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GUJARAT Gujarat govt to honour 51 micro, small and medium industrialists Awards and assistance cheque will be given under Industrial Policy-2015 to encourage and assist micro, small and medium enterprises of the state. As many as 34 lakh industrialists from India have registered for Udhyog Aadhar from October-2015 to July-2017, out of … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat slips to 3rd rank in spice output. Gujarat, which was the biggest producer of spices in the country, has slipped to third rank. Now, Andhra Pradesh tops in spice production with Rajasthan ranked second. In 2016-17, spice production in Gujarat was 8.68 lakh MT (metric tonnes) as against 10.77 lakh MT in 2015-16. … Read more
GUJARAT MP says no to lions from Gujarat. With Gujarat showing no signs of parting with its lions in the wild to be translocated to Kuno Palpur despite a 2014 Supreme Court order, the Madhya Pradesh government has made a move to source lions from zoos across India for the newly prepped sanctuary spread over 344 sq … Read more
“The Scheduled Areas” are those tribal inhabited areas which are located in other parts of the country than the North-East India. These areas are located in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Orissa and Rajasthan. Besides these areas, some other regions of the country also are governed … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat Forensic Sciences University gets e-Discovery system. Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU) got an e-Discovery system from the US-based Capital Novus firm. The firm has given the digital analytic engine worth Rs 12 crore to the university. GSU has started a new course for operation of the engine. INTERNATIONAL India and … Read more
GUJARAT PM Modi inaugurates filling of Aji Dam at Rajkot by Narmada water. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has inaugurated the filling of Aji Dam near Rajkot under Sauni Yojana. He launched two water supply projects worth 552 crore rupees at Modasa town in Aravalli district of Gujarat. These water supply projects will benefit more than 8 lakhs … Read more
GUJARAT AMC, GU tie up for insect research to fight malaria. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gujarat University for research into life of insects (entomological study). The campaign is in line with the state government’s ambitious campaign, ‘Malaria-free Gujarat by 2022’. The research will focus on three … Read more
GUJARAT AIIB approves USD 329 mn loan to build roads in Gujarat China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved USD 329 million loan to build access roads to 4,000 villages in Gujarat. Insufficient road connectivity into these villages limits their ability to access healthcare services, bring their goods to market … Read more
The India High Courts Act 1861 was enacted to create High Courts for various provinces and abolished Supreme Courts at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay and also the Sadar Adalats in Presidency towns. These High Courts had the distinction of being the highest Courts for all cases till the creation of Federal Court of India, which … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat govt gives royalty exemption to contractors removing silt from farms. Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani today announced further relief for the flood-hit Banaskantha and Patan districts. He exempted contractors from paying royalty for removing silt (sand and clay) from agricultural land, left behind by floodwaters. It is for a period of two months. … Read more