February 2019

TELANGANA Hyderabad named country’s best city for 5th year   Global consulting firm Mercer’s Quality of Living Ranking 2019 has named Hyderabad the most liveable city in India for the fifth consecutive year.   Chennai has been ranked the safest Indian city, 105th in the world.   Vienna, Austria’s capital, tops the global ranking for … Read more

TELANGANA State vote-on-account budget pegged at ₹1.82 lakh crore   Contrary to the expectations that Telangana’s vote-on-account budget for 2019-20 will exceed ₹2 lakh crore.   Of the total outlay, revenue expenditure is estimated at ₹1,31,629 crore and the capital expenditure – ₹32,815 crore with a revenue surplus of ₹6,564 crore. The estimated fiscal deficit … Read more

RAJASTHAN GIB centre to be used for breeding of lesser florican   The country’s first proposed captive breeding centre for great Indian bustard (GIB) at Sorsan in Baran district will also be used for the conservation and breeding of lesser florican.   Lesser florican (sypheotides indicus), the smallest bustard among four bustard species, was once … Read more

TELANGANA   Centre incorporates TS inputs in National Mineral Policy   Telangana government’s strides in controlling illegal mining and ramping up its revenue from the sector every year played an important role in the preparation of the National Mineral Policy (NMP) 2019, which was cleared by the Union Government.   The government’s regulatory mechanism helped … Read more

RAJASTHAN Old-age pension for small and marginal farmers soon   Very soon the elderly small and marginal farmers in Rajasthan would be entitled to old-age pension. The draft, for granting pension of Rs 750 to small farmers up to 75 years of age and Rs 1000 to those above 75, has been finalised and would soon get the cabinet approval. … Read more

TELANGANA Hyderabad RPO retains top position for issuing passports in short time   Hyderabad Regional Passport Office continued to retain its top position among all passport offices in the country on issuing of ‘police clearance certificates’ (PCCs) to the passport applicants in a short time.   The national average for issuing of police clearance certificates … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Government seeks CSR funds from firms to improve education in Rajasthan   The government may not have enough funds to improve the infrastructure to provide quality education but it provides the basic network and spread where private companies can pitch in with their CSR funds for a better impact and outcome.   An education funding … Read more

TELANGANA   Telanganas 4 ULBs bagged Swachh Survekshan 2019 awards   Telangana’s four Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) bagged Swachh Survekshan-2019 awards. Siddipet, Sircilla, Boduppal, and Peerzadiguda are the four Urban Local Bodies. The awards would be presented byPresident Ram Nath Kovind and others at a ceremony to be held in Delhi on March 6.  Every year, cities and towns … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Union Textile Minister inaugurated Titanwala Museum in Rajasthan   Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated the ‘Titanwala Museum’ that showcases the hand block printing of the Chhipa community in Bagru. Bagru printingis one of the traditional techniques of printing with natural color followed by the chippas of Rajasthan. Suraj Narayan Titanwala took the initiative of … Read more

TELANGANA BioAsia 2019-Asias largest Life-sciences and healthcare forum held in Hyderabad   The 16th edition of BioAsia 2019-Asia’s largest biotechnology and life-sciences forum was conducted in Hyderabad, Telangana. It was inaugurated by the Governor of Telangana –E.S.L Narasimhan . The theme of the conference was “Life Sciences 4.0 – Disrupt the Disruption”.     INTERNATIONAL     … Read more