January 2019

GUJARAT Lack of toilets spurring malnourishment in Gujarat   The lack of toilets is the major reason for malnourishment in Gujarat.   The Gujarat government — in collaboration with Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and Cisco — was exploring the possibility of launching a tele-medicine facility in the state on an experimental basis.   The government was considering … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat’s social sector lags behind on spending front   Despite its tall claims of reaching out to poor and marginalized sections of society, chief minister Vijay Rupani’s government has not been able to spend its social sector budget allocations, despite three quarters of 2018-19 having elapsed.   Though compared to its spending in 2017-18 (55%), the … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat to roll out state exports policy soon   To give a boost to exporters in the state, the government of Gujarat is thinking of rolling out an exports policy soon, revealed experts from Federation of Indian Exporters’ Organisations (FIEO).   Gujarat currently accounts for 25% of India’s total exports in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, textile, … Read more

GUJARAT Pact with Gujarat soon to bring water from Damanganga for Marathwada: Nitin Gadkari   Gadkari said that drawing water from Damanganga would ensure substantial water in Jayakwadi dam, irrespective of the amount of rainfall in the Marathwada region.   Marathwada often reels under water crisis as Jayakwadi dam, on an average, gets filled in the range … Read more

GUJARAT Fish exports from Gujarat set to dive by 20% due to deficient rain   For the first time in past three years, marine exports from Gujarat is likely to take a hit and decline by nearly 20% mainly because of deficient rain that has affected the quality of catch along the state’s 1,600km-long coastline. Fish from … Read more

GUJARAT MoUs worth Rs 1 lakh crore inked in renewable energy   In line with the state government’s aggressive push to the renewable energy, private and public sector companies too are betting big on the sector. This could be seen from the fact that memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with proposed investment of over Rs 1 lakh … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat tops in fake note seizure among 17 bordering states   Gujarat continues to top in the country in seizures of counterfeit currency between 2015 and 2018 among the 17 bordering states. Post-demonetisation, in 2017 and 2018, Gujarat seized fake indian currency notes (FICN) of Rs 10.16 crore as compared to Rs 3.96 crore in … Read more

GUJARAT ‘Gaganyaan likely to land off Gujarat coast near Veraval’ For India, the splashdown for its ambitious Gaganyaan, country’s first human space flight mission, is likely to be off Gujarat coast near Veraval. Some of the life-support system technologies for crew members are being developed at the SAC, Ahmedabad. Recently, a space suit developed by a Vadodara fire safety … Read more

GUJARAT Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch several projects at Surat and Dandi   Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Surat and Dandi in Gujarat . During the daylong visit, Prime Minister Modi will lay the Foundation Stone for the extension of Terminal building at Surat Airport and attend the New India Youth Conclave. He … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat government asks Uber, Ola to launch electric taxis   Electric vehicles in Ahmedabad and other major cities. It is creating an electric vehicle (EV) promotion policy focusing on developing infrastructure network for battery swapping and charging facilities at affordable rates, and provide incentives to EV use.   The new proposed policy will focus … Read more