September 2019

TAMILNADU ·         Tamil Nadu: New policy offers 100% tax holiday for e-vehicles for 3 years ð  In tune with the Centre’s renewed push to promote use of green vehicles, the AIADMK government on Monday unveiled an electric vehicle policy with a slew of incentives, including 100% road tax exemption to e-vehicles till December 30, 2022. ð  Targeting … Read more

TAMILNADU ·        Tamil Nadu inks 6 pacts for Rs 3,000 crore with Dubai investors   The Tamil Nadu government on Monday signed six MoUs, with investors, through which the state expects investments of nearly Rs 3,750 crore and employment opportunities for more than 10,800 people.   The delegation led by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami arrived … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu to give teachers a break, digitise tabulation of marks   The education department announced that it will be introduce digital report cards on a pilot basis in select government primary classes. Department authorities said the aim is to digitise all processes starting from evaluation of answer sheets to providing report cards. The … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu govt orders to maintain asset details of school teachers   The Tamil Nadu school education department ordered the district educational officers to maintain the asset details of school teachers along with their service registers. The Madras high court in its recent order asked the school education department to maintain a separate record for the asset details of the … Read more

TAMILNADU IIT Madras Launches Historical Archive To Chronicle 60 Years Of Achievements   IIT Madrasin its Diamond jubilee year in 2019, has launched the Official Historical Archive and a decade-wise exhibit highlighting the Institute’s history. The archive launched by the IIT Madras Heritage Centre. They showcase 60 years of growth that has led to the … Read more

TAMILNADU   NHAI cancels 3 road projects worth Rs 3,600 crore in Tamil Nadu   The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has terminated three projects in Tamil Nadu due to delay in land acquisition by the state government. The projects cost a little over Rs 3,600 crore. The three projects include four-laning of the Villupuram-Puducherry and … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu government plans online single window admissions to arts, science colleges   The Tamil Nadu government plans to introduce online single window admissions in arts and science colleges as well as state universities from the next academic year (2020-21) as in engineering colleges. The new admission system may enable students to join any college in the state … Read more

RAJASTHAN M-sand policy in final stage, to be out soon   The manufactured sand (m-sand) policy of Rajasthan is in the final stage and will be out soon.   Rajasthan’s policy has been prepared after consulting m-sand policies of other states such as Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.   The state government is likely to make … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan higher education department records highest enrolment at institutes   The state higher education department has claimed that it had recorded the highest ever enrolments in admissions with a whopping 4.29 lakh students getting themselves enrolled in government colleges this current season. The total enrolment last year was 4.05 lakh in all streams.   The state … Read more

RAJASTHAN Five panels to monitor development schemes   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday sanctioned constitution of five state-level committees for monitoring and execution of schemes and development programmes by various departments.   Instead of 12 such committees as were planned in the past, now five state-level committees will be constituted.   The committees will … Read more