September 2019

TAMILNADU   4 Tamil Nadu wetlands among 100 to get priority tag   Pallikaranai marsh is among the 100 priority wetlands identified by the Union government under its national initiative on wetlands rehabilitation.   Apart from Pallikaranai, Point Calimere, Pulicat and Koothankulam were also included in the list.   The state government has been asked to prepare a brief … Read more

RAJASTHAN State seeks more time to set up biodiversity panels   The state government will reapproach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking time, till April-May 2020 to constitute Biodiversity Management Committees’ (BMC) at the panchayat level.   The NGT has directed the state government to constitute BMCs at every gram panchayat and panchayat samitis’ by … 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

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan gets 34% higher rainfall than 2018   The state so far has received an average rainfall of 419.67 compared to 396.26 mm received till August 29, 2018. As monsoon will continue for at least one more week many places in the state are going to receive more rains compared to what they had … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu: Fast track Pocso courts mooted in three districts   The department of social welfare has mooted the setting up of three special fast track courts that will exclusively handle cases booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. Currently, there are over 2,000 cases pending under the Act … Read more

RAJASTHAN 2 films based on Raj get National Award   Two films based on the state have won National Award.   In Best Environmental Film category ‘Machli’ – the world’s famous tiger was declared as a winner. Another movie ‘Turtle’ based on the water crisis in Rajasthan won award.   INTERNATIONAL ·         India announces contribution of 22 … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu schoolteachers likely to get free laptops   The Tamil Nadu government is planning to give free laptops to more than 2.5 lakh teachers working in government and government-aided schools.   Presently, the school education department is distributing free laptops to postgraduate teachers to enable them to teach Class XI and Class XII students using online resources. … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government to review Centre’s hefty penalties for traffic law violations   Rajasthan’s transport minister announced that government in the state would review the proposed compounding fees. He claimed that the high penalties were impractical.   Rajasthan is among those states which are yet to issue the notification for the Act. While the Act has been implemented … Read more

TAMILNADU Asia’s only 5th Generation – VR based simulator centre launched at Chennai by AASI   Asia’s first 5th Generation Virtual Reality based Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre was launched at the Automobile Association of Southern India Centre (AASI), Chennai.   In the first 6 months, AASI will train 200 Ambulance drivers free of cost, … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan launches AB-MGRSBY health insurance scheme   The Rajasthan government launched a new health insurance scheme – Ayushman Bharat-Mahatma Gandhi Rajasthan Swasthya Bima Yojna (AB-MGRSBY).   The scheme will be implemented after merging the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY) and the state’s Bhamashah Swasthya Bima Yojna (BSBY).   With the merger … Read more