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

RAJASTHAN Panel set up to monitor government colleges in Rajasthan   The Rajasthan college education department is setting up a District Resource Assistance Committee (DRAC) in the state to monitor the functioning of the colleges and provide them with required facilities.   An officer in-charge monitors the functioning of government colleges in various districts. As per the … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana celebrates state formation day     June 2, 2019, marks the fifth Telangana State Formation Day.   On 2 June 2014, the area was separated from the northwestern part of Andhra Pradesh as the newly formed 29th state with Hyderabad as its historic permanent capital.   It is also known as India’s youngest … 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 In a first, Telangana high court sets up facility to make fee payment online   In a digital initiative that was taken up for the first time in the country’s judiciary, Telangana high court and State Bank of India (SBI) entered into an MoU to facilitate online payment of court fee by litigants and lawyers.   This digital initiative … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government banned e cigarettes in the State   Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the banned on thesale of e-cigarettes in Rajasthan. Gehlot issued the order on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day on May 31.   The government had banned the online or offline sale, storage, production, distribution, and advertisement of e-cigarettesin the state. … 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

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government issues guidelines for CM Yuva Sambal Yojana   The state government has issued detailed guidelines for the Mukhyamantri Yuva Sambal Yojana under which, the unemployed graduates are given an allowance of Rs 3,500 for girls and Rs 3,000 for boys per month. Though the scheme was launched from February this year.   Under the … Read more