June 2019

GUJARAT Western Railway runs trains on biodiesel across Gujarat   These ‘Green Trains’ create less pollution compared to conventional diesel. This year, the theme for the World Environment Day is ‘Beat Air Pollution’. The trains from Ahmedabad to Bhuj; Rajkot to Morbi and Bhavnagar to Surendranagar used biodiesel. Biodiesel is made from jatropha plant. The … Read more

  GUJARAT 22 lakh Gujarat farmers get Rs 6,000 under Kisan Sanman Nidhi Yojana ð  As many as 22 lakh farmers from Gujarat on Sunday received Rs 6,000 credited directly into their accounts. The amount was released by central government under recently launched Pradhanmantri Kisan Sanman Nidhi Yojana that was announced in the recently presented … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat battered 11 times since 1970   Gujarat has had an unusual tryst with hurricanes. Between 1970s and now, Gujarat has been hit by 11 cyclonic storms. Two of these tropical cyclones — in 1981 and 1998 — wrecked the state. In both cases, landfall was in Saurashtra ports: Rajpara port in Junagadh (and also … Read more

GUJARAT Soon, the flight may be monitored from Ahmedabad Sweden-headquartered SAAB India Technologies is likely to start in the next few months the trial project that involves remotely monitoring traffic at four airports via a central location in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Airport Authority of India (AAI), which controls most of the civil aviation airports in the … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat government to start foster parenting scheme   The state government is planning to float a foster parenting scheme for disadvantaged children living in shelter homes. The social justice & empowerment department of Gujarat has marked that children living in shelter homes face a rude shock when, upon reaching the age of 18, state support is … Read more

GUJARAT Forest department to put high-tech radio-collars on 100 lions   Since 1971, no more than 30 lions have been radio-collared for research, but following the CDV virus outbreak in September-October, the state government has begun radio-collaring some 44 wild lions, the number to be covered in the first phase of this project. The second … 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 government amends medical admission rules on domicile   Students who have been born in Gujarat and have completed their class XII education from the state will not be required to submit a domicile certificate for admission to medical and paramedical courses, the state government announced. This has laid to rest the uncertainty of domicile certificate … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat bought Rs 14,400 crore power from private players in two years ð  The state government bought electricity for over Rs14,000 crore from private power producers in the last two years. The minister’s reply showed that the government purchased 27,884 million units of electricity from Essar Power, CLP India, Adani Power, ACB (India), and … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat government to start foster parenting scheme   The state government is planning to float a foster parenting scheme for disadvantaged children living in shelter homes. The social justice & empowerment department of Gujarat has marked that children living in shelter homes face a rude shock when, upon reaching the age of 18, state support is … Read more