“We have decided to waive off educational fees of farmers’ children upto standard 12 in the districts affected by drought,” State Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse said. the government also decided to provide an accident policy insurance cover to 1.35 crore farmers in the state wherein their kin will be entitled ...
Read More »Britannia to Invest Rs 125 Crore for Agro-processing Unit in AP
Britannia Managing Director Varun Berry called on Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu here and said the company is planning to commission the first phase of the project by the end of 2016. In Andhra Pradesh, Naidu said, the government is working to strengthen the Self-Help Groups (SHGs). “We are focusing ...
Read More »Maharashtra State Govt may abolish LBT on petrol and diesel
The state government is mulling abolishing local body tax (LBT) on petrol and diesel so that the cost of fuel within city limits and outside come on par. The government will, however, levy another tax on fuel so that it does not incur loss of revenue. The collection from this ...
Read More »Indrakeeladri flyover to be completed by August 2016
Kanaka Durga Flyover in Vijayawada will be constructed in five phases and to this effect action plan has been prepared. The land required for the flyover project is 28,000 sq mt plus and the same will be acquired as per the new Land Acquisition Act. The central Government has sanctioned ...
Read More »102-year-old sells her goats for Rs 22,000 to build toilet at home
Even as the corporate sector has failed in its target of building toilets in schools across the country – one of the important announcements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech last year – a 102-year-old woman in a remote village in Chhattisgarh is in the vanguard of a ...
Read More »Andhra Pradesh government rechristens AP State Enterprise Architecture as ‘e-Pragati’
APSEA is a comprehensive architecture to leverage the latest advances in e-governance tools. ‘e-Pragati’ is a comprehensive framework for implementing e-governance and provides e-services to citizens of Andhra Pradesh. With e-Pragati, Andhra Pradesh becomes the first state in India to conceive and execute a state-wide enterprise architecture. e-Pragati extends to ...
Read More »Special Forces Commando sacrifices his life after killing 10 millitants
News: Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami, a Special Forces Commando of the Army who laid down his life while battling militants in Handwara , had eliminated 10 militants in a short span of 11 days before making the supreme sacrifice in Kashmir. Lance Naik Goswami volunteered to join the elite ...
Read More »Sony plans to make Xperia phones in India
News: Sony plans to assemble its Xperia smartphones in India and manufacture a couple of sub-. `10,000 models, specifically designed for the local market. Sony plans to increasing revenue by boosting mobile phone sales, with the country poised to become the world’s second largest smartphone market by 2017. Sony has globally ...
Read More »Madhya Pradesh Government’s Initiatives for MSMEs
Madhya Pradesh Government’s Initiatives for MSMEs Madhya Pradesh is situated in central India and it is country’s second largest state by area. Almost 30% of the area is covered by forests, and is home to a large tribal population. For a long time till 2003, the economy was lagging ...
Read More »AP soon to be 100% e-POS-enabled state
News: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandra Babu Naidu, has directed officials to extend gas connections to 41 lakh households who do not have access to cooking gas. By this month-end, E-POS machines will be made available at all PDS shops across the state. Source: TDPOfficial
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