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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
RAJASTHAN · Rajasthan not following Centre’s order on speed governors ð Rajasthan is one of the states where accidents have increased while in southern states such as Karnataka, they have gone down, says a member of National Road Safety Council (NRSS) who visited state recently. ð They have blamed non-implementation of ‘speed limit device’ (SLD) … Read more
Maharashtra 112 emergency number to be started in Maharashtra for prompt response. The Maharashtra police will soon start an integrated emergency number ‘112’ to reach out to people in distress or those involved in accidents promptly. Centre has already started the integrated emergency number ‘112’ in four states. For the integrated systems, the … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government mulls free e-mail for citizens. The proposed facility is meant for beneficiaries of the Bhamashah scheme under which the state provides various benefits and subsidies to people. People will be able to register for e-mail ID on the Rajasthan.in website where they will have to link their Bhamashah or Aadhaar identity. … Read more
Maharashtra Maharashtra statistics on OOS children flawed: Experts There are 78,501 out-of-school children in Maharashtra of whom 58,875 will be enrolled in schools during 2017-18, data from the latest central Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan committee’s report indicates. Experts said these statistics were grossly under-reported and the state is not doing enough to bring theses students back … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government, HPCL ink pact to form joint venture company for Barmer refinery HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited(HRRL), state government will have 26% and HPCL will have 74% of partnership. With JV in place, the government is aiming to complete the construction work in four years. a revised MoU with … Read more
Maharashtra Maharashtra Chief Minister inaugurates next gen projection mapping system ð Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated as the next generation projection mapping system at the iconic Gateway of India in south Mumbai. ð Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, business tycoon Anand Mahindra, ministers Subhash Desai, Ram Shinde, Jaykumar Rawal were also present on the occasion. … Read more
RAJASTHAN · Threatened bird species sighted in Rajasthan A threatened bird species has been spotted in parts of Rajasthan, including Kota, which are not its traditional habitat. Bristled grassbird falls under the ‘vulnerable’ category of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Grasslands in Sonkhlia and Kota could have attracted the birds, … Read more
Maharashtra Maharashtra short of 45% of modern weapons it needs: Govt auditor ð There was a shortage of 65,026 modern weaponsin the state, accounting for 45% of the requirement by March 2015, the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) for 2016 tabled in the state assembly. ð It also found that the … Read more
RAJASTHAN Despite Rajasthan receiving 21% more rain, 12 districts still dry As the third spell of the south-west monsoon has come to an end, the state has got 21% higher rain compared to 2016 till Sunday. Despite flood situation at many districts this year, 12 districts in the state have received deficit rainfall which is a matter of concern for these … Read more