February 2020

GUJARAT Gujarat Model’ to be replicated Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed the formation of a ‘National Police University’ and a ‘National Forensic Science University’ in her budget speech. While the fine print is yet to be made public, experts say the proposed universities may be formed on the existing models of Raksha Shakti University … Read more

Gujarat drives India’s french fries export   Though Gujarat harvests merely 7.42% of the country’s potato production, the state has singularly catapulted India to becoming a french fries exporter from being an importer in just over a decade. India used to import 6,000 metric tonnes of french fries in 2007. However, the country managed to export around … Read more

GUJARAT Helmets are compulsory in Gujarat Wearing a helmet is compulsory for two-wheeler riders in urban areas and there has been no change in the law in Gujarat in this regard. The state government finally put these words on to paper before the Gujarat high court, in response to a PIL that exposed the government’s doublespeak on … Read more

GUJARAT Now, caste certificate on basis of mother’s caste   In May last year, the MLA of Morva Hadaf assembly constituency Bhupendra Khant, was disqualified by the speaker for submitting an invalid caste certificate after his opponents challenged his election win. The tribal development commissioner held that his ST certificate was not valid even as Khant pleaded … Read more