June 2019

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

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan 1st to allow MSMEs to start business without approvals   Rajasthan has become the first Indian state to allow MSMEs to start projects without any approvals or clearances. Moreover, for three years no inspections.   Attempting to attract investment, the Rajasthan government notified rules last week under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (Facilitation of … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat farmers seek compensation from PepsiCo for harassment   ð  Three of the Gujarat potato farmers sued by PepsiCo the company must pay compensation for the harassment they were subjected to even though the law is very clear on the subject. ð  The three of the potato farmers sued by PepsiCo along with farmer union leaders … Read more

GUJARAT FDI in Gujarat surges over 220%   Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Gujarat more than tripled in the first half of the current financial year. This comes even as FDI inflows in the country as a whole fell by more than 10% in the same period.   Gujarat received FDI inflows worth $1.55 bn … Read more

GUJARAT Impact of Gujarat solar park on avian flyway worries MoEF panel   An expert panel of the Environment ministry has raised serious concerns about the impact the world’s largest solar park – proposed at Dholera in Gujarat – will have on one of the nine major routes in the world used by migratory birds. … 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 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 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 third in cases, second in no of deaths   Union health ministry data shows that Gujarat has reported the third highest number of cases in the country this year, while it is second in terms of deaths. The union health ministry’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) statistics showed that as of February 24, … 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