01.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Andhra Pradesh   Almatti swells, raises hopes of dry AP districts.   Heavy inflows into the Almatti dam in Karnataka have come as a glimmer of hope to hundreds of villages in Andhra Pradesh, who are waiting for water from Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar.   Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar, that cater to the needs of AP and Telangana had turned dry. The water level in … Read more

06.08.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh spends big on e-Pragati, but few takers among babus.   The state government is spending 5 lakh on each of the IAS, IPS and other all-India-cadre officers chosen to be trained for the e-Pragati platform. Keen on taking governance completely to the e-platform, the state has roped in Indian School … Read more

Worker, Peasant and Tribal Movement in Andhra Pradesh

Worker, Peasant and Tribal Movement in Andhra Pradesh:- The role of the Andhras in the Freedom Struggle is next to that of none and they had always been in the forefront along with the rest of the countrymen. The first War of Independence in A.D.1857 did in no way affect the state of affairs in … Read more

Quality of service delivery

Quality of service delivery After over a decade of rapid economic growth in India, the biggest challenge facing policymakers at both central and state levels is to ensure ‘inclusive’ growth so that the gains from increased national income are shared by all sections of society. In particular, it is imperative that a high quality of … Read more

Ethics in international relations

Ethics in international relations What role do moral principles play in the conduct of foreign relations? First, morality helps define the goals and purposes of states and other actors. Moral norms do not provide policy directives, but they can offer a general vision and broad direction and provide the moral norms by which to illuminate … Read more

21 &22.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Tribunal allows Andhra to build Neradi barrage on Vamsadhara   The Andhra Pradesh government has hailed the order of the Vamsadhara Water Disputes Tribunal which favoured Andhra Pradesh to draw 50 per cent of the available water from the river and go ahead with the Neradi Barrage across the river in the downstream of Gotta Barrage. … Read more

07-12-2017 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh signs MoU with South Korea and welcomes the investors   State of Andhra Pradeshrolled out red carpets for South Korean Investors. The State government and Make in India Korea Center (MIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up Korea Industrial Complex in the State. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s … Read more

Current Events – 01.02.17 to 07.02.17

  RAJASTHAN     National deworming day was inaugurated at Dungarpur by feeding tablets to children.   At Dungarpur’s gram panchayat bildi, the national deworming day program was started by feeding albendazole tablets to the children.   National Deworming Day is a groundbreaking initiative focused on reducing the threat of parasitic worm infections.   The … Read more

Citizen Centric Governance

    The “key word” to be used in this is the “citizens engagement” in the various phases of the service definition, development, refining and monitoring, and the whole concept of user-centric services is based on “putting the citizen (user) at the centre of innovative services” starting from enabling of a specific procedure: citizens shall … Read more

Panchayati raj of Andhra Pradesh

Panchayati raj of Andhra Pradesh Background Before the formation of present Andhra Pradesh, in 1953, the pattern of local self-government was modeled on the one already operating in Madras and Hyderabad States under different Acts such as Madras District Boards Act, 1920, Madras Village Panchayats Act, 1950, Hyderabad District Board Act, 1951 and Hyderabad Village … Read more