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rawan239 According to FAO Food Security is “a situation in which all people at all times have access to adequate quantities of safe and nutritious food to lead a healthy and active life”. This definition requires three basic conditions to be met: 1) adequacy, i.e. supplies from domestic production, stocks and imports are sufficient to meet the … Read more
REORGANISATION OF THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH Hyderabad in the existing State of Andhra Pradesh, shall be the common capital of the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh for such period not exceeding ten years. (2) After expiry of the period referred to in sub-section (1), Hyderabad shall be the capital … Read more
The Green Revolution was initiated in the 1960’s to address the issue of Malnutrition in the developing world. The technology of the Green Revolution involved bio-engineered seeds that worked in Conjunction with chemical Fertilizers and heavy Irrigation to increase crop yields. Green Revolution was largely confined in wheat crop and in northern India such … Read more
The word “monsoon” comes from the Arabic word mausim, meaning season.Monsoons refer to a system of winds in the tropical regions under which the direction of winds is reversed completely between the summer and the winter seasons. Under this system, the winds blow from land to sea in winter and from sea to land … Read more
Division of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) The division of the PSEs of the existing state of Andhra Pradesh will be done according to the location of production facilities With the exception of a few PSEs, the headquarters of most of them are located in Hyderabad. However, it is the location of the production facility … Read more
Drainage: Flow of water through well-defined channels. Network of such channels is called a Drainage System . Drainage basin: An area drained by a river and its tributaries. Watershed: Boundary line separating one drainage basin from other. River basins are larger watersheds. Drainage pattern of an area depends on the geological time period, nature … Read more
PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS The companies and corporations specified in the Ninth Schedule constituted for the existing State of Andhra Pradesh shall, on and from the appointed day, continue to function in those areas in respect of which they were functioning immediately before that day, subject to the provisions of this section. … Read more
The Governor of existing State of Andhra Pradesh may, at any time before the appointed day, authorise such expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the State of Telangana as he deems necessary for any period not more than six months beginning with the appointed day pending the sanction of such expenditure by the … Read more
“With the bifurcation, most of the educational institutions, Services, and companies that were a part of Hyderabad became a part of Telangana, we were left with little to work with. I knew that the traditional approaches wouldn’t work here. So I began working with what was there and what I had power over – … Read more
Introduction Andhra Pradesh has been one of the frontrunners among the progressive states of India. The bifurcation of the state will have significant implications on resource flow to the two new States – Telangana and new Andhra Pradesh – and on their Economic Development. In the long run, both of the regions are likely to … Read more