September 2019

TELANGANA Maharashtra villages seek merger with Telangana Leaders of five Nanded assembly seats — Nalgaon, Bhokar, Degloor, Kinwat and Hathgaon — bordering Telangana urged KCR that schemes such as Rythu Bandhu and Rythu Bima be implemented there too. Apart from Nanded, leaders are also asking for TRS tickets from Bhiwandi, Sholapur and Rajara, which has sizeable numbers … Read more

TELANGANA ·         Government plans to spend ₹4,000 crore on 2BHK scheme this fiscal ð  The State government has targeted to spend over ₹4,000 crore during the current financial year for speedy completion of the prestigious two bedroom housing scheme. ð  Accordingly, it is planned to raise ₹2,500 crore as loan from the HUDCO and the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Five panels to monitor development schemes   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday sanctioned constitution of five state-level committees for monitoring and execution of schemes and development programmes by various departments.   Instead of 12 such committees as were planned in the past, now five state-level committees will be constituted.   The committees will … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan launched Jan Soochna Portal; first state to do so   The Rajasthan government launched a Jan Soochna Portal on Friday. The portal, which has been developed by the information and technology department, will have information pertaining to 13 departments on a single platform. The IT department has created a public information portal in which 23-24 types of information will be … Read more

RAJASTHAN State govt inks pact with Unesco for developing tourism circuit   The state tourism department will develop a tourism circuit across Jodhpur, Barmer, Jaisalmer and Bikaner districts with the Unesco’s help.   The project is expected to be completed in 42 months.   The MoU aims at integrated and inclusive development of the local … Read more

TELANGANA Geotagging of AYUSH dispensaries begins   The process of geotagging dispensaries under Department of AYUSH has begun. While employees of the department expressed apprehensions that the process will invade their privacy, officials clarified that the geotagging process will be used for Human Resource management app and not for tracking any of the employees.   … Read more

TELANGANA Lockheed Martin to begin supplying F-16 wings from Hyderabad plant in 2020   Lockheed Martinbegin supplying wings for its F-16 combat jets from a facility in Hyderabad from next year. Lockheed is bidding for a contract, estimated at more than $15 billion, to supply the Indian Air Force with 114 combat planes and has offered to … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         Rajasthan: Industrial draft policy bets big on making of electric vehicles ð  In a bid to take early bird advantage, the state government is planning to set up an electric vehicle research and manufacturing zone. As spelt out in the new draft industrial policy, the government will also offer financial incentives to encourage … Read more

TELANGANA Government plans to create new ayacut of 9.93 lakh acres   The State government would spend a little over ₹20,000 crore on expediting the work on major and medium irrigation projects enabling creation of new ayacut of 9.93 lakh acres by the start of next kharif season.   The government has allocated ₹8,356 crore … Read more

TELANGANA ·         Telangana high court  launches new digital facility for criminal courts ð  A new digital facility, Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS), was added to the criminal justice system for the first time in the country, in Telangana, wherein police can now transmit their FIRs and charge sheets to the respective magistrate courts etc in a … Read more