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GUJARAT Illegal riverbed mining rampant in Gujarat: HC Gujarat high court has sounded a warning against indiscriminate illegal sand mining in riverbed in Gujarat and made certain norms more stringent to curb the activity. Expressing its concern about ecological imbalance, the HC said, “The minerals are non-renewable and limited natural resources and constitute vital raw materials … Read more
GUJARAT Ahead of Gujarat polls, govt unveils Rs 8,500 crore export sops The government announced export incentives of around Rs 8,500 crore for labour-intensive sectors and services as it sought to blunt the impact of the goods and services tax (GST) and push shipments from the country amid signs of a pickup in global demand. Incentives … Read more
GUJARAT 13L litres liquor, Rs 1.70 crore cash seized by EC in Gujarat About 10.13 lakh litres of liquor, Rs 1.70 crore cash and gold and jewellery worth over Rs 8 crore have been seized by the Election Commission (EC) till now in Gujarat, where Assembly polls are being held. The EC-appointed surveillance and expenditure monitoring teams … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat govt to launch website for fee regulatory committee Much to the relief of schools, the state primary and secondary education department has planned to launch a website for uploading documents required by private schools to argue their “fee hike’ requisition cases before the zonal fee regulatory committee. Right now, school officials have … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat constructed most houses for urban poor: Official data Gujarat has constructed most number of houses for the urban poor under the Centre’s flagship housing scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)’ in the country, official data shows. As many as 54,474 houses have been constructed in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state, since … Read more
GUJARAT UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE FREE EDUCATION TO MEDAL WINNERS, PARTICIPANTS The University Grants Commission (UGC) has introduced a new scheme as per which affiliated universities can provide free education to medal winners and participants of national and international sporting events. With GU scrapping the 2 per cent sports quota, this UGC scheme comes … Read more