Kakinada, May 18th: The government has issued GO for the introduction of village malls in rural areas. According to the East Godavari district joint collector and collector for civil supplies, Mr. Kona Sasidhar the government has taken the decision to make all essentials available at one place to people in rural areas and also to provide a reasonable income to the dealer.
The village malls will be on par with mini super bazaars and will cater to the different needs of the people. The dealer will sell cosmetics and fertilizers in addition to the items supplied under the PDS. Facilities like STD, Post, LIC, bus reservation, computer online facility, sale of recharge coupons of various mobile companies and related activities will be taken up.
The existing fair price shops will be replaced by village malls and the program is being implemented as a pilot project in six mandals of East Godavari district and will be extended to the remaining mandals in a phased manner after assessing its effective implementation. There are 2,256 fair shops in the district catering to the needs of 14.13 lakh white card holders.
Hyderabad, May 18th: Aiming to raise global awareness about Hepatitis b and Hepatitis c and to encourage prevention, diagnosis and treatment, world health organization has observed May 19 as world hepatitis day. Shockingly 1 in every 12 people world wide is living with either chronic Hepatitis b or...
Visakhapatnam, May 18th: Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Gitam University here on Monday. Agreement was jointly signed by BARC-Health Safety and Environment Group director, Mr. H.S Kushwaha and the Gitam University registrar, Prof P.M Valli ...
Hyderabad, May 19th: Dr. Y.S Raja Shekar Reddy is going to take oath as chief minister for the second term on Wednesday evening at Lal Bahadur Stadium. He was re-elected as leader of Congress Legislature party on Tuesday evening. Reddy will be the only minister to take oath today. His council of mi...
Kakinada, May 19th: To beat the scorching heat and heavy rush due to summer, South Central Railway (SCR) is likely to run special AC train from Kakinada to Secunderabad every Tuesday. The train will be provided with 18 AC compartments to facilitate the passengers to have a cool journey in hot summe...
Kakinada, May 19th: The East Godavari district administration has fixed targets for both Kharif and Rabi season yields under the action plan 2009-10. In addition to fixing targets steps were also taken for supply of water for irrigation under the Godavari, Yeluru and other sources. The administration...
Hyderabad, May 19th: Dr. B.R Ambedkar Open University (Braou) has finally got recognition from the Distance Education Council (DEC) for its courses offering through distance education. The university faced criticisms from the students who were rejected central government jobs saying that the degree...
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