Wednesday, 16 August 2017

AP Magazine June 2017 Key points (Useful for APPSC exams)


AP Magazine June 2017 Key Points

1. ‘People First’ is an integrated grievance redressal initiative. Under this people cold dial 1100 to register complaints about government services and schemes.

2. Singapore based Ascendas-Singbridge pvt.ltd and Sembcorp Development Ltd were awarded Rs.528 crore project by the government of AP to act as the master developer for a start up area spanning 1,691 acres in Amaravati.

3. K.L Manjunath commission is studying the living conditions of kapus in the state of AP.

4. AP is ranked 72nd in the world Happiness index.

5. AP government won the national award for spending Rs.4,424 crore in 2015-16 under MGNREGA.

6. Toll Free no.102 -> special call centre for providing emergency services to pregnant women & infants.

7. AP CM Chandrababu Naidu was conferred with an esteemed award ‘Transformative chief minister’ by US-India Business Council.

8. AP State Disaster management Authority the first in being able to predict thunderbolts 30 minutes before their occurrence.

9. Vajrapath – an app, developed by a group of 5 girls from Kuppam Engineering college, to detect lightening hit or thunderbolts 30 minutes prior to the attack.

10. Jalavani, a call centre that is aimed at solving problems of drinking water supply.

11. AP CM launched an app ‘Plantix’ that allows one to identify the variety of pest affecting the crop.

12. Banganpalli variety, of Mango is grown in and around Banaganapalle, 70 kms south of Kurnool.

13. AP is the 3rd state with highest number of top ranking clean cities or towns in the country.

14. Under Swachh Survekohan 2017 
Vizag – 3rd cleanest city in India
 Tirupati – 9th cleanest city in India
Vijayawada – 19th cleanest city in India

15. AP IT Ministry handed over permissions to set up R & D facilities, IT services and skill Development centre in Vijayawada to HCL Technologies.

16. A K Singhal IAS – New EO of TTD.

17. K.Durga Prasad IPS was appointed as advisor to the Ministry of Home department, AP.

18. NTR Vidyonnati is n educational scheme that envisages free coaching for civil services aspirants.

19. Under the Hospital Linen and laundry service programme, clean and hygienic bed sheets and pillows covers with colour coded lining strips would be supplied to all hospitals.


20. Justice V.RamaSubramanian was appointed as chairman of AP Real Estate Regulation and Development authority.