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Maharashtra   Govt to finally hire for forensic labs   Seven months after being criticised by the Bombay high court for not filling up the vacant posts, the state home department has started the recruitment process for seven forensic laboratories in Maharashtra.   More than 3,4000 samples were yet to be cleared by eight forensic … Read more

  Maharashtra   Inadequate management of bio-medical waste in Maharashtra: CAG   The enforcement of bio-medical waste management (BMW) rules in municipal corporations in Maharashtra was found to be inadequate in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2016. The CAG audited 22 health care establishments between 2011 and 2016.   Of the 22 HCEs inspected, 20 … Read more

Maharashtra   Audit report alleges poor waste management by Maharashtra civic bodies   A performance audit on the management of municipal solid waste (MSW) by select municipal corporations in Maharashra found that the selected 7 corporations had not prepared a comprehensive city plan for the management of municipal solid waste in accordance with the MSW manual.   The generation … Read more

  Maharashtra   Maharashtra bans photos of bureaucrats in govt advertisements, warns of action.      The Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government on Thursday banned use of photographs of bureaucrats in government advertisements. An order issued by the urban development department led by the CM stated that in quite a large number of advertisements of government schemes and projects … Read more

Maharashtra   26% rise in crime cases between 2011 and 2015 in Maharashtra: CAG   The number of crime cases in Maharashtra had increased by 26% from 3,35,124 in 2011 to 4,23,180 in 2015. The number of cases pending investigation also increased from 33% to 38% during 2011 to 2016, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report … Read more

Maharashtra   Maharashtra government to set up village child development centres in non tribal areas.   The state government has decided to set up village child development centres (VCDC) even in the non-tribal areas in the state. The decision to extend the service was taken by the state cabinet on Tuesday.   A VCDC is a centre … Read more

Maharashtra   Most new HIV infections detected in 2016-17 were from Maharashtra Maharashtra detected the highest number of new HIV infections among states in 2016-17, accounting for 16% of the country’s 1.84 lakh fresh cases. Among the infected were 1,567 newborns who probably didn’t get the preventive drugs on time, while 200 adults got the disease due … Read more

Maharashtra   PMRDA turns to Gujarat for town planning lessons The model ensures that no person parting with his or her plot for pooling goes landless. Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) is set to ready the draft plan within the next three months for the town planning scheme in accordance with the Monopolies and … Read more