March2021

ANDHRA PRADESH Anganwadi centres in AP to turn into pre-schools Anganwadi centres in the state will be converted into pre-primary schools from this academic year. Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday directed officials to make arrangements for the conversion before the start of the academic year. The chief minister, who reviewed Nadu-Nedu programme for anganwadi centres, … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH AP: Unemployment rate down to 4.5% from 20% in Apr ’20 In April last year with the national lockdown owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the state had an unemployment rate 0f 20.5%, a little lower than the national average of 23.5% for the same period. Andhra Pradesh, according to Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) survey, had an … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh: Horticulture department to promote beekeeping in tribal areas   With the success of the Aranya brand of honey produced by the Farmer Producer Organisation (FPOs) pilot project in Chittoor district, the horticulture department is extending the beekeeping value chain development intervention to tribal areas of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, and East Godavari districts to produce honey … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH American Corner’ to come up at AU Andhra University signed a memorandum of understanding with the US consulate general on Tuesday to set up an ‘American Corner’ at its campus in Visakhapatnam. This will be the third American Corner in India and the second in Hyderabad’s consular district, which covers the states of AP, … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH New terminal of Vijayawada airport will be completed by March 2023: Aviation minister Union minister for civil aviation Hardeep Singh Puri has said that the under-construction integrated terminal at Vijayawada airport would be completed by end of March 2023. The work for the terminal has already begun at the airport at an estimated cost of Rs. 611.80 … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH New tech for AP police to help reduce response time The Andhra Pradesh police department is developing a new system that will integrate all emergency response vehicles with the central command centre through GIS and GPS technologies. Once fully operational, senior police officials expect response time to reduce by 50 per cent in rural areas, which is … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh mulling mega IT park in Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh industries minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy  directed officials to explore the viability of establishing a mega IT office complex at, on the lines of Raheja Mindspace in Hyderabad. Vizag is soon expected to become the executive capital of the southern state as the Chief Minister has … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Govt sets up two task forces to boost ease of doing biz The government has set up two task forces on conciliation mechanism and enforcing contracts to help accelerate ease of doing business in the country and address concerns of investors. The terms of reference of the task force includes setting up and operationalisation of … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh CM launches fact check portal The chief minister said that a section of people was misusing social media to spread malicious campaign against the government. He alleged that people with political motives were spreading fake and false news about the government and misrepresenting facts about the state. He referred to the … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH Property registrations shoot up in Vizag, Vizianagaram in 2020–21 fiscal   Ever since Vizag was tipped to become the executive capital of Andhra Pradesh, property registrations shot up in the district as well has in neighbouring Vizianagaram. The hurry to register properties was catapulted by the speeding up of works for Bhogapuram airport.   The situation is such that … Read more