nov 2019

RAJASTHAN State sets up body for ensuring CSR activities   The state government has set up an exclusive agency, Rajasthan Corporate Social Responsibility Authority (RCSRA), to ensure effective implementation of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in the state by offering better coordination with industrial groups, giving them guidance and monitoring the proper utilisation of … Read more

TELANGANA Secunderabad: Soon, automatic train protection system to cover rail network   Indian Railways is planning to cover its entire network of 68,000 km with an automatic train protection system (ATPS) in a phased manner.   As a pilot project, the automatic train protection system will be implemented on 650km of the golden quadrilateral corridor, which connects … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana stands 4th in India with 490 farm suicides   Telangana witnessed as many as 490 suicide incidents by land owners/cultivators in 2016 as per the ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides Report 2016’ released recently by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). As per the report, the state is the fourth highest in the country in terms of … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana’s first child-friendly police station inaugurated at Medipally   Medipally police station in Rachakonda has become the first child-friendly police station in the state.   Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) and Telangana police department launched the state’s first ‘child-friendly’ police station.   As part of the joint initiative, BBA will also organise a training session in order raise awareness, sensitise and … Read more

TELANGANA Phase 4 monitoring of big cats begin in Andhra and Telangana   Forest officials of Telangana has begun phase 4 monitoring of big cats in two tiger reserves. As part of Phase 4, forest department has set up camera traps in both Amrabad Tiger Reserve and Kawal Tiger Reserve.   The tiger reserve is divided into … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·       Rajasthan government declared 1,388 villages in 4 districts as drought affected   The Rajasthan state governmentdeclared 1,388 villages of 13 tehsilsin Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, and Hanuman Garh as drought-affected.   It declared 131 villages of Barmer district as severely drought-affected, 92 villages as moderately drought-affected.   InJaisalmer, 632 villages have been declared as severe, and 40 villages … Read more

TELANGANA Rs 2,000 crore boost for rural roads in Telangana under PM sadak scheme   Road connectivity in Telangana rural hinterland will get a makeover soon under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Roads from villages to high schools, health centres, hospitals, agriculture market committees, junior and degree colleges in mandals and district headquarters towns will … Read more

TELANGANA Worry over Telangana growth as central funds dip   The state revenue department, reeling under the economic slowdown, has another worry in the form of devolution of funds from Centre to state. Officials are worried that that state may lose about Rs 2,000 crore by March of next year. This will further impact the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Chhattisgarh plan likely to take care of stray animals   The Rajasthan government is planning to adopt Chhattisgarh government’s Narwa, Garuwa, Ghuruwa and Badi (NGGB) programme “with some changes” with an aim to address the issues related to stray cattle in rural and urban areas.   The NGGB, encouraging livestock management, organic manure and … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana stands 4th in India with 490 farm suicides   Telangana witnessed as many as 490 suicide incidents by land owners/cultivators in 2016 as per the ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides Report 2016’ released recently by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). As per the report, the state is the fourth highest in the country … Read more