March 2019

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan: Ordinance to help MSMEs start projects sans approvals   The micro, small and medium enterprises are not required to knock the doors of the state government for getting approvals to start their projects; they can do so by simply filling up a self-declaration form without wasting time and losing opportunities. For three years, … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Mumbai’s Gateway of India becomes first structure in State to be digitally preserved Mumbai’s iconic Gateway of India will become the first structure in the state to be digitally preserved in high-resolution 3D model format. As per experts, this digital preservation has proved to be of great use in case of natural calamities or … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Finance minister tables interim budget with revenue deficit of Rs 19,784 crore in 2019-20 The Maharashtra finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has presented an interim budget with an estimated revenue deficit of Rs 19,784 cfore for 2019-20.  The revenue receipts have been estimated at Rs 3,14,489 crore against the revenue expenditure of Rs 334,273 crore.  … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government allocate land, funds for defence academy   Rajasthan is set to become the second state in the country to open a defence academy (coaching) aiming to provide free coaching to aspirants in defence services, including preparations for highly competitive National Defence Academy and Staff Selection Board for the state domicile students. The education department has … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Maharashtra gets glittering Rs 26,000 cr investment proposals Maharashtra has received two mega investment proposals worth Rs 26,000 crore in the paper and pulp and the gems and jewellery segments. Chinese major Nine Dragon Paper (Holdings) will investment Rs 12,000 crore ($1.8 billion) in phases to produce and recycle paper. The Maharashtra Industrial Development … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan govt submits Start-Up Policy draft to governor   A memorandum of understanding (MOU) for setting up the GIB captive breeding centre at Sorsan and a hatchery for GIB at Nokh in Jaisalmer district was signed last year (2018) by the state wildlife department, Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MOEFCC) … Read more

RAJASTHAN Shortage of forest area has forced tribal population to migrate’   Rajasthan has lowest share in the country in granting land rights to the tribes under the Forest Rights Act. “Rajasthan has 3.10% of the country’s forest cover. The FRA rights are given only on the notified limited forest areas. There is a clear mismatch … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Centre and ADB sign US$ 926 million loan agreement for Mumbai Metro The Centre and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a US$ 926 million dollar loan agreement to operationalize two lines of the Mumbai Metro Rail System. It is the single largest infrastructure project loan in ADB history approved by the ADB … Read more