Administrative system of Andhra Pradesh

Administrative system of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh was formed on 1st November, 1956 under the States’ reorganization scheme. It is the fifth largest State with an area of 2,76,754 sq. km, accounting for 8.4 % of India’s territory. The State has the longest coastline (972 km) among all the States in India. The administrative structure … Read more

21.11.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh to set up industrial corridor development Authority   If all goes well, a new Andhra Pradesh Industrial Corridor Development Authority (APICDA) will be in place. This will be the nodal body to implement the industrial corridor projects with the headquarters at the new capital Amaravati. The government on Tuesday introduced a new … Read more

Divisions and district’s of Andhra Pradesh

Divisions and district’s  of Andhra Pradesh Revenue Divisions are the administrative divisions in districts of some of the Indian states. These divisions are sub-divided into mandals. The mandals are in turn divided into villages and hamlets. There are 50 revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh, of which East Godavari district has as many as 7 divisions … Read more

25.11.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

  ANDHRA PRADESH   N Sambasiva Rao appointed as Andhra Pradesh DGP   The Andhra Pradesh governmentappointed 1984-batch IPS officer N Sambasiva Rao as the state police chief despite the Union Home Ministry rejecting his candidature on earlier occasions. He has been holding the DGPs post as “full additional charge” since July 23, 2016, while his actual position … Read more

Press and megazines of Andhra Pradesh

Press and megazines of Andhra Pradesh Some important newspapers and megazines published in Andhra Pradesh are as follows: Vaartha Vaartha is a Telugu newspaper headquartered in Hyderabad, India. Vaartha means “news” in Telugu. Vaartha was launched in 1996 with A.B.K Prasad as its first editor. It claimed to be the first Telugu daily in Telangana … Read more

14.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh to provide financial aid to newly-married couples belonging to Backward Classes   The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has approved a new scheme providing financial aid for the newly-married couplesbelonging to the Backward Classes.   Only the classes that have a white ration card or which are below poverty line are eligible. The bride must … Read more

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

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