Uttarakhand General Knowledge

UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand bans tobacco sachets sold with pan masala packets for a year The Uttarakhand government has banned the tobacco sachets, which are sold along with pan masala packets across the state. The ban comes into effect immediately and has been imposed for a year. As per food safety regulations, there is a ban on the sale of edible tobacco in … Read more 20-21.10.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand government plans to brand, market produce   Ranikhet Apples, Munsiyari Potatoes and Mukteshwar Plums could soon become popular brand names of fruits and vegetables, as the Uttarakhand government is planning to brand and market produce on the basis of their place of origin in the state.   Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat said the Uttarakhand government is setting up around … Read more 19.10.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   U’khand fares well in Niti Aayog’s innovation index   Uttarakhand has performed well in Niti Aayog’s first Innovation Index released on Thursday. The state was placed on third spot among Himalayan and north-eastern states.   While overall Sikkim was ranked the top in the list, Uttarakhand performed well in different parameters. It was … Read more 18.10.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Doppler radars will be installed in Uttarakhand by March 2020   The central government told Uttarakhand high court (HC) that two doppler radars — one each at Mukteshwar and Surkanda Devi near Mussoorie — will be installed by the end of March 2020 and will become functional soon after. The government added that besides the radars, 107 automatic weather … Read more 17.10.19 UTTARAKHAND (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Govt reduces charges for deployment of CAPFs in states   The Centre has substantially reduced the charges for the states for deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) for various law and order duties, including communal tensions and insurgency-related violence.   According to the revised rates, a general category state will have to pay Rs … Read more 16.10.19 UTTARAKHAND (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   College of Law signs MoU with UBB   A memorandum of understanding was signed between Law College Dehradun faculty of Uttaranchal University and Uttarakhand Biodiversity Board (UBB).   Following the signing of the MoU, the works will entail designing syllabus for the whole country including Uttarakhand in accordance with Biodiversity Act, 2002, preparing … Read more 15.10.19 UTTARAKHAND (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   State machinery prepares for e-cabinet meeting   Taking an intitiave towards enhancing e-governance in the state, the Uttarakhand Government has decided to gradually make the Cabinet meetings paperless.   In addition to this, all the decisions taken in the Cabinet meetings held so far will also be uploaded on the e-cabinet portal.   … Read more 13-14.10.19 UTTARAKHAND (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   NITI Aayog downgrades U’khand in health services   The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has downgraded Uttarakhand in its index of health services. The Aayog has kept the State in the list of 14 States that have performed poorly on various parameters of providing health services. The immediate fall out of … Read more 12.10.19 UTTARAKHAND (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   MoU reached for uploading core applications of Panchayats   The Panchayati Raj Department of Uttarakhand has entered into a Memorandum of Understan-ding (MoU) with the Common Service Centres to upload eleven core common applications on Panchayat Enterprise Suit (PES), the platform developed by Ministry of Panchayati Raj under its e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project. … Read more 11.10.19 UTTARAKHAND (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Forest department to conserve state’s wild fruits, spices   With the objective of protecting the flora and fauna of the mountains, the state forest department has started an intensive project to conserve the wild fruits and spices found in Himalayas. Data shared by the forest department’s research wing states that there are 67 wild fruits … Read more 10.10.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs