January 2019

TAMILNADU Adani and IOCL to invest Rs.28,000 crore on Tamil Nadu State   TheAdani Group and the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) committed a total investment of over 28,000 crorein the State, on the inaugural day of the Global Investors Meet (GIM) 2019.  Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd Chief Executive Officer Karan Adani said the group was planning to invest 12,000 … Read more

RAJASTHAN Electrocution main reason behind GIB deaths: Govt   The state government submitted the status report on conservation of Great Indian Bustard (GIB) to the Rajasthan high court, listing the reasons behind the dwindling population of the bird.   The GIB has had a tag of being a critically endangered species in the IUCN Red … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu State Cabinet approved the building rules   Tamil Nadu State Cabinet cleared the Combined Development Regulation and Building Rules.The salient features of the building rules include simplified application forms for planning permission, standardization of development rules and elimination of the scope for discretion on the part of planning authorities. TheState Law Department is carrying out a scrutiny of … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan, Bihar join hands to eradicate child labour   The governments of Rajasthan and Bihar will take joint action to stop trafficking of children from various towns of Bihar to the workshops and home-based production units in Jaipur.   A multi-stakeholder initiative, launched for eradicating child labour, has taken a resolve to rehabilitate the … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu Cm inaugrated various project in the State   Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswamiinaugurated a slew of welfare schemesthrough video conference from the Secretariat. The schemes included those to be implemented by the Municipal Administration Department, the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department and the Rural Development Department. He also inaugurated drinking water … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government may set up petroleum university in Jodhpur   The Rajasthan government is mulling over the idea to set up a petroleum university in the state and also introduce a three-year diploma course in petroleum engineering at the Government Polytechnic College in Jodhpur.   The government will open new polytechnic colleges for women at district-level to … Read more

TAMILNADU In 3 years, Tamil Nadu gets just 50% of promised industrial investment   The data with the Union commerce ministry shows that less than half of the promised investments actually made their way to the state over the past three years.   Of the Rs 19,408 crore worth investment proposals received by Tamil Nadu during 2016-17, … Read more

RAJASTHAN RIICO plans for greener industrial areas   Roads at industrial areas at the state will take a green turn as Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) plans to plant more trees. The measure comes in the sequence Subscribe on YouTube of other initiatives in consideration of the corporation towards sustainable industrial growth. … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu Cm inaugrated various project in the State   Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswamiinaugurated a slew of welfare schemesthrough video conference from the Secretariat. The schemes included those to be implemented by the Municipal Administration Department, the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department and the Rural Development Department. He also inaugurated drinking water … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan to be felicitated for ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’   The state will be felicitated and recognised for its performance on Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) The state is among five to be felicitated under different categories. Recognising state’s performance on BBBP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched pan-India expansion of BBBP in March 2018 from Jhunjhunu.   … Read more