Current Affairs, 11 November

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1. 02Andhra Pradesh10 November · Source: AP Cabinet

   The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved more than 30 proposals on 10 November. They include a 512 MW artificial intelligence data centre at Amanam in Bheemunipatnam mandal, Visakhapatnam district, and a Rs 4,000 crore Carbon Cosmo Advanced Materials project at Naidupeta.

   RememberChief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu chaired the meeting at the Secretariat in Velagapudi. The AVGC-XR policy for 2026-31 covers animation, visual effects, gaming, comics and extended reality. A robotics and physical artificial intelligence policy will run until 2036. The police department will get a separate Traffic Management and Road Safety Directorate.

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2. 05Andhra Pradesh9 November · Source: AP Finance Department

   Andhra Pradesh has fixed 31 December 2026 as the last date for eligible staff to opt to move from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) to the Old Pension Scheme. The Finance department issued the guidelines through G.O.Ms.No.158 on 9 November.

   RememberEligible: staff whose posts were notified before 1 September 2004 yet entered service from that day onward. The order covers serving employees, retired employees and family pension beneficiaries. The option is one-time: those who move cannot return to the CPS. The Centre's National Pension System has covered central employees since 1 January 2004.

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4. 08Andhra Pradesh7 November · Source: AP government

   Andhra Pradesh notified a new fireworks safety framework in a government order dated 7 November 2026. The Director-General of the State Disaster Response and Fire Services is now the State Nodal Authority, and in each district the Collector is the nodal authority.

   RememberA State Explosives and Fireworks Safety Cell is to be set up within 30 days. It will develop a Fireworks Risk Index and work with the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO). For LE-1(a) units, licensing now has two stages. An integrated online portal is due in six months. Inspecting officers are personally accountable for their certifications.

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5. 09Telangana9 November · Source: Telangana Civil Supplies Department

   Telangana's Civil Supplies Department announced on 9 November that it will supply rice directly from millers to local retailers, without wholesalers or traders. A retailer who needs stock has to submit an indent to the District Civil Supplies Officer.

   RememberAn indent is a written request for the quantity required. The maximum retail price is Rs 66 a kg for BPT and KNM, Rs 74 for RNR and Telangana Sona, and Rs 79 for HMT and JSR. The department said it is preparing to invoke the Preventive Detention (PD) Act against habitual offenders.

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6. 10Local bodies10 November · Source: AP State Election Commission

   Andhra Pradesh's State Election Commission has fixed 19 November 2026 for electing mandal parishad presidents (MPPs) and 20 November for the zilla parishad chairperson elections. The schedule covers 659 mandal praja parishads and 28 zilla praja parishads.

   RememberThese are indirect elections: the elected MPTC and ZPTC members choose them at a special meeting. Voting is by show of hands. The members first elect their co-opted colleagues, one for a mandal parishad and two for a zilla parishad. MPs, MLAs and MLCs will be invited to the meetings but cannot vote.

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