August 2019

GUJARAT Gujarat proposes to double speed of filling Sardar Sarovar Dam water   Taking the interstate dispute of sharing of Narmada water to a new level and showing haste to fill up the Sardar Sarovar Dam to the brim, Gujarat has urged the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) to double the speed of water to fill the dam reservoir.   Gujarat … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat to get the country’s first chemical engineering & technology institute   The country’s first Central Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology (CICET) will be set up in Gujarat to give a boost to the chemical industry.   The CICET will come up either at Ahmedabad or Surat.   The proposed CICET will help … Read more

GUJARAT ·         Gujarat among dubious three states in sex ratio ð  Since the first census after Independence, Gujarat hasn’t fared as poorly in sex ratio as in 2011. In the first census held in independent India in 1951, Gujarat’s sex ratio stood at 952 females per 1,000 males which has dropped by 3.46% to just 919 in 2011. ð  … Read more

GUJARAT Rajasthan refuses to send male GIB to Gujarat   Gujarat, which is staring at the prospect of the great Indian bustard (GIB) going extinct in the state, may have to pack off its six remaining female GIBs to Rajasthan to have them breed. This seems to be the only option left, with the Rajasthan government reluctant to send … Read more

GUJARAT ·         Gujarat cuts rural posting tenure for doctors ð  New MBBS students in Gujarat will have to serve for one year in rural areas instead of three years earlier but pay a hefty Rs 20 lakh penalty for refusing village posting The government curtailed the mandatory three-year service in rural areas for new MBBS … Read more

GUJARAT   ·         GTU gets ‘Most Trusted State University’   ð  Gujarat Technological University is State’s number one university, with maximum numbers of affiliated collages. While Doing student oriented works, GTU achieving a lot new successes.   ð  GTU playing their duties to give students best education and facilities. Many organisations, including Government of Gujarat, … Read more

GUJARAT Diamond exports to fall below $20 billion in 2019-20   The ongoing recession in the world’s largest diamond cutting and polishing centre in Surat has taken the sheen out of the glittering diamonds. For the first time in last one decade, exports of polished diamonds are likely to remain below $20 billion due to … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat on e-bus fast track Five city transport undertakings, including Ahmedabad’s, have been allotted the highest number of electric vehicles (300) under the central government’s FAME-2 (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles) scheme. Gujarat will get 550 buses for four cities. The Centre has sanctioned 5,595 buses for 64 cities. The Rs10,000 crore … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat got 5th highest hike in PG medical seats   The state had the fifth-highest number of postgraduate medical seats converted from diploma seats, mentioned a response in the Lok Sabha recently. There are about 1,800 PG degree medical seats in Gujaratwith many added recently after implementation of the Economic Weaker Section (EWS) quota.   … Read more

GUJARAT Amul to help develop dairy sector in Jammu and Kashmir   The revoking of special status to Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) has raised hopes that the images of youth pelting stones will be replaced by the ones ‘milking’ cows and buffaloes.   Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets brand Amul, has already helped Jammu and … Read more