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Godavari River
With a length of 1465 Kilometers, Godavari is India’s second largest river that runs within the country and also the longest river in South India. It originates near Trimbak in Nashik District of Maharashtra state and flows east across the Deccan Plateau into the Bay of Bengal near Narasapuram in West Godavari district of Andhra ..
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The Government of India has been trying to increase its agricultural exports by exhibiting agricultural and processed food products in foreign countries. APEDA was a pioneer in realizing this vision. The active role of APEDA increased agricultural exports to 25.6 billion USD in 2021-22. This is 51% of the total agricultural exports of the country. ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority • Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority's (APEDA) • agricultural exports • Agriculture • APEDA • Ayush • Brahmaputra River • Cauvery • Cauvery River • food and nutrition • Food Processing • Ganga river • Godavari • Godavari River • non resident • non-resident Indians (NRIs) • Organic food
Task force on river-linking approves the Mahanadi-Godavari link
The task force on Interlinking of Rivers has approved the Mahanadi-Godavari Link on February 25, 2021. Approval was given to the preparation of final detailed project report on proposed Mahanadi -Godavari link. Highlights The linking project was approved by ensuring the utilisation of allocated Godavari waters by the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Godavari River • Ken-Betwa • Mahanadi River • Mahanadi-Godavari link • National Water Development Agency (NWDA) • River Interlinking
Andhra Pradesh bags CBIP award for Polavaram project
Andhra Pradesh was conferred with CBIP’s “Best Implementation of Water Resources Project” for better planning, implementation, monitoring and speedy execution of Polavaram multipurpose project on the Godavari River. Polavaram Multipurpose project Under the Polavaram Multipurpose project, a dam is constructed across the Godavari River in West Godavari District and East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. The reservoir of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Andhra Pradesh • Best Implementation of Water Resources Projec • CBIP • Central Board of Irrigation and Power • Godavari River • Polavaram Multipurpose project
Union government gives final clearance to Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation Project
On June 6, the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) in Telangana has received the approval of Technical Advisory Committee of the Union government in a meeting held in the Central Water Commission (CWC) in Delhi. The Kaleshwaram project, which is the biggest lift irrigation project in the country, has provision for the storage of about ..
Topics: Godavari River • India • Irrigation in India • Kaleshwaram • Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project • Karimnagar • Lift irrigation schemes • Pranahita Chevella lift irrigation scheme • States and union territories of India • Telangana
Hyderabad hosts regional conference of southern states on water resources
The Union Water Resources ministry is holding the regional conference of southern states in Hyderabad on February 20, 2018 to resolve the pending inter-state water issues. During the meeting, issues such as the implementation of the latest orders of the Supreme Court on sharing of Cauvery waters, interlinking of rivers like Godavari-Cauvery, notification of jurisdiction ..
Topics: Andhra Pradesh • Coromandel Coast • Godavari River • India • Irrigation in India • Kaveri • Kaveri River water dispute • Krishna River • Polavaram Project • Rivers of India • States and union territories of India
GOI gives environmental clearance for Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme
The Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has recently accorded environmental clearance for the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) in Telangana. Excerpts of KLIS project are as follows: The project envisages construction of a barrage across River Godavari near Madigadda village in Karimnagar district of Telangana. Apart ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Annaram Barrage • Godavari River • Kaleshwaram • Karimnagar • Medigadda Barrage • States and union territories of India • Sundilla Barrage • Telangana