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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 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
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
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan reports 70% growth in PhD enrolments The state has recorded a whopping 70% growth, topping all other states, in enrolling research scholars in the country. The desert state has seen enrolment for PhDs jump from 4,134 to 7,010 between 2015-16 and 2016-17, according to All India Survey On Higher Education 2016-17. Surprisingly, during … Read more
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
Balance of Payments is a systematic record of all economic transactions undertaken by residents of one country i.e. households, firms and the government with their counterparts in rest of the world. It consists of: 1. Current Account, 2. Capital Account and 3. Reserve Account. The Current Account covers transactions in goods and services and transfers … Read more
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
Evolution of Indian Constitution Although the systems of ancient India do have their reflections in the Constitutions of India, the direct sources of the Constitution lie in the administrative and legislative developments of the British period. Regulating Act of 1773 This Act was based on the report of a committee headed by the … Read more
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
The Indian constitution originally provided 7 categories of fundamental rights. But one fundamental right, that to property was removed from the list of fundamental rights by 44th amendment. Right to property now is an ordinary legal right. Thus there are now 6 categories of fundamental rights. These are: (1) Right to equality (Arts. 14-18). In … Read more