july 2018

RAJASTHAN Raje to inaugurate milk scheme today   Chief minister Vasundhara Raje will inaugurate the Annapurna Milk Scheme at Rajasthan Adarsh Senior Secondary School at Dahmi Kalan near Jaipur on Monday.   With the inauguration, milk will be provided to 62 lakh students studying across 66,506 schools, under the Mid-day Meal Scheme.   Under the … Read more

TAMILNADU   40% study loan NPAs are from T.N.   Tamil Nadu accounts for over 40% of non-performing assets (NPAs) in education loans given by public sector banks.   According to data given by the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) and presented in Parliament, public sector banks had NPAs totalling ₹2,659 crore across 1,71,774 education loan accounts in … Read more

TAMILNADU TNPCB issued closure notice to Sterling Biotech Limited   Sterling Biotech Limited, a pharmaceutical company, has been accused of defying environment norms and discharging untreated effluent into the Pykara Damand the nearby reservoirs. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has served the notice on manufacturing unit after it failed to meet the deadline to … Read more

RAJASTHAN Over 7.5k Aadhaar enrolments done in Rajasthan post offices    More than 7500 Aadhaar have been enrolled in the Aadhaar enrolment centre at the post offices in Rajasthan   The state of Rajasthan has been divided into three divisions – Ajmer, Jaipur and Jodhpur.   Postal department in India were given the charge to work … 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

RAJASTHAN 35 POCSO courts to come up in Rajasthan  The state government has in principle agreed for setting up of 35 POCSO courts in the state. one POCSO court will be set up at each of the 33 district headquarters and two in the bigger districts of Jaipur and Jodhpur The government a few days … Read more

TAMILNADU Noon meal scheme eliminated caste bias: Governor Banwarilal Purohit The mid-day meal scheme, introduced by former Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran (MGR), was instrumental in eliminating caste discrimination among students, as children of all castes were served food together, Governor Banwarilal Purohit said.   Tamil Nadu has consequently been able to achieve 46% gross enrolment … Read more

TAMILNADU Micro and small-scale units seek relaxations in GST norms   The micro and small-scale units here have sought modifications and relaxations in GST norms to facilitate ease of doing business and better fund flow for the industries.   The units should be exempted from matching of invoices in GSTR 2. Similarly, the reverse charge … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Second in the list of foetus test offenders, Haryana tops   A total of 449 convictions have been secured till March this year from across the country, for violations under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 — enacted to stop female foeticide — according to a report released by the … Read more