sep 2018

GUJARAT Gujarat: NPA drops 2.1%, RBI’s PCA works for PSBs   Strong arm tactics of national banking watchdog, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), over Public Sector Banks (PSBs) with high bad loans seems to have been working, at least in Gujarat. After RBI put 11 PSBs under Prompt Corrective Action (PCA), meaning that these … Read more

GUJARAT Japan, Gujarat to strengthen cultural, business ties   Japan and Gujarat, signed agreements to promote bilateral cooperation in culture, business and interaction between the academia. These agreements were signed during the ongoing visit of a delegation from Gujarat led by Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel to Japan.   The delegation met officials from the … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat registered 37 cases under Section 377 in 2016   Gujarat registered 37 cases under Section 377 (unnatural sex) during 2016, said a data released by National Crime Records Bureau. The figure for crimes against children under the Section was 20 cases, while those against women was 2 for the same year. It should … Read more

GUJARAT   Gujarat clears desk for RoRo ferry services expansion   The state government is planning to start seven or eight new ferry services from Kutch, Jamnagar, and Bhavnagar.   Around 54,639 passengers have already traveled through RoRo ferry services.   Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the highly prestigious Ghogha-Dahej ferry service. … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat: Getting liquor permit set to become strict and expensive   After introducing a harsh Prohibition policy last year, the Gujarat government on Wednesday introduced strict norms for issuing liquor health permits. The new norms will make it expensive to get liquor permits. While the Health Permit form fee of Rs 50 has been cancelled, the … Read more

GUJARAT Bullet train: India’s most ambitious infra venture   The training institute, being made in Vadodara’s Lal Bagh area as part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) project, has completed 15-20 per cent and is ensuring that India doesn’t have to compromise on ‘quality and parameters’ in the project.   The bullet train between Ahmedabad … Read more

  Ahmedabad’s lake area country’s first clean street food hub: FSSAI   Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Friday declared Kankaria Lake area in Ahmedabad as country’s first ‘clean street food hub’. In the next one year, the food regulator hopes to designate 150 such streets across the country.   The 15th-century … Read more

GUJARAT Poor utilisation of RTE funds by Gujarat, says CAG   The state government has under utilised funds over Rs 3500 crore funds for implementation of Right to Education Act. This has been revealed in the recent audit report of Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2017. The report screams … Read more

GUJARAT Ayushman Bharat to cover over 2 cr people in Gujarat   The scheme will benefit 10 crore families and 50 crore people across the country. “It will provide up to Rs 5 lakh of health insurance for the poor and this will be provided to all irrespective of caste, creed or religion.   In … 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