July 2019

The key highlights of union Budget 2019 are  given below : A 10-point Vision for the decade Building Team India with Jan Bhagidari Minimum Government Maximum Governance. To Achieve green Mother Earth and Blue Skies through a pollution-free India. Making Digital India reach every sector of the economy. Launching Gaganyan, Chandrayan, other Space and Satellite … Read more

GUJARAT JAU grads to study global agriculture practices in the US   Students from Junagadh Agriculture University (JAU) will learn advanced agricultural practices and sophisticated farming techniques at the University of California, Davis and Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.   Of the eight national-level agricultural universities, JAU is the only university in Gujarat which successfully bagged the … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat ranks first in water management   Although Gujarat has retained its number one position in water resources management across the country, the state’s performance on controlling overexploitation of groundwater is a matter of grave concern, says a report of Niti Aayog, a policy think tank of the Union government formed with the aim to achieve sustainable development goals. … Read more

GUJARAT JK Paper signs MoU with Gujarat government for Rs 1,500 crore investment   Memorandum of Understanding was signed between JK Paper, a leading paper producing company, and government of Gujarat in the presence of chief minister Vijay Rupani.   The MoU, which is worth Rs 1,500 crores, will witness the extension and modernization of the JK Paper … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat budget 2019-20: Highlights   Government proposes to raise electricity duty and stamp duty Rs 10 crore has been allocated for the development of infrastructural facilities at National Salt Satyagrah Memorial and Dandi March tourism circuit Rs 6,820 crore has been allocated to provide power subsidy to farmers. Farmers currently get power at a … Read more

GUJARAT ‘Vahli Dikri Yojana’ launched to save Gujarat’s daughters   Eighteen years after Census 2001 exposed the ugly social face of industrially progressive Gujarat, with its skewed child sex ratio of 883 girls per 1,000 boys, the Gujarat government, in a ‘sensitive’ action, launched the Vahli Dikri Yojana, which roughly translates to ‘Dear Daughter Scheme’.   The scheme would … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat: 30,000 MW of green power by 2022   Gujarat government, which allocated Rs 1,000 crore for a new rooftop solar power generation scheme, also announced plans to increase power generation capacity from renewable sources to 30,000 megawatts (MW) in the next three years. This number is more than three times the current renewable energy capacity. … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat: Staple crop production going down   The socio-economic review of Gujarat for 2018-19 has indicated the reduction of 9.7 lakh tonnes in the production of foodgrains, cotton and oilseeds as compared to 2017-18.   According to the review, agriculture in the state has witnessed a shift towards high-value crops like cotton, groundnut, fruits, vegetables, condiments and spices … Read more