March 2021

GUJARAT Combined Commanders’ Conference to began at Kevadiya in Gujarat A three-day Combined Commanders’ Conference l began at Kevadia in Gujarat. The aterisation of armed forces, self-reliance in defence sector and evolving threats in the region will be the focus areas during the three-day annual event. During the conference, the setting up a new air … Read more

GUJARAT Centre denied Gujarat Rs 3,370 crore relief for 2018 drought: Govt   The Gujarat government  informed the legislative assembly that the Centre had decided not to grant financial assistance of Rs 3,370 crore to the state as relief for the 2018 drought. The state has also sought Rs 7,239.47 crore as relief for the damages … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat records most deaths in police custody The ‘model state’ of Gujarat has topped the country in terms of deaths in police custody, as 15 accused died in lockups here in the financial year 2020-2021. The country’s 36 states and union territories reported a total of 86 deaths in police custody, which means Gujarat … Read more

GUJARAT Surat to house Gujarat’s first women’s varsity   Vanita Vishram Institution will be the first women’s university with the state Assembly giving sanction for seven private varsities. Vanita Vishram Trust currently runs four colleges with 3,000 students of which three are self-financed institutes that will be governed by university.   The city’s oldest educational trust Sarvajanik Education Society has got … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat’s ‘love jihad’ bill proposes 3-10 years jail term   The Gujarat government has proposed amendment in the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003 with an aim to make it more stringent and curb forced conversion by marriages, loosely termed by the political leaders outside the assembly as law against ‘love jihad’. The amendment seeks to expand … Read more

GUJARAT 31.4 lakh BPL families live in Gujarat The state government informed that 31.41 lakh families in Gujarat live below the poverty line (BPL). There has been an addition of 6,051 BPL families over the past two years, said rural development minister RC Faldu in his written reply. Figures provided by the state government said … Read more

GUJARAT Guj GST mop-up up 14%,fastest among mfg states   The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in Gujarat increased 14% to a fresh record high of Rs 8,221 crore in February 2021 as against Rs 7,217 crore during the same month last year, shows the latest data released by the Union finance ministry. With this, Gujarat clocked the … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat government sanctions Rs 165.20 crore for developmental projects in Surat, Vapi Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani sanctioned Rs 165.20 crore for development of infrastructural amenities in Surat, Vapi and Dhrol under the ‘Swarnim Jayanti Mukhya Mantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana (SJMMSVY). Of the total amount, Rs 114.66 crore has been sanctioned for the Surat … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat women power dairy sector growth Women dairy entrepreneurs are the backbone of the dairy industry in Gujarat – the cradle of India’s White Revolution. A study carried out by research scholars of the Verghese Kurien Centre of Excellence (VKCoE) of the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) highlights women’s pivotal role in growth … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat: 15k infant deaths reported in 2020   Providing information in the Gujarat assembly day, the state government said that 15,432 children up to the age of five died in the state during the year 2020. This figure is lower than the 17,453 deaths of children of these ages in 2019. Congress MLAs sought … Read more