july 2018

TELANGANA State annual credit plan up by over ₹22,000 crore   The annual credit plan of nearly 45 participating banks for 2018-19 was launched here on Thursday at a meeting of the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) with an outlay of ₹ 1.36 lakh crore, up ₹ 22,380 crore over last year.   The plan … Read more

TELANGANA   Sixty Mee Seva centres started to dispense cash   Mee Seva centres in the State will now become cash withdrawal centres, besides continuing to provide other services that are provided online now, if the initiative of the IT department takes a concrete shape.   The Government is set to introduce the first-of-its-kind Aadhaar-enabled … Read more

RAJASTHAN Centre allocates over Rs 2,000 cr for highways in Rajasthan  According to data released by the ministry, the funds have apparently been allocated as per the need as in 2012-13 it was Rs 12.24 crore which increased to Rs 215.50 crore in 2014 but dipped in 2015 with only Rs 107.16 crore but saw a massive … Read more

TELANGANA CM sets 75-day deadline for Mission Bhagiratha work   Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has directed the officials to speed up Mission Bhagiratha project work and ensure its total completion within the next two-and-a-half months.   The Chief Minister wanted the officials to take steps to see that the teething problems encountered in the … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana scores well on family planning   Among two of the key indicators of female health and well-being, Telangana scored well on family planning. Though it was among the eighth worst when it came to anaemia in women.   In Telangana, 57.2 per cent of women (in the age group of 15-49 years) used various … Read more

RAJASTHAN To avail govt schemes, 75,000 transgenders to get ID cards   Transgender Welfare Board will soon issue multi-purpose identity cards to about 75,000 transgenders in the state to help them avail of government schemes.   The person will have to give an affidavit stating that he or she is a transgender and provide age, … Read more

TELANGANA ₹45,000 crore for development of Hyderabad   Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has said that the State government will spend ₹45,000 crore over three years for the development of Hyderabad from the next year.   An additional ₹10,000 crore will be spent on other towns during the same period, he told a meeting held … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan improves in Water Resources Management   By restoring 80 per cent of the irrigation potential of identified water bodies, largely through community-managed ponds and tanks, Rajasthan has improved its ranking in the federal think tank NITI Aayog’s composite water management index (CWMI).   Rajasthan has done some good work in restoration of surface … Read more

TELANGANA New Chief Justice of High Court sworn in   Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan was on Saturday sworn in Chief Justice of the High Court at Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Before taking up this assignment, he was Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court at Raipur.   Justice Radhakrishnan’s name … Read more

TELANGANA TSRTC bags three awards in Kuala Lumpur   The Telangana Road Transport Corporation bagged three awards at the fourth edition of the Ashok Leyland and Abhibus India Bus Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.   The corporation received top awards for Leadership Award in Bus Transport – Strengthening of TSRTC, Excellence in Environmental Initiative – … Read more