Jan 2020

GUJARAT Centre to help states to set up vehicle tracking system   Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has announced that is will provide support to state governments to help them set up monitoring centres that will track public service vehicles including buses and cab operators like Ola and Uber. The move aims to ensure the safety of passengers using public … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat to have website for cadaver organ donation A year after setting up the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (SOTTO), Gujarat will now launch a dedicated website for coordination of cadaver organ donation.   The development is in final stage. After deliberations, it was decided that it would be modelled on the NOTTO … Read more

GUJARAT Rs 10,000 crore shot for SC, ST welfare schemes in Gujarat While movements and counter-movements have risen over scheduled caste and scheduled tribe reservations, the Gujarat government is set to enact a legislation by which sub-plan expenditure of government funds on scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs) will have to be based on their their share in the … Read more

Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ to help cyclone-hit Madagascar INS Airavat has been deployed for ‘Operation Vanilla’ The ship is carrying five pallets each of victualing, clothing and naval stores along with three pallets of medicines   India successfully test-fires K-4 missile On January 19, 2020, India successfully test-fired 3,500 … Read more

GUJARAT Rajnath Singh flagged off 51st K9 VAJRA-T Gun from Larsen and Turbo Armoured System Complex in Gujarat Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off 51st K9 VAJRA-T Gun from Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Armoured System Complex at Hazira, Gujarat on 16 January 2020. The participation of the private sector in defence manufacturing is toward fulfilling the government’s commitment to make … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat: ‘36,000km fibre network by March’   To provide high-speed internet connectivity to thousands of villagers, the Gujarat government aims to lay 36,000 kilometres of optical fibre across the state by March 2020, in the second phase of the Centre’s ambitious BharatNet initiative. The first phase saw 16,000km of optical fibre laid to provide broadband connectivity to 6,400 … Read more

GUJARAT First edition of Krishi Manthan begins in Ahmedabad   In Gujarat, the first edition of Krishi Manthan- the largest Food, Agri-business and Rural Development Summit of Asia organized by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad began.   More than 1,500 delegates including students and academicians are participating in the two-day event organized by the Food … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat ranked top for water efficiency Delhi among worst performing states Gujarat ranked the best for parameters on efficiency targets in the review of state and Central government water departments by the ministry of Jal Shakti. Rajasthan is the third- best, and Delhi is among the worst-performing states, according to the ranking for 2019 circulated … Read more

GUJARAT Deaths due to drunk driving up 1,100 per cent in one year in dry Gujarat Gujarat may be a dry state, but if the central government’s figures on deaths in accidents are to believed, the number of deaths in Gujarat caused by ‘driving under the influence rose twelvefold in one year, going from 10 in … Read more