March 2019

RAJASTHAN India’s first seed bank of native trees species for Thar desert to be set up in Jodhpur   India’s first seed bank of native tree species for Thar desert is going to be set up in the Jodhpur city of Rajasthan under project Maruvan (dessert forest).   The project will first focus on Marwar belt including Jodhpur, Bikaner, Barmer … Read more

TAMILNADU All seats in Puducherry, Tamil Nadu expenditure sensitive, says EC   The Election Commission is putting in place massive infrastructure and is drafting scores of officials across all 39 constituencies in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat in Puducherry just to track flow of money. The commission has enough reason to be worried because out of the 110 … Read more

TAMILNADU Chennai’s DakshinaChitra to celebrate Ugadi festival   DakshinaChitra will celebrate Ugadi festival from March 27 to 31. As part of the celebrations, Devarakonda Banjara troupe from Andhra Pradesh will perform tribal dance forms and there will also be a display and sale of crafts by artisans from Andhra Pradesh.   The troupe will be performing different types of dances … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan has over 6 lakh unemployed persons, Jaipur on top with 60,000   The National Career Service (NCS) data of the ministry of labour and employment shows that Jaipur has the highest number of unemployed persons in the state, nearly 60,000. According to the data, the total number of registered job seekers in the state are … Read more

TAMILNADU   Tamil Nadu: Mismatch in child sex ratio, data from anganwadis hint at feticide   The number of pregnant women registered at anganwadis in Tamil Nadu between 2014 and 2017 and the number of children born in the period show at least 700 may have been aborted, a recent study has revealed. Indicating that sex-selective … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         RHB seeks land for building 98,000 houses in eight cities ð  The RHB has proposed to construct approximately 98,000 houses on the earmarked land in eight cities. ð  Established in 1970, the RHB had aimed to provide houses on a no-profit no-loss basis. ð  In 2017, the state government had planned to dissolve … Read more

  RAJASTHAN Rajasthan 3rd in hate crimes in India in ’2018: Amnesty India   According to data released on Tuesday by the Amnesty India on its interactive website ‘Halt the Hate’, Rajasthan was third in the country in terms of hate crimes in 2018, topped only by UP and Gujarat. According to the data collected through media reports, there were … Read more

TAMILNADU 36 housing projects registered with TNRERA in 23 days   The Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TNRERA) has recorded the registration of 36 housing projects in 23 days. The period of registrations is from February 1 to March 15.   Data available with the realty regulator’s portal show most of these projects are located in Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) … Read more

TAMILNADU ·         All seats in Puducherry, Tamil Nadu expenditure sensitive, says EC ð  The Election Commission is putting in place massive infrastructure and is drafting scores of officials across all 39 constituencies in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat in Puducherry just to track flow of money. The commission has enough reason to be worried because out of the … Read more

RAJASTHAN State writes to Centre for MNREGA fund release   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has urged the Modi government to release Rs 1000 crore fund due under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) scheme for Rajasthan.   An allocation of Rs 543 crores in material head and Rs 260 crores under labour head … Read more