March 10: Pesticides prohibited by the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee are widely used by farmers in the state.
Alarmingly enough, officials who are supposed to prevent their use are actually recommending them to farmers.
The CIB&RC has issued a list of pesticides which are banned including chlordane and ethyl parathion.

The Tobacco March 8: The Tobacco Board of India has formulated a strategy to buy back the licences of tobacco growers in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, in compliance with World Health Organisation (WHO

March 7: Public interest litigation was filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking a direction not to register small agricultural land.

March 6: At least 30 per cent of TB patients in certain areas of the state such as Vijayawada are HIV positive, revealed the TB Alert UK chief executive, Mr Mike Man-delbaum.

March 5: The government may ask industrial consumers to agree to a two-day power holiday with many power traders who agreed to supply around 700 MW' every day backing off.
With the onset of power crisis, the industrial units had been asked to reduce the demand for four hours which was later extended to one day recently.

March 3: The city is likely to face severe water shortage as a result of the rapid growth in infrastructure, sources said.
"The utilisation of ground water has increased since the last four years. But, there has been no increase in the water table in the city," said Mr N. Srinivasu, the additional director of the ground water department.

March 3: The Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity Board officials said the decision of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to plant trees that provide shade alone is a "blunder".

The plantation programmes of GHMC would have filled up coffers of the civil body had it gone for planting economically important trees.

Anirban Chowdhury / New Delhi March 4, 2009, 0:24 IST

Companies find the terms in the bidding documents for state projects much more attractive.

National highway projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme have found few takers, but state highway projects under the same route are getting record response in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Haryana.

Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill: Changes arrest, custody and remand procedure.

National Tax Tribunal Bill: Sets up tribunal for taxation issues.
Disaster Management Bill: To set up authority to deal with disasters.
Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill: Permits plea bargaining. Brings safeguards for witnesses.