Kakinada, June 26th: The Annual credit plan of East Godavari district for financial year 2009-10 has been fixed at Rs. 4,013 crore as against the last year’s figure of Rs. 3,000 crore. It was an increase of about Rs. 1,013 crore (33.75 per cent). A total sum of Rs. 1,798 crore (24.5 per cent) was allocated for agriculture compared to Rs. 1,443 crore in 2008-09. For non-farm activities, a sum of Rs. 561 crore was earmarked for the year.
According to an official statement of the bankers’ district level review committee (DLRC), short term crop loans (STCL) amounted to approximately Rs. 1,460 crore. Other Priority Sectors got Rs. 555 crore. The second biggest allocation after STCL is Rs. 1,100 crore for the self-help groups (both urban and rural). It was a 120 per cent increase over the last year’s target of Rs. 500 crore. A sum of Rs. 848 crore was disbursed to 46,937 rural self-help groups in 2008-09, which was the highest in the last five years from 2004-05.
Rampachodavaram, June 26th: The Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S Raja Shekar Reddy will visit Rampachodavaram agency and participate in several programs in East Godavari district on July 5. To mark the arrangements for the Chief Minister’s visit, the Integrated Tribal Development ITDA project officer,...
Hyderabad, June 28th: The government has recently brought down the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) from 7.5 percent to 4 percent. But several hotels and restaurants still charge customers at the old rate of 7.5 percent. The Non-compliance is more in middle segment restaurants and those attached to ba...
Hyderabad, June 28th: A newly married couple ended their lives by injecting poison. The incident took place on Sunday at Jalagam Vengala Rao Park in Banjara Hills. The park security found the bodies lying unconsciously in a corner of the park and gave information to the police. Police reached the ...
Rajahmundry, June 28th: The AP Fire and Emergency Services will soon have 68 new fire stations in the state. Depending upon the need each district will be allocated with three to four stations. In additional, the department will construct new building to suit the changing needs and acquire vehicles...
Vijayawada, June 28th: Government has decided to taken up the recruitment of 1,000 lecturers in the state very soon. The minister for higher education, Mr. D. Sridhar Babu revealed this to media on Sunday. He was here to unveil a bronze statue of Raja Rangaiah Apparao, the founder of SRR College an...
Kakinada, June 27th: The East Godavari district administration will implement the concept of village malls in urban areas in the form of mini super bazaars. The village malls are developed in rural areas to cater to the needs of locals including farming community. Except the PDS (Public Distributio...
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