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UTTARAKHAND Now, an app for rainwater harvest queries People interested in installing rainwater harvesting plants in their homes would soon be able to do so with a smart phone app. The Uttar Pradesh groundwater department will soon launch an Android-based mobile application which will enable people to easily install rainwater harvesting plants. The app will also … Read more 04.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Centre launches six-year secure Himalaya project The Centre launched a six-year project to ensure conservation of locally and globally significant biodiversity, land and forest resources in the high Himalayan ecosystem spread over four states in India. Protection of snow leopard and other endangered species and their habitats is one of the … Read more 03.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Centre to adopt 60 villages in Uttarakhand and make them self-sustaining The Centre will adopt four clusters of 60 villages in Uttarakhand and transform them to become self-sustaining in a time bound manner through various scientific interventions. The interventions will be made in the areas of processing and value addition of milk, … Read more 01 & 02.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Centre releases Rs 4 crore to build toilets in Uttrakhand The central government has released Rs 4 crore for construction of individual and community toilets in urban areas of Uttarakhand under Swachh Bharat Mission. Sources in the state government said that approximately Rs 2 crore have been sanctioned for 500 community toilets and Rs … Read more 30.09.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand schools protest education minister’s directive Uttarakhand schools have resented education minister Arvind Pandey’s directive to paste details of teachers including their photos and mobile numbers on school notice boards. In a meeting attended by heads of 38 schools who are part of the Principals Progressive Schools’ Association (PPSA), many schools said … Read more 29.09.17 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
UTTARAKHAND Cabinet decisions, a festive gift to employees from Uttarakhand government In the festive season, Uttarakhand cabinet approved a number of measures for the state government employees, including approval of benefits under seventh pay commission to some corporations, 180 day maternity leave for women adopting child, payment of 50 per cent of the … Read more 27.09.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand government earns Rs 580 crore in first two months of GST implementation The Uttarakhand government has earned Rs 580 crore in the first two months of implementation of the GST regime in the state, according to sources in the state finance department. Over 96,000 traders in the state had registered in the new system. By … Read more 26.09.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana The Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harshvardhan launched “Pt Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana” which will experiment and endeavour to formulate and implement appropriate S&T Interventions for Sustainable development through cluster approach in Uttarakhand. … Read more 25.09.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND HC seeks report on poor condition of US Nagar health centre Uttarakhand high court asked the state government to submit a reply within two weeks regarding the poor state of a primary health center in Jaspur, Udham Singh Nagar district. Primary health centres were created as a first line of defence in … Read more 23 & 24.09.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs