24.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL     India 145th among 195 countries in healthcare access, quality: Lancet   India ranks 145th among 195 countries in terms of quality and accessibility of healthcare in 2016, behind its neighbours like China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan, according to a Lancet study.   In 2016, India’s healthcare access and quality scored at … Read more 24.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

12.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   State government announces 2% hike in DA   The state government on Wednesday announced a 2% hike on Dearness Allowance (DA) in the hill state with immediate effect.   The move will benefit over 1.5 lakh employees in Uttarakhand.   The hike has been implemented and the employees would get the benefit starting from … Read more 12.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

06.03.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Rk singh to launch saubhagya scheme on march 9 in u’khand   The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and renewable Energy R K Singh would launch Saubhagya scheme,  meant to provide power connection to all the poor households in Uttarakhand, at Pavilion Ground in Dehradun on March 9.   It … Read more 06.03.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

28-29.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Dr Thakur gets Padma Shri   Dr Vikram Chandra Thakur, former director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), the only one from Uttarakhand this year to feature in the list of Padma Shri awardees that was announced on the eve of Republic Day.   Dr Thakur is the second WIHG luminary … Read more 28-29.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

27.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Women get benefits of free transport facility – ‘Sukhad’   Around 2000 women and girls of the provisional State capital reportedly benefited from the free transport facility (pick and drop services) especially for women under the project ‘Sukhad’– an initiative launched by the Traffic Directorate of Uttarakhand.   Under this initiative,   women and … Read more 27.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

21 & 22.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Govt planning no new tax or cess in state budget: Min   Under the 14th Finance Commission the States are receiving lesser budgetary allocations under components like Special Plan Assistance (SPA) and other heads than what they used to receive earlier. Similarly considerable shortfall occurred under 13th finance commission also.  Uttarakhand demanded that … Read more 21 & 22.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

15.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Pancheshwar dam displaced to be resettled on irrigation department land   ð Tourism and irrigation minister Satpal Maharaj said that he will soon hold talks with UP chief minister Adityanath Yogito get land in Uttarakhand which is currently under UP government’s control to rehabilitate around 33,000 people who would be displaced due to submergence of their villages … Read more 15.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

28.09.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   State sets 2025 deadline to make Uttarakhand TB free The National Health Mission (NHM) director, Chandresh Kumar, said that Uttarakhand has taken up a target to make the state free from Tuberculosis by 2025.   However some challenges are ahead to fight with such as, Unavailability of health infrastructure in the hills and … Read more 28.09.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Role of media and Social networking sites in internal security Challenges.  

  Social Media can be defined as any web or mobile based platform that enables an individual or agency to communicate interactively and enables exchange of user generated content and it is explained by a number of tools, which includes blogs, Wikis, discussion forums, micro-blogs, twitter and social networking sites. Internet has become a platform for … Read more Role of media and Social networking sites in internal security Challenges.  

13.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Uttarakhand blind footballers aim for international glory The Uttarakhand football team for the blind won the All India Invitational Blind Football (IIBF) tournament in Kerala in May, defeating seven other teams to bring the trophy home. The team achieved this with a partially sighted goalkeeper although the rules stipulate that the goalkeeper can be a normal sighted … Read more 13.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs