Jan 2020

GUJARAT Gujarat CM launched 7th Economic Census process   Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani launched the 7th Economic Census process in the state. The Economic Census process organized by the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation with the help of Common Service Centres. Around 40 thousand enumerators will use mobile applications for the first time to gather information under the … Read more

GUJARAT 59% of girls in villages face lewd comments’ A study by the Society for Women’s Action and Training Initiative (SWATI) and International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) last year, revealed a new low in sexual violence against women in public spaces in rural Gujarat. The study to gauge sexual violence against women and … Read more

GUJARAT About 100 students from Gujarat stuck in epidemic-hit China the Gujarat government said 100 students mostly studying medicine from the State are stuck in China Coronavirus, officially described as 2019-nCoV, cases were first reported from Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei province. A few cases have been found in other countries including South … Read more

GUJARAT PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate 3rd Global Potato Conclave 2020 at Gandhinagar   Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 3rd Global Potato Conclave-2020 at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. The four-day will provide an opportunity to bring all stakeholders at one common platform. Gujarat is one of the leading producers of Potato in the country.   Netherland … Read more

GUJARAT GAIC launched imported water-soluble fertilizers in Gujarat Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation (GAIC) launched imported water-soluble fertilizers in Ahmedabad. The move aims to encourage the use of high-grade agri-inputs in the state. GAIC promotes agro-based industries in Gujarat. It imported 300 tonnes of water-soluble fertilizers from China. In this move, the role of GAIC will be to import, pack and sell the imported … Read more

GUJARAT Healthcare in rural Gujarat second cheapest in India Rural Gujarat pays the least, after Tamil Nadu, for treatment at public hospitals, according to a Union government report ‘Key Indicators of Social Consumption in India: Health’. The report, however, says these rural folk place more faith in small private clinics or private hospitals than in … Read more

GUJARAT Suicides due to poverty up by 162% in Gujarat, unemployment by 21% in 2018   Gujarat showed signs of distress related to economy when state authorities recorded 294 suicides in 2018 where reason for ending life was termed as ‘poverty’. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report ‘Accidental Deaths & Suicides in … Read more