july 2018

RAJASTHAN State govt plans to introduce MP’S price difference scheme   Rajasthan government may introduce the Madhya Pradesh ‘price difference’ model in the state for providing relief to garlic farmers, who have not been able to sell garlic at government purchase rates so far.   Under the scheme, farmers in Madhya Pradesh are compensated when … Read more

TAMILNADU Amrita University, Coimbatore has developed a self-driving wheelchair   Amrita UniversityCoimbatore, under a project of the University’s Humanitarian Technology Lab, has developed self-driving wheelchair to help orthopaedically challenged persons to overcome problems in moving from one place to another and to ease the way they move. The self-driving wheelchair functions in both automatedas well as manual The fully automated mode allows … Read more

RAJASTHAN Proposals sought for biogas, organic fertiliser plants at cow shelters   The directorate of Gopalan department has invited request for proposal (RFP) to carry out construction of 25 biogas plants project for power generation and organic fertiliser processing plants on built, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) model to be carried out at 25 cow … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan inks agreement with Microsoft for digital literacy   To provide free digital training to students, the higher education department has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Microsoft.   In order to strengthen the PM’S digital India initiative and CM’S digital Rajasthan, Microsoft has signed a MOU with Rajasthan, under which 9,500 students … Read more

TAMILNADU 241 new cases of leprosy detected   A total of 241 new cases of leprosy were detected during a survey being carried out in 87 high-endemic blocks spread across 24 districts of Tamil Nadu. This included 83 children, who were identified through screening at schools.   The survey, Active Leprosy Case Finding, commenced in … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu CM allotted Rs.150 crore for preventing pollution of Noyyal river   Tamil Nadu CMEdappadi K. Palaniswami announced in the Assembly that a sum of 150 crores would be allocated for preventing pollution of Noyyal river within Tirupur Corporation limits. The river was polluted primarily due to effluentsdischarged by industrial units and residential houses in Tirupur Corporation.     INTERNATIONAL … Read more

RAJASTHAN First private UAV unit to be set up in Kota   India’s first private sector unit for manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up by DCM Shriram Industries Group on the campus of Shriram Rayons in Kota.   UAVS and LBPVS are likely to be used … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu salt makers urge govt for policy change   Salt manufacturers in Tamil Nadu have urged the union government to re-implement the zonal marketing scheme for the commodity which was scrapped in 2015. They claim that TN based salt manufacturers have been incurring losses ever since the zonal marketing scheme was abolished as … Read more

RAJASTHAN State not able to implement Centre’s Ayushman Bharat   Rajasthan has expressed its inability to implement the Centre government’s Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Scheme (AB-NHPS) citing lack of time to migrate from the state-run Bhamashah Swasthya Bima Yojana (BSBY).   AB-NHPS aims to provide ₹5 lakh health insurance cover per family. It has … Read more

TAMILNADU Migrant population to benefit through ‘mPassport Seva’   The External Affairs Ministry has simplified the procedure for seeking passports by lifting jurisdictional restrictions. The applicant can now apply for a passport from anywhere through his/her Android mobile phone using mPassport Seva mobile app.   This step had been taken in tune with ‘One India … Read more