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The tail-end farmers in West Godavari and also some parts in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, expressed their strong resistance on releasing water through right canal. The capacity of the pump is 354 cusecs and if the 4.71 MV motor runs for 24 hours 0.3 tmcft water will be pumped ...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu released water from the Thotapalli irrigation project and dedicated it to the nation at Vullibhadra area. The AP CM said that the estimated project cost was Rs 450 crore in 2003 and it was to be completed in two years, but it was ...

Glaxo Smith Kline Pharma began work for setting up a Rs 1,000 crore pharmaceutical manufacturing unit in Karnataka. Work on GSK India’s new Rs 1,000 crore pharmaceutical factory at Vemgal in Karnatka, has already started. It will be fully operational in 2017 and will make more than 8 billion tablets ...

Nearly Rs. 2,42,160-crore worth investments were finalised at the Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet, more than double of the Rs. 1 lakh crore targeted by the government, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said. The government would come out with policies for textiles, micro, small and medium enterprises, IT and ITES, electronics, aerospace ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Source: The Centre has proposed a Rs 100 crore spiritual tourism circuit for Kerala and assured steps to declare Sabarimala as a national Pilgrimage Centre. Steps would be taken to declare the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala as a National pilgrimage Centre under the ‘Prasadam Scheme’ of the Union Tourism Ministry. The scheme is ...

News: Andhra Pradesh would soon have resting areas with all amenities for drivers at every 100 km on National Highways in the state. The resting zones for drivers would have parking spaces, lounges, commercial complexes and toilets, allowing drivers to rest for some time. For the Road Safety Fund, the ...