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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
GUJARAT No deadline for construction on converted farmland District collectors may have to stop fixing stipulated time periods to commence and finish construction on land converted from agriculture to non-agriculture (NA) land. This can be implemented across the state as the Gujarat high court has recently set aside an order of Jamnagar district collector which stipulated a time period … Read more
GUJARAT Ambardi Safari Park to be opened for tourists The Ambardi interpretation zone, the second one in state, finally inaugurated. The new interpretation zone will draw tourists heading to Diu who want to catch a glimpse of the Asiatic lions. This June, the union ministry of environment forest gave its final approval to … Read more
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
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
GUJARAT Gujarat develops first oral infant diarrhoea vaccine A team of Gujarat-based scientists has successfully developed the first oral vaccine for infant diarrhoea caused by shigellosis – an acute invasive infection disease of the lower intestine. Globally, an estimated 165 million cases of people, especially children in developing countries like India, suffer from shigellosis … Read more
GUJARAT CM to launch animal ambulance helpline After the ‘Karuna Abhiyan’ to treat birdsand injured during the Uttarayan kite festival, Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani will now launch a state-wide toll free ‘Karuna Animal Ambulance1962’. Veterinary doctors will be on board the ‘Karuna Animal Ambulance-1962’ to provide on-the-spot treatment to birds and animals injured in accidents. … Read more
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
GUJARAT Gujarat first state to implement flexible coal utilization scheme GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Ltd, a GMR group company, has won the bid to supply 500MW electricity to state-run Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) under the central government approved scheme, which allows flexibility in utilization of domestic coal for reducing the cost of … Read more
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