07.03.20 Gujarat [GPSC] Current Affairs

GUJARAT Government plans to amend APMC Act to woo farmers   In a year when taluka and district panchayat polls are scheduled, the government has planned to revamp the Gujarat Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment) Act. A bill for amendment of the act will be tabled in the ongoing state assembly session and is seen as a move to woo farmers. A … Read more

06.03.20 Gujarat [GPSC] Current Affairs

GUJARAT Gujarat: New academic year in schools to start from April instead of June   Gujarat Government has announced to start a new academic year in schools from 20th April 2020 instead of June first week.   The students will need to go to school for 13 days after annual examinations, followed by summer vacation. … Read more

05.03.20 Gujarat [GPSC] Current Affairs

GUJARAT                                                                                               4.58 lakh youth registered with employment exchanges in Gujarat   Total 4.58 lakh unemployed youths are registered with employment exchanges in Gujarat, the state government informed the assembly   The government said that in two years, 2,230 youths were able to get employment in the government sector and 7.32 lakh were provided employment in the private sector. On December … Read more

04.03.20 Gujarat [GPSC] Current Affairs

GUJARAT   One cybercrime reported every day in Gujarat More than one person became the victim of cyber crime every day in the state for the last two years. Figures tabled in the assembly show that 751 cases of cyber crime were registered in the state from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019. To … Read more

03.03.20 Gujarat [GPSC] Current Affairs

GUJARAT Rs 48,439 crore tax dues to be collected in Gujarat   Goods and service tax collection in 2019 registered an increase of 8% compared to 2018. The GST collection in 2019 was Rs 2,577.29 crore more as compared to 2018.   The state government stated that between January and December 2019, the GST collection … Read more

01-02.03.20 Gujarat [GPSC] Current Affairs

GUJARAT Gujarat government model schools to have common entrance test The state government, which plans to integrate all the ‘model schools’ with the newly announced scheme for ‘Schools of Excellence’, has decided to hold a common entrance test for these 84 schools. The aim was to enrol most meritorious students at taluka levels in the model schools. The concept … Read more