August 2019

GUJARAT Gujarat spends Rs 12 per malnourished child This means 17% of the total malnourished kids in the state fall in the severely underweight category. As per details given by the state government, the presence of such malnourished children was highest in Narmada (3,410) and Dahod ( 2,405) followed by Sabarkantha (1,293) and Anand (1274). … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat CM launches ‘Vhali Dikri Yojna’   Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has launched the ‘Vhali Dikri Yojna’ from Rajkot.   The scheme for the welfare of the girl child has been launched to mark the 63rd birthday of Chief Minister.   It is a statewide cash incentive scheme for every girl child born … Read more

GUJARAT Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Tejas Express and the Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express to be run by IRCTC   Indian Railways’ ticketing and catering armIRCTC come up with a new scheme for passengers. Tejas Express – IRCTC bagged the rights to run the train is late by more than an hour then passengers eligible for compensation. IRCTC is planning to start the … Read more

GUJARAT ·         Gujarat’s urban sex ratio falls into country’s lower ranks ð  The sample registration system, 2017, figures released recently reveal that the sex ratio at birth in Gujarat has improved by seven points, but rural areas have continued to record a decline.   ð  The sex ratio at birth in the 2015-17 period in rural areas … 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 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