July 13: The State Level Bankers

The Centre on Monday informed Parliament that a survey will be conducted by the Survey of India by the end of July to demarcate the mining lease areas of five mines in Andhra Pradesh.

July 12: The soft-spoken minister for major irrigation, Mr Ponnala Laxmaiah, is tough as nails when it comes to his job.
He is always alert and has not hesitated to take strong departmental action against several errant officials. So it is no wonder that Mr Ponnala has retained his portfolio in the second term too.

Andhra Pradesh: Araku Emerald, the organic gourmet coffee grown by tribals

July 9: Deficit rainfall in catchment areas of rivers Krishna and Godavari in Maharashtra and Karnataka has drastically shrunk water levels in major reservoirs in the state.
The situation has worsened due to construction of barrages across the two major lifelines to the state.

July 9: A severe water shortage is looming over Prakasam with storage systems in the district running dry. The minister of mines, Mr Balineni Srinivas Reddy, has assured that the government will ask NSP officials to release water by August 1 so that people of the district will have potable water.

Environment & Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh

The scientists at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) here have developed a genetically modified (GM) fish that are superior in yield and quality.

The popular fish variety

The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday scrapped the Rs 12,132 crore Hyderabad Metro Rail Project contract awarded to Maytas Infra. Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development Anam Rama Narayana Reddy said that a Cabinet meeting would be held on July 13 to decide whether to go for global retendering.