Union minister for civil aviationHardeep Singh Purihas said that the under-construction integrated terminal atVijayawada airportwould be completed by end of March
2023.As part of the approval, the new terminal building, air traffic control (ATC) tower, apron, link taxiway and other construction works would be taken up.
The Central government has formed 6,500 Eco Clubs in Andhra Pradesh from 2019-20 under National Green Crops (NGC), said Union minister of state for Environment, forests and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change, AshwiniKumar Choubey.
The grant-in-aid was provided to promote environmental awareness and mobilize students participation in
environment conservation through activities like plantation drives, cleanliness drives, celebration of important environmental days, awareness, and capacity building on solid Waste Management through waste segregation, the minister said.The NGC programme was implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change under the Central Sector Scheme Environment Education, Awareness and Training (EEAT) since the year 2001-02, the Union minister added.
Under this programme, more than 1
lakh Eco Clubs have been formed in schools and colleges to educate students and to spread awareness on environmental issues, he told the House.The EEAT scheme has been revamped during the year 2022-23 into Environment Education Programme.
Andhra Universityis giving top priority to create additionalon thecampusfor academic andresearchactivities, said vice-chancellor Prof PVGD Prasad Reddy.
The V-C participated in the puja for construction of two additional floors for Skill development and
online testing centre on Saturday. Theprojectwould cost about Rs 2.8 crore to the varsity.Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed the Industries Department to accord top priority to the promotion of MSMEs which provide large-scale EMPLOYMENT, while taking steps to ensure that the industrial units already approved by the State Promotion Board (SIPB) began work at the earliest.
At a review meeting on industries, Ports, industrial corridors, fishing harbours and basic Infrastructure at his camp office near here on Monday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy ordered a special wing comprising the Chief Secretary and officials from the CMO (Chief Ministers Office) to be set up to extend support to the industrial units for which permissions were given by the SIPB, thereby ensuring
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Sweccha translates to Freedom.
The program aims to prioritize female personal hygiene and encourage a healthy dialogue of information on Menstruation.
Swechha is formed to ensure affordable access to Health and menstrual hygiene in adolescent girls and Women.
Good quality sanitary napkins will be provided to the female students by the at government institutions for free.
Ten sanitary napkins will be given each month to about 10 lakh adolescent girls studying from 7th-12th grades in government schools and intermediate colleges across the state at a financial expense of INR 32 crores.
A total of 120 napkins annually is allotted to each female student. Even during summer vacations, the students are provided with their share before they leave school.
Andhra Pradeshended at the 17th place among all the states and Union Territories in the performance grading index 2.0 (PGI 2.0) 2021-22, the results of which were released by the Union Government on July 7. The assessment was done based on the performance of the school Education system of the state.
The PGI covers 73 indicators, focused more on qualitative assessment besides including digital initiatives and teacher education. The states/UT that were ahead of AP in the PGI 2.0 were , Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep,Maharashtra, Puducherry,Punjab,Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.
While the grades have been divided into 10 different categories based on the scores, no state/UT could achieve the top four grades. Chandigarh and Punjab are the only states/UTs that have made it to the fifth grade Prachesta-2 (641 700 score).
Six states/UTs entered into the top sixth category
by scoring more than 581 points. Andhra Pradesh shared its place along with 13 other states/UTs in the Akanshi-1 (521 – 580), the seventh grade.The PGI 2.0 structure comprises 1000 points, broadly consisting of six domains namely Learning outcomes and quality, access, Infrastructure and facilities, Equity, Governance processes, and teacher education and training. When it comes to the individual category scores, Andhra Pradesh scored more than 85% in the equity domain. The state also fared fairly well in access and teacher education and training domains.
A total of seven states and UTs, Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh, made it to the level II (score 901-950) in the earlier edition of PGI the 2020-21 PGI index.
WaltairRailwayDivision created HISTORY by showing stellar performance in all the departments. Despite many odds, the division saw its best performance in loading, passenger traffic andrevenue, energy conservation, safety, catering, ticket checking, non-fare revenue, sundry earnings and others.
The division earned revenue to the tune of Rs. 9,294 crore by ferrying 27.86 million passengers safely to their destinations and transporting 69.63 million tonnes of freight to various parts of the country by adding Rs. 800 crore revenue and 3 MT freight in this fiscal compared to previous years performance. All these are the best-ever records
viewBox="0 0 576 512">Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Revenue Dharmana Krishnadas on January 9 exhorted the industries to take up service activities in their vicinity to the extent possible and win the hearts of people.
Inaugurating an ultra modern kitchen established by Aurobindo Pharma Foundation, CSR wing of Aurobindo Pharma Limited, in Dr.
B.R.Ambedkar University campus at Etcherla, Mr. Krishnadas said that the kitchen established with 2 crore would help 300 students to have meals at a time.He said that the establishment of an RO water plant was also a good initiative aimed at protecting the Health of students.
Andhra University is likely to get a DEFENCE chair from the Union ministry of defence. An online meeting-cum-video conference was organised between directorate general resettlement director general Major General Sharad Kapur and Andhra University vice-chancellor Prof PVGD Prasad Reddy.The meeting deliberated on several sponsored courses from the ministry of defence to Andhra University for the armed forces.
Several proposals were submitted to
Andhra University on this occasion, including providing admissions into the executive PhD programme at AU for all the officers undergoing courses in National Defence College.At the nearly century-oldKadiyam nurseriesin East Godavari district, around 10,000 families are busy managing 3,000 nurseries that are spread over 5,000 acres.
Agronomists and horticulturists in these nurseries are encouraging people with specialised knowledge on various plant species to come and carry out research. Workers receive all facilities in an
acknowledgement of their role in developing and nurturing new varieties.Besides indigenous Plants, nursery farmers import exotic plants from countries like Spain, China, Thailand and elsewhere in southeast Asia. Ficus plants from China, olive trees from Spain and multi-colour bougainvillea from Thailand are some of the attractions.