July 2020

UTTARAKHAND CM Swarozgar Yojana More than 15,000 Uttarakhand locals, who returned to the state in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, have registered themselves for the CM Swarozgar Yojana. Besides, over a lakh queries have been made for the scheme under which subsidised loans are provided for starting works in different sectors. ttarakhand government had announced … Read more 11.07.20 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Ban on use of Chinese products in Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Rawat has said that China-made equipment and parts will not be used in Uttarakhand government departments. The Chief Minister praised the Central Government’s self-reliant India campaign and said that this campaign has created a new identity of the country in the midst of crisis. … Read more 09.07.20 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Cell for better coordination for facilitating employment Uttarakhand govt to set up cell for better coordination for facilitating employment for returnees Fifty-eight per cent of over 2.15 lakh people who returned to their homes in Uttarakhand during the Covid-19 epidemic are skilled and will be encouraged to seek employment under the state government’s Mukhyamantri … Read more 18-07.2020 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Now loans from cooperative banks will also be available to lure migrants The government has now decided to give more and more loans through cooperative banks in view of the hurdles in getting loans from migrant nationalized banks for self-employment. So far, more than 15,000 candidates have applied under the CM Swarojgar Yojana in … Read more 08.07.20 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Tourism department starts online registration for self-employment schemes To provide employment opportunities to those who returned to the state in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, the Uttarakhand tourism department started the online registration facility for Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Tourism Self-Employment and Homestay Scheme. The scheme is aimed at enabling local youths to start … Read more 01.07.20 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand varsities, degree colleges to get high speed internet ttarakhand’s higher education minister Dhan Singh Rawat announced on Friday that degree colleges and state universities will get the facility of high speed internet within one month. Besides, the state government will also install solar power plants in each degree college in the same time … Read more 14-07.2020 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

International World Bank and Government of India sign $750 million Agreement World Bank and Government of India sign $750 million Agreement for Emergency Response Programme for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises The World Bank’s MSME Emergency Response Programme will address the immediate liquidity and credit needs of some 1.5 million viable MSMEs to help them … Read more 07.07.20 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Hotel business among the worst-affected sectors by the pandemic With hotel business among the worst-affected sectors by the pandemic, Uttarakhand — which estimates suggest accounts for up to 50% of the industry workforce — is seeing an influx of unemployed chefs and cooks return to the hill state. In the past two months, as … Read more 05-06.07.20 Daily UKPSC Current Affairs