March 2019

TELANGANA MoU signed by Ola and Telangana Govt. to strengthen traffic infrastructure in Hyderabad   A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Ola and the Government of Telangana to support the government’s initiative to implement smart solutions to enhance mobility experience further strengthening traffic infrastructure in Hyderabad. Under the MoU, the first pilot project … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana government seeks tech study on Polavaram project Telangana government has filed a fresh case in the Supreme Court, seeking a technical study on the impact of backwaters of Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram Multi-Purpose Irrigation Project, in the affected states.   This has posed a threat to the crores worth ongoing works at the site … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan has over 6 lakh unemployed persons, Jaipur on top with 60,000   The National Career Service (NCS) data of the ministry of labour and employment shows that Jaipur has the highest number of unemployed persons in the state, nearly 60,000. According to the data, the total number of registered job seekers in the state are … Read more

TELANGANA Draining of Singur project hits water supply to 500 village   In November 2017 an order was issued by the Special Chief Secretary to the Government according permission to release 15 tmfct water from Singur to Nizamsagar, and Nizamsagar to Sriramsagar project (SRSP) through Kakatiya Canal for irrigation below Lower Manair Dam Ayacut and … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         RHB seeks land for building 98,000 houses in eight cities ð  The RHB has proposed to construct approximately 98,000 houses on the earmarked land in eight cities. ð  Established in 1970, the RHB had aimed to provide houses on a no-profit no-loss basis. ð  In 2017, the state government had planned to dissolve … Read more

  RAJASTHAN Rajasthan 3rd in hate crimes in India in ’2018: Amnesty India   According to data released on Tuesday by the Amnesty India on its interactive website ‘Halt the Hate’, Rajasthan was third in the country in terms of hate crimes in 2018, topped only by UP and Gujarat. According to the data collected through media reports, there were … Read more

TELANGANA Nutrition boost for adolescent girls   In a move to address nutritional problem among adolescent girls, the International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), a wing of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), launched a project called ‘Iron for Adolescents’ or ‘FeFA’.   The term FeFa … Read more

TELANGANA Check dams to get recharge shafts   The Telangana government has decided to upscale the practise of constructing recharge shafts in the existing check dams at a cost of ₹70 crore following successful adaptation of a pilot project attempted in an aquifer falling between two drought prone mandals of Chandur and Marriguda in Nalgonda … Read more

RAJASTHAN State writes to Centre for MNREGA fund release   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has urged the Modi government to release Rs 1000 crore fund due under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) scheme for Rajasthan.   An allocation of Rs 543 crores in material head and Rs 260 crores under labour head … Read more

  TELANGANA Telangana government seeks tech study on Polavaram project   Telangana government has filed a fresh case in the Supreme Court, seeking a technical study on the impact of backwaters of Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram Multi-Purpose Irrigation Project, in the affected states.   This has posed a threat to the crores worth ongoing works at … Read more