February 2020

UTTARAKHAND Kumbh area earnmarked in Haridwar Kumbh area would be spread across 1,454 hectare – out of which 583 hectare has been reserved for parking and 874 hectare for camps. The entire Kumbh area is spread across 150 sq km covering four districts of Uttarakhand and would be divided into 41 sectors the media centre, … Read more 16-17.02.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Udaan flights on chopper Choppers will start operating the subsidised ude desh ka aam nagarik (Udaan) flights from this Saturday with a private company connecting Chamoli and Uttarkashi with Dehradun. Heritage Aviation will connect Sahastradhara (a helipad in Dehradun) with Chinyali Saur (in Uttarkashi) and Gauchar (in Chamoli) with two daily sorties each. One-way … Read more 06-02-2020 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Cabinet nod to self assessment for property tax in municipalities   The State cabinet has approved the bill for implementing self assessment system for property tax in municipalities and Nagar Panchayats as it is done in the municipal corporations.   There was no formal media briefing due to the notification for the budget … Read more 28.02.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand cabinet amends definition of deemed forest   Uttarakhand cabinet,amended the definition of deemed forest. Now, the state definition of a deemed forest is “a land patch of 5 hectares or more with 40 per cent canopy density”. In November last year, the government had defined a deemed forest as “a land patch of 10 hectare or above … Read more 25.02.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND ‘Operation Smile and identification’ Campaign The Uttarakhand police have rescued 315 children, 100 men and 207 women during the two-month-long ‘Operation Smile’ ‘Operation Smile’ and ‘Operation Identification’ were launched in the state from December 1, 2019. Under this campaign, the missing children, as well as the missing men and women, were searched and handed … Read more 11.02.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

  UTTARAKHAND   Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated BSNL FTTH in Dehradun   Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and wifi service in Dehradun, Uttarakhand on 27 February. The move by BSNL is to expand its services in rural areas.   Fiber to the home (FTTH) is … Read more 27.02.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND web portal of Shri Badrinath and Shri Kedarnath temple committee Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched the web portal of Shri Badrinath and Shri Kedarnath temple committee The web portal has been developed by Uttarkhand state National Informatics Centre. Through this website, it will be possible to easily access information regarding Chardhaam tour … Read more 14.02.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Plastic Recycling Facility in Haridwar Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Common Waste Plastic Recycling Facility (CWPRF), in Sidcul The plant will soon start operating and new projects will be taken up to recycle single-use plastic It is a step … Read more 9-10-02-2020 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Four hydro projects violate Ganga flow norms Since the government made it mandatory for hydro power projects on the upper reaches of the river Ganga’s tributaries to release minimum quantities of water through the year, 4 of the 11 projects are flouting norms, says a report by the Central Water Commission (CWC). The ecological flow, … Read more 01-02.2020 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Centre approves new tax tribunal bench in Uttarakhand   Union ministry of law and justice has approved to set up a circuit bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in Uttarakhand. The body is scheduled to be inaugurated on February 27 by chief minister Trivendra Rawat.   As per official sources, the circuit bench will have … Read more 26.02.20 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs