September 2019

TELANGANA ·         Telangana govt to auction land to raise Rs 10,000 crore to complete projects ð  With the state slipping into a debt trap and a looming recession, the TRS government has decided to mobilize about Rs 10,000 crore by auctioning government land to complete pending irrigation, road projects and continue flagship schemes without any … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan to have separate budget for children’s welfare   The Rajasthan government will have separate integrated budget for children in the 2020-21 annual budget.   Every government department will have to specify how much will they spent from the total allocated budget for the welfare of children up to 18 years and under which head, … Read more

RAJASTHAN NGT bans new industry in five clusters of state   In view of the increasing pollution levels, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned sanction to any new industrial set-up or expansion at five industrial clusters of Rajasthan.   Rajasthan’s five industrial clusters – Jodhpur, Pali, Bhiwadi, Jaipur and Sanganer Industrial area (Jaipur) have … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan govt mulls 75 per cent reservation for locals in private jobs   The Rajasthan government is mulling the possibility of providing 75 per cent reservation to local people in private jobs.   The proposal is in the initial stage. A brainstorming session will be held with stakeholders in coming days.   The Andhra Pradesh government had … Read more

RAJASTHAN Second highest number of Hindi speakers in Rajasthan   Rajasthan has the second highest number of Hindi speakers in the country making the desert state the ‘heart’ of the Hindi belt. Leading the pack is Uttar Pradesh where 94% of the population has registered Hindi as their first language while Rajasthan’s 89% populace speaks the same language, as … Read more

RAJASTHAN 2 films based on Raj get National Award   Two films based on the state have won National Award.   In Best Environmental Film category ‘Machli’ – the world’s famous tiger was declared as a winner. Another movie ‘Turtle’ based on the water crisis in Rajasthan won award.   INTERNATIONAL ·         India announces contribution of 22 … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan higher education department records highest enrolment at institutes   The state higher education department has claimed that it had recorded the highest ever enrolments in admissions with a whopping 4.29 lakh students getting themselves enrolled in government colleges this current season. The total enrolment last year was 4.05 lakh in all streams.   The state … Read more

RAJASTHAN AMD surveys to look for uranium in 15 state dists   Atomic Mineral Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy, plans to carry out heliborne geophysical surveys in 15 districts of Rajasthan, states a letter issued by the Hyderabad-based office of AMD.   In the airborne geophysical … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana recorded over 10,000 dengue cases in three months   As many as 1,388 new cases of dengue have been reported from across Telangana over the last six days alone — more than half of them from within the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits — show records sourced from the state health department. In fact, the total … Read more

  ·        Telangana’s per capita income touches Rs 2 lakh, grows 13.8%   The per capita income (PCI) of Telanganahas touched the Rs 2 lakh mark in the fiscal 2018-19. The Socio-Economic Outlook Report – 2019 shows that the state’s average rose from Rs 1,80,697 in the fiscal 2017-18 to Rs 2,05,696 in the 2018-19 financial … Read more