31.10.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Gujarat nod for Rs 6,758crore Metro Phase II   The government of Gujarat has given its stamp of approval for the Rs 6,758-crore Phase II of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail projectconnecting Mahatma Mandir, Sachivalaya, Gift City and PDPU. Officials of the MetroLink Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) said Phase-II will extend from Motera to Mahatma Mandir. The 34.6km Phase-II will be … Read more

29-30.10.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   GSTR-3B late fee waiver welcomed in south Gujarat   Commercial tax consultants across south Gujarat have welcomed the decision of central government to waive late fee on the filing of GSTR-3B for August and September, but warned that the boycott on filing of GSTR-2 and GSRT-2A will continue.   South Gujarat Commercial Tax … Read more

28.10.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   32,000 central forces for Gujarat polls, 10,000 for Himachal Pradesh   More than 32,000 personnel from the central armed forces such as the CRPF and the BSF, and around 55,000 from the state police are expected to be deployed for the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections.   Several rounds of deliberations between the poll panel and the … Read more

27.10.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT     Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Gandhinagar to attend silver jubilee function of Akshardham temple   Prime Minister Narendra Modiwill visit Gandhinagar in Gujarat to attend the silver jubilee function of Akshardham temple.   Earlier this year, the Prime Minister had paid tribute to spiritual guru and head of BAPS of Swaminarayan sect … Read more

26.10.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

  GUJARAT   Gujarat Government announces additional benefits for karma-yogis working on fix pay on 11 months contract   Gujarat Government announces additional benefits for karma-yogis working on fix pay on 11 months contract. The additional benefits are in the form of 11 additional casual leaves, maximum 90 days maternity leave with pay for women karma … Read more

25.10.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Gujarat government postpones buying Police Surveillance Helicopter   Gujarat government has postponed buying much hyped Police Surveillance helicopter which it decided to buy citing need of using it during Mumbai terror attack like incidence. The Gujarat government had initiated process of buying the police surveillance helicopter two years ago through budgetary provisions but due to various issues it got delayed.   … Read more

24.10.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Gujarat govt doles out sops ahead of assembly elections Ahead of assembly polls in Gujarat, the Vijay Rupani government has announced a slew of sops for teachers, employees of municipalities and others. The polls are due later this year.   The Gujarat government said “fixed-pay” teachers of government – aided secondary and higher secondary schools … Read more

22-23.10.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Gujarat govt launches mobile application for ‘108-Emergency’ ambulance services   Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani launched mobile application for ‘108-Emergency’ ambulance services in Gandhinagar. The chief minister said that the caller of ‘108-Emergency’ ambulance services using this application would get exact information like distance, time and route of arrival of the ambulance.   The sensitive approach of … Read more

21.10.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   PM Narendra Modi to visit Gujarat on October 22 to launch several projects   Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound Gujarat on October 22 for the third time this month, where he will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for a number of projects in Bhavnagar and Vadodara districts.   Modi will inaugurate the first phase of … Read more

20.10.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Hirasar Greenfield Airport Project in Gujarat gets Green Clearance   The Central Government has given green clearance for a greenfield airport project at Hirasar, about 28 km from Rajkot in Gujarat, at a cost of over Rs. 1,400 crores. The state government has proposed a new airport in Rajkot district as the existing … Read more