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MAHARASHTRA Film city to come up at Kunwara Bhimsen Guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule gave reasons to rejoice with the announcement that the government was working upon creating a film city at Kunwara Bhimsen, near Parseoni, some 55km from here. The second edition of the festival got off to a glittering start with the presentation of lifetime … Read more
MAHARASHTRA MahaNet gets ‘important public purpose’ project status in Maharashtra The Maharashtra cabinet gave MahaNet – a state government initiative which aims to connect 13,000 gram panchayats digitally – the status of an ‘important public purpose’ project. The cabinet has also waived off several permissions required to be taken for the implementation of the project, which … Read more
MAHARASHTRA Padma Shri for Bangs and late Ramteke Well-known doctor couple Abhay and Rani Bang and the late Sampat Ramteke, were among the three from Vidarbha in the Padma Shriaward list announced by the centre. The Bang couple are well-known for revolutionizing the health care sector in the Naxalite-hit district of Gadchiroli. Their NGO ‘Society … Read more
MAHARASHTRA Rs 230 crore approved for compensatory afforestation works The steering committee of Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) has approved Rs230 crore for works to be done in 2018-19 under compensatory afforestation in Maharashtra. A provision of Rs50 crore has been made for compensatory afforestation (plantations) and Rs180 crore for net present value … Read more
MAHARASHTRA Maharashtra to develop 358 helipads, one in each Taluka After several close shave incidents for chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in helicopter crash-lands the state government have come up with the helipad policy. The government has also decided to develop 358 permanent helipads, one each at every taluka across the state. The state has issued a government … Read more
MAHARASHTRA Maharashtra govt to host Elephanta festival for first time after 26/11 The state government will be hosting the Elephanta festival at the historic island this year after a gap of nine years. Large portion of the festival was being hosted at the Gateway of India after the 26/11 attacks as the police didn’t give them permission … Read more
MAHARASHTRA Maharashtra to launch weather advisory system for farmers The Maharashtra government is all set to introduce a system to issue daily district-wise weather advisory to farmers across the state. The system has a capacity to generate weather alerts for every ten minutes, if required. The state is taking a step forward … Read more
Maharastra Human Development Index:- Human development an integral part of economic development is fastly catching of various stakeholders around the world. It is also about people’s active engagement in shaping development, equity and sustainability, intrinsic aspects of freedom of people have to lead lives they have reason to value. Human development index is a tool … Read more
Maharashtra Food security Regional disparities along with food security have remained an issue of debate in Maharashtra ever since its inception as a State in 1960. Several studies have examined economic development as well as food security issues at the regional level, but there has been no systematic attempt made to analyse food security … Read more
Urban spheres of influence and rural urban fringe Urban spheres of influence Urban spheres of influence reflect centre-to-hinterland relationship, compared with the non-central region, the centre assumes more complex economic functions, and provides more economic activities. Famous theoretical contributions to this research field are the Central Place Theory (Christaller, 1933), the extension to the Central … Read more