December 2020

GUJARAT Migrant worker cell inaugurated in Surat Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan  inaugurated a migrant worker cell at Surat in Gujarat. It is the initiative of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) to help Odia migrant workers working in different industries of the city. This cell will do a detailed mapping of migrant workers and classify them according to … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat: Groundnut oil export to cross 2 lakh tonnes this year The dragon is literally guzzling groundnut oil from Gujarat!. The total exports of groundnut oil to China has crossed a massive 1.10 lakh tonnes till the end of December as against the total export of 40,000 tonnes in the entire previous financial year. According to exporters, they already … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat in bottom three in wages Be it construction, agriculture or non-agriculture wages in rural areas, Gujarat remains among the bottom three states in the country. Daily wages in rural Gujarat range from Rs 208 to 268. The payment per day for labourers in the state has been on the lower side in comparison to the other states. According to the Reserve Bank of … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat in bottom three in wages Be it construction, agriculture or non-agriculture wages in rural areas, Gujarat remains among the bottom three states in the country. Daily wages in rural Gujarat range from Rs 208 to 268. The payment per day for labourers in the state has been on the lower side in comparison to the other states. According to the Reserve Bank of … Read more

GUJARAT Banas Dairy procures record 82 LLPD milk The Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd (BDCMPUL) popularly known as Banas Dairy procured record 82 lakh litres per day (LLPD) milk recently. This day milk collection was the highest that Asia’s largest dairy registered after last year’s single day peak that stood at 73.71 LLPD. INTERNATIONAL Myanmar Navy formally commissions … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat announces its new Solar Power Policy-2021   Gujarat Government has announced its new Solar Power Policy – 2021. As per the policy, any person, developer or industry can set up a solar project in its premises or land without any limit.   A limit of only 50 per cent of sanctioned load/contract demand … Read more

GUJARAT Vadodara Municipal Corporation To Launch Municipal Bonds In January   Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is expected to launch municipal bonds in January 2021. Municipal bonds are a debt instrument in which investors provide loans to local governments.   In this way, it will become the third Urban Local Body (ULB) in Gujarat to use … Read more

GUJARAT Govt signs MOU to establish Gujarat- Special Education Region at Dholera The state government inked an Memorandum of Understanding for establishing a global level Gujarat- Special Education Region (G-SER) at Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR). The Cerestra Ventures is based in Hyderabad and focuses on education infrastructure, life science, real estate among others. It has its offices in … Read more

GUJARAT Industries in Gujarat get ‘raw’ deal as material costs surge   Industries across the state were expected to revive their fortunes after the backbreaking national lockdown and Covid-induced slowdown. And, some sectors did manage to stand up despite the challenges. But the sudden surge in raw material prices due to a variety of domestic … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat goats go global with its milk   For nearly two decades, Bhoja Saniya, a sixth generation ‘maldhari’ was selling his goats’ milk either to small time tea vendors or as ‘mawa’ and ghee to unbranded local dairies. This loose trade would earn Saniya, who owns 100 goats and 200 sheep, a paltry Rs … Read more