June 2019

TELANGANA Telangana enhances Rythu Bandhu scheme                     The Telangana Government has issued a notification to extend the Rythu Bandhu scheme for 2019-20 by enhancing the amount from Rs 4000 to Rs 5000.   The Rythu Bandhu scheme is the pet scheme of Telangana CM K Chandrasekar Rao and aims at providing income support to the … Read more

TELANGANA To curb pesticide use, Telangana plans to offer diplomas to dealers   After the introduction of slip-based sale for fertilisers, Telangana agriculture department, for the first time in the country, is offering diplomas to dealers to help them sell pesticides in a rational manner. Telangana sees an annual sale of about 4,000 tonnes of pesticides, … Read more

TELANGANA With Rs 2,000 crore government dues, Telangana solar power firms in doldrums   Although the state government has been claiming that Telangana is one of the top solar power generating states in the country, many solar power firms are in financial doldrums due to non-payment of bills of over Rs 2,000 crore by Telangana State Transmission Corporation (TS Transco) … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana government dispatches 80,000 Class 2, 7 Telugu books to schools   Students of Class II and Class VII studying at non-Telugu medium private schools including 500 schools under CBSE, ICSE, IB and Cambridge boards, will get new Telugu textbooks.   The Telangana government’s press wing has already printed 80,000 new textbooks and dispatched them to … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan 1st to allow MSMEs to start business without approvals   Rajasthan has become the first Indian state to allow MSMEs to start projects without any approvals or clearances. Moreover, for three years no inspections.   Attempting to attract investment, the Rajasthan government notified rules last week under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (Facilitation of … Read more

TELANGANA   TS, AP cooperation to cover more areas     The two States had already initiated the process of mutual cooperation not only in the case of Secretariat buildings, but irrigation sector to exploit about 5,000 tmcft water available to them in Krishna and Godavari rivers. Eager to take water to all dry land … Read more

RAJASTHAN 45% rise in number of TB cases in Rajasthan   Rajasthan has seen a 45 per cent increase in the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the last one year after the Centre made it a notifiable disease, according to government data.   A total of 1,59,762 cases were notified last year as compared to 1,10,044 in 2017, … Read more

TELANGANA ·         Telangana borrowed Rs 3k crore less than sanctioned state development loans ð  Telangana’s fiscal discipline was in full evidence as the state has borrowed lesser quantum of loans from the central government than it was entitled to. ð  Telangana borrowed Rs 3,000 crore less of state development loans (SDLs) permitted by the union government for the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Jaisalmer gets Ready to Host International Army Scout Masters Competition 2019   International Army Scout Masters Competition as a part of International Army Games will be organised under the aegis of Konark Corps at Jaisalmer from 24 July to 17 August 2019.   The event will witness the participation of the Mechanised Infantry Scout … Read more

TELANGANA Infant death rate in Telangana down by a sliver   Telangana’s infant mortality rate (IMR) dropped from 31 per 1,000 live births in 2016 to 29 in 2017, as per latest sample registration system (SRS) data.   Telangana lags behind all southern states except Andhra Pradesh in the indicator considered a rough estimate of the health scenario … Read more