22-23.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra CM Naidu declares 2017 as e-pragati year   Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has declared the year of 2017 as e-pragati year.   Naidu said that all districts must come under the purview of the flagship programme that will help the government make real-time governance.   The Chief Minister … Read more

02.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Andhra Pradesh   UK to help Andhra Pradesh get energy calculator   The APTransco on Wednesday organised a workshop to develop a comprehensive state-level energy calculator for Andhra Pradesh, the first such sub-national model of its kind in the world.   The Andhra Pradesh State Energy Calculator, 2050, is an IT-enabled web tool developed by ICF, a well-known … Read more

13.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Vizag city to go almost fully cashless in a year   Aiming to cover 90 per cent of this coastal city’s 2 million citizens in a year, the Andhra Pradesh government today launched a campaign to reduce the cash dependence with a cashless payment option campaign.   Infrastructure supporting cashless payments is being created … Read more

Education, education infrastructure and policy of Andhra Pradesh

Education, education infrastructure and policy of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh has many institutes of higher education along with numerous primary and secondary schools. The government also implements Fee Reimbursement Scheme for the economically backwards sections of the state. The regional and official language of Andhra Pradesh is Telugu. Other linguistic groups in the state include … Read more

Famous Personalities of Andhra Pradesh

Famous Personalities of Andhra Pradesh G. Ranga Gogineni Ranga Nayukulu, also known as N. G. Ranga (7 November 1900 – 9 June 1995), was an Indian freedom fighter, parliamentarian and kisan (farmer) leader. He was an exponent of the peasant philosophy, and considered the father of the Indian Peasant Movement after Swami Sahajanand Saraswati. Ranga … Read more

09.11.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   State poised to retain No.1 position in EODB   The State government has complied with all the guidelines of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) front. “The State is comfortably positioned to retain its No. 1 slot for the year 2017, leaving behind … Read more

23.01.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Sister-state agreement with Zurich canton   The State government has entered into a sister-state agreement with the Canton of Zurich. The Letter of Intent (LOI) was signed by Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu and Zurich Councillor and Head of the Department for Economic Affairs Carmen Walker Späh in the presence of Chief Minister … Read more

27.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Northeast monsoon all set to hit Andhra by end of this week   The much-awaited northeast monsoon is likely to set in over Andhra Pradesh in a couple of days from now. India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that easterly winds that ushered in the winter monsoon were likely to return after Monday or Tuesday towards south-India. Met department officials said … Read more

08.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh government to denotify reserve forest in Seetakonda to make way for IT hub.   The city is set to lose precious forest land to make way for IT projects, residential townships and other concrete structures. Forest land, including the reserve forests of Seetakonda close to the Indira Gandhi Zoo, and casuarina plantations near Sagarnagaron … Read more