Category Articles: State Government

District collectors reviewed three villages each during their weekend holidays

June 23, 2024
District collectors reviewed three villages each during their weekend holidays

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Revenue Department ordered district collectors to conduct reviews in three villages each over the weekend, despite it being the fourth Saturday of the month. This order aimed at evaluating government fallow lands and Gauchar lands, addressing local grievances, and monitoring development projects. Additional Chief Secretary of Revenue Department Manoj Das instructed all collectors to personally conduct these reviews and submit detailed reports by Monday. Ahmedabad Colle...Read More

Gujarat CM launches anti-Polio vaccination campaign; Over 82 lakh kids to be covered

June 23, 2024

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today launched statewide anti-polio vaccination drive from Gandhinagar on National Immunization Day. The state health department plans to cover more than 83 lakh 72 thousand children in the age group of 0 to 5 years under this campaign. For this purpose, 1 lakh 33 thousand 956 health workers will join the operation of giving drops to children from 33,489 polio booths of the state. This campaign has been carried out by observing Sunday 23 ...Read More

Gujarat CM approves Rs. 399 crore proposal for construction of two new river bridges in North Gujarat

June 23, 2024
Gujarat CM approves Rs. 399 crore proposal for construction of two new river bridges in North Gujarat

Gandhinagar: North Gujarat will witness the construction of two new bridges at a cost of Rs. 399 crore. The two new bridges will be built on State Highway Number 55 and will be constructed by the State government. The State government announced today that the Chief Minister has given in-principle approval for the construction of two new river-bridges. One of the bridges will be built on the Radhanpur - Himmatnagar road near Radhanpur, spanning the river Banas, at a cost of Rs. 179 crore. T...Read More

Gujarat govt announces appointments of five IAS officers

June 22, 2024
Gujarat govt announces appointments of five IAS officers

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government today announced appointment of five IAS officers. BJ Patel - Additional Inspector General fo Registration, Vadodara Zone KS Yagnik - Member Secretary, Gujarat State Commission for Women, Gandhinagar AB Pandor - Joint Managing Director, iNDEXT-B, Gandhinagar BB Chaudhari - Resident Additional Collector, Dangs - Ahwa BC Parmar - Officer on Special Duty, Amdavad Municipal Corporation(AMC), Ahmedabad.  DeshGujaratRead More

Gujarat govt orders immediate premature retirement of senior class-1 officer in Gandhinagar

June 21, 2024
Gujarat govt orders immediate premature retirement of senior class-1 officer in Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has ordered the premature retirement of a Class-1 officer of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL) in Gandhinagar. According to an order from the Narmada Jalsampati Pani Puravtha and Kalpsar department today, Superintendent Engineer JJ Pandya has been prematurely retired by the state government in the public interest, with immediate effect this afternoon. The ongoing departmental inquiry against JJ Pandya will continue after his premature retireme...Read More

ACB Gujarat book former GIL Executive Accountant in DA case

June 21, 2024
ACB Gujarat book former GIL Executive Accountant in DA case

Gandhinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has booked Ruchi Bhavsar, former Executive Accountant of Gujarat Informatics Ltd (GIL), in a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case. Against an income of Rs. 65,31,380 through legal sources, she spent and invested over Rs. 4.73 crore for herself and her dependents. This was 624.43% more than her legal income. The ACB found her assets in Gandhinagar, including penthouse units D701 and D702 in Siddhraj Zed Plus in the Sargasan area of Gandhinagar, a 375 squ...Read More

Gujarat govt’s Shala Praveshotsav 2024 from June 26

June 19, 2024
Gujarat govt’s Shala Praveshotsav 2024 from June 26

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government's annual statewide school enrolment drive (Shala Pravesh Utsav) this year will begin from June 26. A three day pravesh utsav will for the first time mark the admissions in kindergarten, class - 1, class 9 and class 11, involving 32.31 lakh children. The Chief Minister, minsiters, officials and office bearers will visit the schools and participate in this 21st edition of Shala Pravesh Utsav. These details were shared by the State government's Spokesperson minis...Read More

ACB files case against suspended Rajkot Town Planning Officer Sagathiya; read the list of his assets

June 19, 2024
ACB files case against suspended Rajkot Town Planning Officer Sagathiya; read the list of his assets

Gandhinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed a case of Disproportionate Assets against Manukh Dhanabhai Sagathiya (MD Sagathiya), a suspended town planning officer (Class-1) of Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC), who is one of the accused in the Rajkot TRP Game Zone fire case. Sagathiya could have a total legal income of Rs. 2.57 crore+ so far, but the ACB has unearthed assets worth Rs. 13.23 crore+ investments and expenditures of Sagathiya and his family members. This means Sag...Read More

17 IAS officers from Gujarat to be in Mussoorie for mid-career training

June 19, 2024
17 IAS officers from Gujarat to be in Mussoorie for mid-career training

Gandhinagar: 17 officers of Indian Administrative Service(IAS) from Gujarat are sent to the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNA) for fifth phase mid-career training programme upto 13 July at Mussoorie. Among them are P Bharti, Shalini Agrawal, KK Nirala, Alok Pandey, Dilip Rana, Sandip Sangle, Dr. Dhaval Patel, Udit Agrawal, S Chhakchhuak, Dr. Ranjit Kumar Singh, Sandip Singh Gulati, Kuldip Arya, Dr. Ratankunvar Gadhvicharan, Pravina DK, Nagrajan M, Vijay Kharadi and...Read More

Day after CM’s visit to Kheda based Seva Sadan office, Mamlatdar transferred

June 16, 2024
Day after CM’s visit to Kheda based Seva Sadan office, Mamlatdar transferred

Gandhinagar: A day after Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel's visit to the Kheda based Seva Sadan office on Friday, Mamlatdar Pritiben Shah was suspended. The decision was conveyed to the media on Saturday evening. The Chief Minister had gone through several files of the Revenue Department during his visit to the Seva Sadan office in Kheda. He was accompanied by senior officials of the State government. During the inspection, negligence on the part of the officer came to light, following...Read More