july 2018

TELANGANA Collectors told to appoint special officers to panchayats   The State government has invited proposals from Collectors of all districts to appoint special officers to gram panchayats until elections to them are held.   The elections to panchayats whose term will expire on July 31 were held up on orders of the High Court … Read more

RAJASTHAN Adopt a Heritage – Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan’     The ‘Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan’ scheme is an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the Archaeological Survey of India. Under the scheme, the government invites entities, including public sector companies, private sector firms … Read more

TELANGANA   India’s first Defence incubators will come up in Hyderabad   The incubator will be housed at T-Huband will be India’s missile development centre and fast emerging the hub for aerospace industries. The incubator will be funded through the Ministry’s Innovation for Defence Exellence (iDEX) scheme. Initially, a corpus of ₹100 crore has been created by two … 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

RAJASTHAN 2nd National Tourism Conclave organised in Rajasthan   The 2nd National Tourism Conclave was organised in Jaipur as top officials of the state tourism department said a number of “pro-tourism” projects being executed in the state would give a major boost to the sector.   The state has something for all kind of tourism … Read more

TELANGANA Singareni plans for an integrated mine put on hold   At a time when the Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) is planning to open several new mines this year to improve its performance, its proposals for environmental clearance for one integrated (opencast-cum-underground) project and expansion of one opencast project have been put on hold … Read more

TELANGANA Energy cost likely to be below provisional cost: power utilities   The power utilities of Telangana have estimated that the cost of energy being purchased from Chhattisgarh would be lesser than the provisional cost of ₹ 3.90 per unit being paid by them even after the Chhattisgarh Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved the project … Read more

RAJASTHAN 35 POCSO courts to come up in Rajasthan  The state government has in principle agreed for setting up of 35 POCSO courts in the state. one POCSO court will be set up at each of the 33 district headquarters and two in the bigger districts of Jaipur and Jodhpur The government a few days … Read more

TELANGANA Major reservoirs in State yet to get considerable inflows   Major reservoirs both in the Krishna and Godavari basins in Telangana are yet to get a heavy flood even after 41 days into this south-west monsoon season as the forecast of rise in the flood to Almatti and Tungabhadra projects in Karnataka brings some … 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