‘government employees’ and their retirement age raised … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan launches AB-MGRSBY health insurance scheme   The Rajasthan government launched a new health insurance scheme – Ayushman Bharat-Mahatma Gandhi Rajasthan Swasthya Bima Yojna (AB-MGRSBY).   The scheme will be implemented after merging the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY) and the state’s Bhamashah Swasthya Bima Yojna (BSBY).   With the merger … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Uranium mining: Expert team inspects Kadapa project site   An expert committee inspected Uranium Corporation of India Limited’s (UCIL) project at Tummalapalle in Kadapa district   The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board set up the panel after chief minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy asked the board to verify complaints of groundwater contamination in the area.   … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         Rajasthan: Industrial draft policy bets big on making of electric vehicles ð  In a bid to take early bird advantage, the state government is planning to set up an electric vehicle research and manufacturing zone. As spelt out in the new draft industrial policy, the government will also offer financial incentives to encourage … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH AP government to save Rs 628 crore from reverse tendering of Polavaram   Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy government emerged victorious as it received a bid for Polavaram main dam and hydel project at 12.6 percent less than the previous cost in the reverse tendering process. This is going to save … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Separate commissions for SC/STs on the cards in Andhra Pradesh   The State government has decided to constitute separate commissions for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the State. It proposes to table the relevant Bills in this regard in the Assembly soon.   The government has also decided … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Justice P Lakshman Reddy sworn in as first Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh   Justice P Lakshman Reddy was sworn in as the first Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh.   The oath was administered by Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan.   Justice Reddy will be holding the position for the next five years.   He is the … Read more

RAJASTHAN M-sand policy in final stage, to be out soon   The manufactured sand (m-sand) policy of Rajasthan is in the final stage and will be out soon.   Rajasthan’s policy has been prepared after consulting m-sand policies of other states such as Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.   The state government is likely to make … Read more

RAJASTHAN NGT bans new industry in five clusters of state   In view of the increasing pollution levels, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned sanction to any new industrial set-up or expansion at five industrial clusters of Rajasthan.   Rajasthan’s five industrial clusters – Jodhpur, Pali, Bhiwadi, Jaipur and Sanganer Industrial area (Jaipur) have … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Rayalaseema groundwater table plummets by 6.4 metres in a year   The groundwater table of Rayalaseema has plummeted by an average 6.4 metres in one year and the water table all over the State has also fallen by an average 3.69 metres.   The comparatively severe deficit in rainfall and the delay in the onset … Read more