July 2021

GUJARAT Gujarat: Lok Adalats resolve 3 lakh cases, Rs 767 crore paid in settlements Gujarat’s judiciary disposed as many as 3.03 lakh cases during a National Lok Adalat organized at district courts across the state, the first Lok Adalat held in courtrooms after the Covid-19 pandemic set in. Thousands of FIRs that were registered against people for lockdown violations, … Read more

GUJARAT Export of Bhalia Wheat To promote wheat exports, the first batch of Bhalia wheat certified by Geographical Indication (GI) was exported from Gujarat to Kenya and Sri Lanka. About Bhalia Wheat: ♦ Wheat has a high protein content and a sweet taste. ♦ The crop is primarily grown in Gujarat’s Bhal region, which includes … Read more

GUJARAT Launch of Zen Style Garden and Kaizen Academy Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated a Zen Garden and Kaizen Academy at Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) premises in Ahmedabad. These two new initiatives are phase of the PM’s vision of growing a ‘Mini-Japan’ in Gujarat. The newly launched Zen Garden in Ahmedabad will show off … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat’s cotton acreage may grow 10% Gujarat’s cotton acreage is likely to increase 10% this kharif season with farmers getting high prices for the natural fibre last year. Currently, the area under cotton cultivation in the state has increased to 16.50 lakh hectares as on July 5, compared to 15.72 lakh hectares during the … Read more

GUJARAT E-commerce giant starts first digital centre in Gujarat E-commerce major Amazon India started country’s first Digital Kendra in Surat on Thursday looking at the area’s dense micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector presence. It will be a physical resource centre for the companies to avail third party services training on benefits of e-commerce, GST and taxation support, … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat now weighs pros and cons of population control bill Close on the heels of the UP government releasing the first draft of its proposed population control bill, the Gujarat government has begun an exercise “to study the pros and cons” of a similar legislation. Both UP and Gujarat face crucial assembly elections next year. The draft of … Read more

GUJARAT 18% of new projects in major cities are coming up in non-TP areas: GujRERA In an insightful document last week, Gujarat’s Real Estate Regulatory Authority (GujRERA) office claimed that 18% of all new building projects in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot are forced to come up in areas where there are no town planning schemes (TP). In … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat faces Draft Ports Bill challenge The Gujarat government recently announced plans to invite global bids to develop a non-major port at Nargol with an initial investment of Rs 3,800 crore. Less than 50km away at Vadhavan in Maharashtra, the central government is working on a plan to develop a major port for an estimated investment of Rs … Read more