Uttarakhand General Knowledge

UTTARAKHAND   Mauritius know about their ancestors & native place   The Uttarakhand tourism department will help non resident Indians to get in touch with their roots by providing them information about their ancestors and their native villages. Initially, this will be facilitated for Indian-origin people of Mauritius.   Details of the ancestors will be … Read more 26.06.19 Uttarakhand(UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   ·         State’s first zero waste park to come up at Nathuwawala ð   This will be the first of its kind in Uttarakhand and is being constructed as a pilot project on 36,000 square feet land. ð  There are 4,000 households and about 40 bulk waste generators such as wedding points and schools. The … Read more 25.06.19 Uttarakhand(UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   State Govt employees anxious on AAUY   In absence of state administration’s initiative to include, the state government employees in the Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana (AAUY), thousands of serving and retired state government employees are anxiously waiting for the final decision of government on the issue.   The state government had assured that … Read more 23-24.06.19 Uttarakhand(UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand slips to 17th spot in healthcare ranking, performs badly in almost all indicators   Falling two slots from last year’s 15th rank, Uttarakhand this year was relegated to the 17th position among 21 states of the country in the healthcare rankings recently released by central government think tank Niti Aayog in its report titled … Read more 21.06.19 Uttarakhand(UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand closes bond education for medical students   Uttarakhand closes the facility of bond education for MBBS and MD/MS students in Haldwani Medical College and Doon Medical College from this academic year. The facility that will be available only at SrinagarMedical College and Almora Medical College is yet to get MCI accreditation.   The bond … Read more 20.06.19 Uttarakhand(UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand government plans to develop ‘dark tourism’ in Kedarnath   On lines of Ground Zero in USA and Oradour-sur-Glane massacre village in France, the state government aims to promote ‘dark tourism’ in Kedarnaththat would involve tourists travelling to places which were the worst affected during the 2013 Himalayan disaster.   Notably, dark tourism is a global … Read more 19.06.19 Uttarakhand(UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand to soon certify its forests to maximise financial output from jungle wealth   In a bid to manage the state’s forest cover effectively, conserve the unique Himalayan eco-system and also, to derive maximum financial output from the jungle wealth, the Uttarakhand forest department has said that it will soon execute the exercise of certification of … Read more 18.06.19 Uttarakhand(UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand should get funds for contribution to environment   Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said in Niti aayog meeting that the Union government should allocate a separate fund for Uttarakhand as the Himalayan state is responsible for maintaining over two-thirds of the forest cover in the country.   The CM said that the fund should be provided … Read more 16-17.06.19 Uttarakhand(UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Dabur aims to be a plastics waste free company by 2021   Home-grown FMCG major Dabur India has set its sights on becoming a plastic waste free company by the end of March 2021 by collecting, processing and recycling 20 million kgs of post-consumer plastic waste from across the country. With this, the company would be collecting … Read more 15.06.19 Uttarakhand(UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   CM inaugurates 1st potable wastewater treatment plant in India   CM Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated the first portable and potable wastewater treatment plant in India at Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh.   The 50-KLD (kilo litres per day) portable and potable wastewater treatment plant is a treatment system which uses a four-part treatment technology to treat the ashram’s wastewater … Read more 14.06.19 Uttarakhand(UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs