August 2018

TELANGANA Water bottles makers have to print address, contact info   The Hyderabad High Court that the lawmakers have to keep in mind the fate of citizens who have been consuming bottled water manufactured by multinational companies while making laws and regulations.   The bench made it clear to the bottling companies that they have … Read more

TELANGANA HMDA to pool 440 acres under Land Pooling Scheme   The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has pooled 189 acres of land at Pratap Singaram under the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS). Earlier, farmers have given consent to develop 200 acres and recently several of them given consent to develop additional 240 acres.   The … Read more

TELANGANA   Measures in place to check hacking of govt. websites   The State government has initiated steps to streamline uploading data and other operational procedures on a host of websites of different departments.   The measures are the result of Irrigation Department’s website telangana.gov.in being hacked.     The department stopped all access to the website … Read more

RAJASTHAN WB approves 2k cr for power reforms in Raj   World Bank (WB) has approved USD 250 million (approx Rs 1,717 crore) for second programmatic electricity distribution reform in Rajasthan. The reforms will help accomplish objectifies of Government of India’s ‘power for all’ campaign that aims to provide 24 hours electricity supply to each … Read more

RAJASTHAN Jaipur, Jodhpur cleanest railway stations in NWR   Jaipur and Jodhpur railway stations have made both the state and the NWR division proud. Jaipur railway station achieved second position in the Cleanliness Survey Report 2018, which was recently released. The NWR has stood first in all the zones in this cleanliness report. While Jaipur … Read more

RAJASTHAN The Walled City of Jaipur is the next proposed site for UNESCO World Heritage recognition   The site namely “The Walled City of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India” has been proposed for World Heritage.   As per Operation Guidelines 2017, only one site can be nominated by the state party each year.   The recognition of … Read more

TELANGANA   18 new fire stations to come up across the Telangana soon   The state government has sanctioned a request from the Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department to establish 18 new fire stations in the state, in addition to the 97 fire stations and 15 fire outposts spread over 10 divisions … Read more

RAJASTHAN Nod to extra space at green buildings in Rajasthan   Rajasthan has already adopted the green building ranking system of Indian Green Building Congress and presently too, various incentives are being offered for the development of green buildings at the state.   The state government, in a bid to promote the development of green … Read more

RAJASTHAN PM’s insurance scheme for farmers sees poor response in Raj   The farmers’ interests to avail Modi government’s flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna has declined drastically in Rajasthan. A dip of 33 per cent in its coverage has been reported, which is the highest as compared to the other states across the … Read more

RAJASTHAN RTU’s A-category list has no government engineering college In a major embarrassment for the state technical education department, none of its 13 government engineering colleges have made it to the Quality Index Value A-Category list of engineering colleges that was released by the Rajasthan Technical University (RTU).   Government engineering colleges failed to score … Read more