Chandrababu Naidu announces Rs.100 crorereward for Nobel Prize winners from
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced a reward of Rs 100
crore to anybody who becomes a Nobel Prize winner from the state.
Rajnath Singh lays the Foundation stone for new (NDRF) campus
i. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new
campus of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) at Kondapavuluru village of
Gannavarammandal in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh on January 9, 2017 in presence of Andhra
Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting
M Venkaiah Naidu.
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ii. The government has allocated Rs. 200 Crore for the new campus. The construction works has
been assigned to the Central Public Works Department (CPWD).
HPCL, GAIL sign pact with AP for Rs 40K crore petrochem project
i. Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd(HPCL) and GAIL India Ltd signed a pact with Andhra
Pradesh for setting up a Rs 40,000 crore petrochemical plant in the state.
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ii. The 50:50 joint venture will set up a 1.5 million tons Ethylene Derivatives plant.
iii. It will be set up at the Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR)
sites identified by the state government at Kakinada
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For the first time in the world, Microsoft to deploy Azure Stack in Andhra Pradesh
i. Technology giant Microsoft CEO SatyaNadella and Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu
Naidu has signed agreement to utilise Microsoft Azure Stack for AP government state data centre
at the Microsoft Future Decoded held in Mumbai on February 22, 2017
ii. For the first time in the world, Microsoft Azure Stack will be used to migrate 340 live
applications of AP government from Hyderabad State Data Centre (SDC) to Vizag data centre.
ISRO Successfully Launches Record 104 Satellites in One Go from the SatishDhawan
Space Centre in Sriharikota
Setting a new record in the space mission, the Indian Space Research Organization
(ISRO) successfully launched 104 satellites in one go from the SatishDhawan Space Centre
in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on February 15, 2017.
The satellites were launched on Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C37 which
marked its 39th flight.
The mission was ISROs first space mission for the year 2017 apart from being the most
complicated mission ever carried out.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee congratulated the space
agency for the historic event that significantly boosts Indias space programme.
About the Mission
The 104 satellite included a 714 kg Cartosat-2 Series satellite for earth observation, two
Indian nano satellites INS-1A and INS-1B and 101 international nano satellites. Of the 101
satellites, 96 of these belong to USA and one each belongs to Israel, Kazakhstan,
Netherlands, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates.
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C37 took off firstly to launch the 714 kg Cartosat-2
series satellite for earth observation, followed by two of Indias nano satellites, INS-1A and
INS-1B, weighing 30 kg and finally the 101 co-passenger satellites together weighing about
664 kg.
In total, the entire launch carried a satellite mass of about 1,378 kg.The satellites were
placed in the 520 km distant polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) in a gap of about 30
minutes after separations.
So far, ISRO has launched 226 satellites, including 179 belonging to foreign countries.
THE PAYLOAD
INS1-A and INS 1-B
The two Indian nano satellites INS-1A and INS-1B were developed as co-passenger satellites to
accompany bigger satellites on PSLV.
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The primary objective of INS (ISRO Nano Satellite) is to provide an opportunity for ISRO
technology demonstration payloads, provide a standard bus for launch on demand services.
INS-1A and INS-1B carries total of four different payloads from Space Applications Centre
(SAC) and Laboratory for Electro Optics Systems (LEOS) of ISRO for conducting various
experiments.
INS-1A carries Surface Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function Radiometer and INS-
1B caries Earth Exosphere Lyman Alpha Analyser as payloads.
101 International Satellites
The 101 international customer nano-satellites are being launched as part of the commercial
arrangements between Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of ISRO and
the international customers.
A majority of the satellites of US have earth-imaging capability and belong to a US
company named Planet.
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Andhra Pradesh Presents Around 1.57 Lakh Crore Budget for 2017-18
The Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu presented Rs 1,56,999
crore budget for the financial year 2017-18 in the Legislative Assembly on March 15, 2017.The
proposed budget for 2017-18 is about 15.70 percent more than the budget for 2016-17.
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Funds allocated for Andhra Pradesh pollution control board: Rs 4,183 crore
Pensions: Rs 4376 crore
Development of Village Roads: Rs 260 crore
Allocations in Schemes & Projects
Skill Development scheme: Rs 398 crores.
Safe drinking water project NTR Sujala Sravanthi: Rs 100 crore.
NTR Vaidya Seva: Rs 1,000 crore.
Anna canteens: Rs 100 crore.
Free LPG connection for poor: Rs 350 crore.
Ambedkar Smritivanam in Amaravati: Rs 97 crore.
Agriculture loan waiver Rs 3600 crore, SHG loan investment: Rs 1,600 crore
Ambedkar memorial Park in capital Amaravati: Rs 92 crore.
Power subsidy for poor increased from 50 to 75 units
Development of the new state capital, Amaravati: Rs 1,061 crore
Water sharing between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana KRMB to look after the issue
The issue in sharing of water from river Krishna between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is to be
looked after by Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) as informed by Minister of state for
Water Resources and River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan in
Lok Sabha.
The Central government has constituted the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to look
into the issue.
Role of Krishna River Management Board (KRMB)
The main role of KRMB will be issuing water release orders from time to time based on ad-hoc
arrangement.
The order must be accepted by Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for sharing Krishna river water.
The final allocation is to be made by the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal -II.
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