28.12.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Initiative to make State govt. ‘more smarter’   Making governance smarter in Andhra Pradesh may look outlandish for a government that swears by smart and Real Time Governance.   “Called Andhra Pradesh Priorities Project, it is based on the principle of time-tested cost-benefit analysis of policy decisions and quantifying how every rupee … Read more

08.11.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Smart’ plans on the anvil for Tirupati development   A CCTV facility equipped with face recognition system captures the image of a professional offender in a crowd and alerts the police department. The sewage water management department gets an alert two days ahead of a possible drainage overflow. The civic officials get … Read more

Impact of globalization on Indian society

Globalization essentially means integration of the national economy with the world economy. It implies a free flow of information, ideas, technology, goods and services, capital and even people across different countries and societies. It increases connectivity between different markets in the form of trade, investments and cultural exchanges. The concept of globalization has been explained … Read more

25.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH • Tamil Nadu’s Banana centre inks deal to back Andhra food processing industry  A memorandum of cooperation (MoC) has been signed between Indian Council of Agriculture Research(ICAR)-National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB), Trichy and the  Government of Andhra Pradesh for extending research and development support to the food processing industry of … Read more

BUDGETARY REFORMS    

Government bodies raise money by imposing taxes on citizens and then use those funds to pursue various programs such as education, defence, infrastructure and research and development. A government’s budget describes all of its sources of income and where it spends that income, and budget reform is the process of making changes to how the … Read more

05.06.11.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

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

17-18.12.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Vijayawada police have second highest under-investigation cases in AP   According to 2016 State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB) data, Vijayawada cops have recorded the second-highest crime rate in the state, after the Guntur Urban police unit.   Pendency of investigation is highest in Vizag city, followed by Vijayawada and East Godavari district. … Read more

KARNATAKA’S EXPORTS – VOLUME,COMPOSITION, AND DIRECTION

KARNATAKA’S EXPORTS – VOLUME,COMPOSITION, AND DIRECTION   Exports of Karnataka   Karnataka has a long tradition of overseas trade. Historically, Karnataka has been a major exporter of commodities like coffee, spices, silk, cashewnuts, handicrafts and agarbathies. In the last two decades, the State has emerged as a major player in the export of electronic and … Read more

30.01.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Andhra Pradesh mulls cap on number of visits to Tirumala temple   The Andhra Pradesh government is mulling a cap on the number of visits made by individual devotees of Lord Balaji to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). The quota system, which could be a first for any temple in the world, is being proposed as many devotees … Read more

23.12.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates conference at Acharya Nagarjuna University in Andhra Pradesh   President Ram Nath Kovind formally inaugurated the Annual Conference of Indian Economic Association at Acharya Nagarjuna Universitycampus near Guntur in Andhra Pradesh . Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu felicitated the President at the event. Speaking on the occasion, Mr … Read more