sep 2018

MAHARASHTRA ·         Mhada fails to meet target, builds 25% houses in 3 yrs ð  In a major setback to the affordable housing scheme, the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) has achieved only 25% of its estimated target to construct lowcost houses in Mumbai. ð  Mhada constructed around 2,500 houses against its set target … Read more

RAJASTHAN CM to launch lion safari, project leopard on Sept 13   Chief minister Vasundhara Raje is likely to inaugurate the much awaited Lion safari at Nahargarh Biological Park in Jaipur on September 13.   The Lion safari in Jaipur will be the first in Rajasthan and the state forest department along with Jaipur Development … Read more

MAHARASHTRA   Land permits delay work in state, while Guj leads the way   About a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone for India’s first high-speed rail in September 2017, hardly any work has begun in Mumbai and other parts of the state. Meanwhile, preparatory … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan seeks project report on feeder canal   The Rajasthan Irrigation Department has requested its counterpart in Punjab to prepare and submit a detailed project report (DPR) to reconstruct the Ferozepur feeder canal.   The feeder canal, which emanates from the Harike headworks, has a capacity of 11,192 cusecs and was constructed in 1952-53. … Read more

INTERNATIONAL   International Literacy Day 2018   International Literacy Day is celebrated annually on September 8 across the world.   The day was declared by UNESCO on October 26, 1966.     According to UNESCO’s statistics, India’s literacy rate is 72.1 per cent.   This year International Literacy Day theme is “Literacy and skill development.”       UN postal agency … Read more

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan used only 21% swacch mission funds  Government of Rajasthan had released Rs 292.81 crore to Local Bodies (ULBs) during 2015-17 for solid waste management under Swachh Bharat Mission out of which only 21% fund was utilised, says the CAG report.   Besides, there were no effective plans for ‘reducing, reusing and recycling’ of … Read more

MAHARASHTRA   ·        From oct, online attendance for students of mumbai varsity   ð  Starting with the winter exam session in October, the University of Mumbai (MU) will do away with the manual process and students will mark their attendance online.   ð  MU is in talks with the company handling the online assessment process. … Read more

RAJASTHAN Central team to assess quality of services in Rajasthan   The Centre has sent a team for review the programmes implemented in the state under National Health Mission (NHM). The team has already arrived in the state and inspecting health institutes which will continue till September 12.   Under NHM, Centre provides fund to the state … Read more

MAHARASHTRA Govt panel set to study traffic, parking woes   The state government on Wednesday informed the Bombay high court (HC) that it will appoint a nine-member committee of senior bureaucrats to look into all the issues related to scarcity of parking space and traffic congestion in the city.   The committee will comprise senior … Read more

RAJASTHAN Now, used cooking oil from eateries to be used for biofuel in Rajasthan The Biofuel Authority of Rajasthan has decided to find a solution about the used cooking oil in the restaurants of the city that can be really harmful for public health. This decision is taken after the Food Safety and Standards Authority of … Read more