September 2019

TELANGANA ·       Telangana begins to celebrate the floral festival, Bathukamma for the year 2019 ð Marking the beginning of Sharath Ruthu, the nine-day floral festival of Telangana, Bathukamma has begun. ð This year the festival is being celebrated from September 28 to October 6. ð Bathukamma is a festival celebrated by the women on a … Read more

RAJASTHAN 1,300-year-old Jain scriptures on display in Jaipur   For the first time in Jaipur, two 1,300-year-old Jain religious scriptures on palm leaves have been put on display at an exhibition in Abhigyan Bhawan at Mansarovar.   Scriptures, manuscripts and invitation letters as old as 1,200 years have been brought from Anekant Gyan Mandir at Bina in Madhya … Read more

RAJASTHAN State seeks more time to set up biodiversity panels   The state government will reapproach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking time, till April-May 2020 to constitute Biodiversity Management Committees’ (BMC) at the panchayat level.   The NGT has directed the state government to constitute BMCs at every gram panchayat and panchayat samitis’ by … Read more

TELANGANA ·         Neera to be served as non-alcoholic drink in Telganana ð   Telangana government on Wednesday announced the policy to promote the toddy based drink, Neera as a non-alcoholic health drink in the state. ð  Soon the government will open a Neera parlour that will serve the drink along with dishes from Telangana cuisine.   ð   National Chemical … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan gets 34% higher rainfall than 2018   The state so far has received an average rainfall of 419.67 compared to 396.26 mm received till August 29, 2018. As monsoon will continue for at least one more week many places in the state are going to receive more rains compared to what they had … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana mulls cleaning voters lists minus Aadhaar   Telangana’s Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Department, after having successfully launched the face recognition technology app for the benefit of pensioners to obtain ‘life certificate’ for the first time in the country, now wishes to extend it to other forms of governance.   The face recognition … Read more

TELANGANA Discoms making weekly payments for power purchases   The cash strapped power distribution companies in Telangana are making weekly payments for power purchases from generation companies ever since the Letter of Credit (LoC) norm, routed through the banking system, came into force on August 1.   Also, the subsidy bill raised by Discoms for … Read more

TELANGANA Telangana assembly says no to uranium mining   The state legislative assembly unanimously passed a resolution, including an amendment, urging the government of India not to permit or allow mining of uranium in Nallamala forest area and other parts of Telangana.   The hills and valleys of Nallamala are also catchment area for Krishna river, which is a … Read more

TELANGANA Govt exploring options for raising resources   With the government gearing up for its full fledged budget session that is likely to be advanced to first week of September, the focus is on additional mobilisation of resources apart from re-prioritising its spending. Telangana government is exploring various options to mobilise resources for the ongoing … Read more

RAJASTHAN M-sand policy in final stage, to be out soon   The manufactured sand (m-sand) policy of Rajasthan is in the final stage and will be out soon.   Rajasthan’s policy has been prepared after consulting m-sand policies of other states such as Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.   The state government is likely to make … Read more