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ANDHRA PRADESH State will be able to get more investments at Davos: Naidu Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is upbeat over garnering sizeable investments during his visit to Davos, where he is scheduled to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting. Naidu says the government’s result-oriented approach would translate into more investments … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Four ‘Cyberabads’ will be set up in Andhra Pradesh, vows CM Naidu Cyberabad is a district adjacent to Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana, that has emerged as a major IT hub in southern India, and is home to software companies like Microsoft, Oracle, Google and Facebook. Naidu, who is credited with building Cyberabad, … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH 25% of pregnant Andhra Pradesh women are minors In a stunning revelation, about 25 per cent of pregnant women visiting government hospitals in Andhra Pradesh are minors. More number of such cases are being reported in the developed districts of Visakhapatnam, Krishna, Guntur and East Godavari. This clearly shows that child marriages are … 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 ₹4,848 crore to improve amenities in State schools Minister for Human Resource Development Ganta Srinivasa Rao on Wednesday said Andhra Pradesh was the first State in the country to propose allocation of funds to the tune of ₹4,848 crore to improve basic amenities in schools under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM). … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH New wind energy projects may have to pay wheeling charges The State government is seriously thinking of doing away with the exemption of wheeling charges for future wind power projects. The State made a significant capacity addition of 3,000-plus Megawatts (MW) in the last two years. The Wind Power Policy … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Biometric attendance must at Andhra Pradesh government offices The Andhra Pradesh government has made the installation of biometric attendance systems and eoffice facility mandatory in all government departments including district-level offices. The related government order. The state also constituted a three-member nodal authority to monitor and ensure the implementation of the e-office and … 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