March 2019

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

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 Some key customs of Rajasthan   Nangal – The ceremony of inauguration of the newly built house is called Nangal.   Janeu practice– There is practice of putting Janeu on children in Brahman caste. It is is also called Yaghopavit.   Sati Practice – The practice of Sati was prevalent in bygone  era in … Read more

TELANGANA Demand for visa at home rises by 100% in Telangana   Within a year, the demand for doorstep delivery of visa services has seen a growth of 100 per cent in the state of Telangana. This on-demand service, which allows enrolment of biometrics and document submission at the applicants’ doors, instead of making them visit the visa application centres, … Read more

RAJASTHAN Shortage of forest area has forced tribal population to migrate’   Rajasthan has lowest share in the country in granting land rights to the tribes under the Forest Rights Act. “Rajasthan has 3.10% of the country’s forest cover. The FRA rights are given only on the notified limited forest areas. There is a clear mismatch … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana irrigation engineers do State proud   The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) has approved four technical paper proposals submitted by the engineers of Irrigation Department of Telangana for their presentation at Third World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) meet to be held at Bali in Indonesia in September this year.   Apart from … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan chalks out strategy to improve health indicators   After failing miserably to secure respectable place in overall delta ranking of NITI Aayog, the five aspirational districts of the state identified by the Centre need improvement in 49 different indicators set by NITI Aayog. The health department has chalked out a strategy to improve health indicators in the … 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

TELANGANA Telangana tops in eLearning training for field staff In eLearning training, Telangana state has ranked number one by reaching 20,000 field staff during 2018-19.   This is the second year in succession that the State got the distinction under the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).   Dr MCR HRD Institute enrolled over 20, … Read more

RAJASTHAN Government institute for poor in Alwar marred by delay   India’s first world-class national institute for poor, backwards and minorities (government funded), to be set up in Alwar, is marred by delay. Union ministry for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi had laid the foundation stone on October 1, 2018 is yet to complete its onsite studies … Read more