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ANDHRA PRADESH India’s first National Park for differently abled people inaugurated in Hyderabad Telangana government has inaugurated country’s first National Park for people with special needs. Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K.T. Rama Rao inaugurated the park, which has speech therapist, physiotherapist, vocational training instructors for the differently-abled children. … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Potable water hope for 16 Telangana, Andhra Pradesh villages Premier consumer financial services player Synchrony Financial, which has its India development centre in Hyderabad, on Wednesday said it has partnered with the governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to provide potable water to 16 villages by installing new water treatment plants, in a CSR (corporate social responsibility) … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Chandrababu Naidu introduces Solid Waste Management vehicles to maintain cleanliness Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu flagged off thirty Solid Waste Management vehicles, a unique initiative of the state government in order to achieve the goal of Swach Andhra. He stated that the state government has set up new greenery and … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH CM inaugurates grievance cell People can submit their petitions, complaints, and grievances at the newly constructed building. The Chief Minister would attend to the grievances here too, apart from the Secretariat. The officials would record every compliant and send a SMS to the complainant after addressing the issue. In … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Sankranti gift: Andhra Pradesh to provide 15 lakh new farm pumpsets In yet another farmer-friendly initiative, the state government has decided to replace 15 lakh obsolete and low-quality agriculture pumpsets with energy-efficient ones spending a whopping Rs 6,000 crore in a phased manner. Describing the decision as a Sankranti gift to … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh to organize urban innovation summit In order to boost the rapidly developing sector of Urban development, Andhra Pradesh governmentwill be organizing a three-day innovation summit on the theme of ‘Urban transformation to Global Living’. Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu announced that Happy Cities Summit will be held between April 10 … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra CM declares 2018 as Telugu promotion year Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has declared 2018 as Telugu promotion year. He made this announcement at 29th edition of Annual Book Exhibition of Vijayawada. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and the Chief Minister inaugurated the fest, which will … Read more
Planning commission and national development council Planning commission The Planning Commission was an institution in the Government of India, which formulated India’s Five-Year Plans, among other functions. Background Rudimentary economic planning, deriving from the sovereign authority of the state, was first initiated in India in 1938 by Congress President and Indian National Army supreme leader … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH India’s Andhra Pradesh investigates planting of Monsanto’s unapproved GM cotton One of India’s biggest cotton-growing states has formed a panel to investigate how 15 percent of the state’s cotton acreage has been planted with a non-approved genetically modified strain developed by Monsanto and may bring criminal charges. Monsanto last year withdrew … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh to convert 29,000 fair price shops into village malls The Andhra Pradesh government has announced plans to convert 29,000 fair price shops across the state into mini-malls, offering subsidised grains along with over500 grocery items and fast-moving consumer goods. The initiative is aimed at improving the rural population’s lifestyleby providing them with access … Read more