14.11.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   P. Postal Circle HQ to come up in Amaravati   The headquarters of the Andhra Pradesh Postal Circle is all set to come up on 2.25 acres at Amaravati, the new capital city and the paper work has already begun. Announcing the development activities of the circle, he said 25 postal banks would be … Read more

Andhra Pradesh Schemes and Projects

Andhra Pradesh Schemes and Project Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) Scheme supports creation of world-class infrastructure for attracting investments in the Electronics Systems Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) Sector. EMCs scheme supports grant assistance for setting up of both Greenfield and Brownfield EMCs of Andhra Pradesh Schemes and Projects. To promote investment in the Information Technology (IT) / Information … Read more

Main Features of budgets of Andhra Pradesh

Main Features of budgets of Andhra Pradesh  The fund serve said that the monetary allowance was readied keeping in perspective of the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST). The financial plan, rather than design and non-design parts, will have income use and capital use.   Here are the Budget 2017-18 features:   – Total Budget: … Read more

Awards of Andhra Pradesh

Awards of Andhra Pradesh Nandi Awards The Nandi Awards is the highest award ceremony for excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre, Telugu television, and Lifetime achievements in Indian cinema, presented annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. “Nandi” means “bull”, the award being named after the big granite bull at Lepakshi — a cultural and … Read more

Complete History of andhrapradesh (focussing on Vedic age to Gupta Period) 3

Modern History of Andhra Pradesh Beginning of colonial era In 1753, a decree of Asif ad-Dawlah Mir Ali Salabat Jang, Subedar of Deccan conceded to General Bussy the paragons of Chicacole, Ellore, Rajahmundry etc. with an annual revenue Rs.200,000 for the maintenance of the French troops in the Subah in recognition of the help of … Read more

Andhra Pradesh Economy and its main features

Andhra Pradesh Economy and its main features Andhra Pradesh was predominantly an agrarian economy till the early 90s. Over a period of time, the State moved gradually to become a service oriented economywith small incremental growth in the industry sector. About 15 years ago, the Vision- 2020 document envisioned Industry as an important engine to … Read more

Andhra Pradesh Irrigation and Hydropower

Andhra Pradesh Irrigation and Hydropower Projects Geographically, Andhra Pradesh is in peninsular India consisting of coastal belt on the east and Rayalaseema in the south-west. Therefore, Andhra Pradesh has the advantage of having most of the east flowing rivers in the state bringing in copious supplies from the Western and Eastern Ghats and up to … Read more

Divisions and district’s of Andhra Pradesh

Divisions and district’s  of Andhra Pradesh Revenue Divisions are the administrative divisions in districts of some of the Indian states. These divisions are sub-divided into mandals. The mandals are in turn divided into villages and hamlets. There are 50 revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh, of which East Godavari district has as many as 7 divisions … Read more

Press and megazines of Andhra Pradesh

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

Education, education infrastructure and policy of Andhra Pradesh

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