23.11.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

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

05.01.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   APGVB introduces Desktop ATMs in rural India   In a trendy initiative, the Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank (APGVB) has operationalised it’s first desktop ATM at Kasibugga in Mandi Bazar of Warangal.   The mini-ATM within the branch premises will facilitate customers to withdraw small amounts.   At the same time regular … Read more

09.01.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   20% increase in bigamy cases in state   Bigamy cases in the state have witnessed a 20.3 per cent increase in 2017. Bigamy is a cognizable and non-bailable offence which involves a person marrying someone else with divorcing the spouse.   According to the police, 90 per cent of Section 494 of IPC (bigamy) offences were … Read more

02-12-2017 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Belagavi society to supply 20,000 litres of milk to Andhra every day   Milk packaged in flexipacks at Belagavi District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Societies Union Ltd (Bemul) will now be exported to Andhra Pradesh. Bemul plans to export 20,000 litres every day for distribution among kids, in a government programme.   The Karnataka Milk Federation(KMF) has already become a … Read more

02.01.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

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 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

11-12.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan govt puts Public Private Partnership policy for school education in cold storage   The state government has put the policy for Public Private Partnership (PPP) in School Education-2017 on a cold storage after series of protests by the teachers’ associations, opposition party and even their own members of legislative assembly.   Under the … Read more

21.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH Masula port project: land pooling becomes a tough task   Barely 550 acres of land was spared by the farmers and private land owners for the proposed Machilipatnam deep sea port project as against required 2,300 acres of private land (patta land), signalling further delay in execution of the project. The port was … Read more

04.01.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank Introduces Desktop ATMs in Rural India   The Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank (APGVB) operationalized its first desktop ATM in Telangana. The mini-ATM within the branch premises will facilitate customers to withdraw small amounts. At the same time, regular bank account holders can withdraw money and do other … Read more

15.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

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