Oct 2018

GUJARAT Gujarat government announces land, cash compensation for Kevadia colony affected   Gujarat government announced a compensation package for the six villages that were affected in Kevadia colony and the seven villages that will be submerged due to the Garudeshwar Weir. The Kevadia colony is near the Sardar Sarovar dam.   The government said per … Read more

GUJARAT State’s bustard breeding centre to come up with collaboration with UAE   With collaboration of Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and expertise offered by United Arab Emirates (UAE) the state government is planning to set up a breeding centre for great Indian bustards (GIB) at Naliya in Kutch. This will be the first breeding … Read more

GUJARAT SC seeks Gujarat’s response on denial of free school seats to children from weaker sections.   The Supreme Court  sought the Gujarat government’s response to a petition accusing schools in the state of denying 25% free seats to children from weaker sections in violation of the 2009 law granting them free admission in schools.   As many … Read more

GUJARAT   Gujarat’s POCSO conviction rate second lowest in the country Barring the Union territories and Arunachal Pradesh, among the bigger states, Gujarat has a conviction rate of just 0.5% when it comes to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.   According to the Union government, in terms of the number of cases registered … Read more

GUJARAT Monsoon set to withdraw, Gujarat stares at huge rain deficit   With monsoon set to withdraw soon, Gujarat, which has received just 74% of the average rainfall this season, is staring at a huge rain deficit. Recently, the India Meteorological Department also said that the South-West monsoon is likely to start withdrawing by next … Read more

GUJARAT   Twenty Seventh International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fusion Energy Conference held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat   It is organized by IAEA. It is hosted by the Department of Atomic Energy and Gandhinagar-based Institute of Plasma Research. It aims to provide a platform for discussion of major physics and technology issues and innovative concepts related … Read more

GUJARAT 7% of Gujarat’s population pre-diabetic: ICMR Study   A study spread over almost ten decades covering 1,24,000 individuals from across 29 states and three Union Territories on a prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes has thrown up some very alarming findings about Gujarat.   The ICMR-INDIAB cross-sectional door-to-door study that covered individuals aged 20 and … Read more

GUJARAT Purchase of agricultural produces at MSP starts in Gujarat   Purchase of grains like Paddy, maize and Bajra at minimum support price (MSP) began in Gujarat. The government, this time has assigned food and civil supplies ministry to carry out the task of the purchase, in place of the agriculture department.   The government … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat expects tourism boom at ‘Statue of Unity’   Gujarat is expecting a tourism boom after the inauguration of 182-meter-tall Statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the tallest in the world, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kavadiya Colony in Narmada district on October 31.   The Statue of Unity Complex had been envisioned on … Read more

GUJARAT Mehsana daily wager 1st beneficiary of Ayushman Bharat scheme in Gujarat A daily wages labourer from Mehsana, who was suffering from kidney stone, has become first beneficiary of the Ayushman Bharat scheme in Gujarat. Rolled out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 23, the Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, aims … Read more