Nov 2019

UTTARAKHAND   Homestay scheme: tourism dept to organise camps In order to provide employment opportunities to the local people of the Himalayan state, tourism department of Uttarakhand would organise awareness camps. These camps will be set up to promote the Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Swarrojgar scheme and the Deendayal Homestay scheme. The state’s government’s aim … Read more 30.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana review   The health department has roped in Asha workers for making and distributing golden cards of Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana. The department has undertaken a special campaign to make the golden cards of the AAUY from November 25 to December 25.   11651 Asha workers and 606 Asha … Read more 29.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND     Marriage procession of Lord Rama to start from U’khand   The tourism department of Uttarakhand has decided to take out a Barat (Marriage procession) of Lord Rama from Ragunath temple located at Devprayag town to the Janakpuri in Nepal. The marriage procession from Uttarakhand would start from Devprayag on Thursday and would … Read more 28.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND State to have cost-effective Bamboo schools The buildings of the schools in Uttarakhand would now be made up of Bamboo. These schools would be constructed by the Bamboo board. It is learnt that a sum of only Rs 16 lakh would be spent in construction of building of a primary school by using Bamboo … Read more 27.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   State combining natural beauty & adventure to boost tourism: CM   Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated a hot air balloon show held at the Police Lines as part of the hot air balloon festival 2019 organised jointly by Savia Aviation Private Limited and Uttarakhand Police.   Addressing the gathering on the occasion, … Read more 26.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Mission Indradhanush II to cover 10 districts of U’khand   Uttarakhand would undertake a four-month- long intensive immunisation programme to immunise left out children and pregnant women under Mission Indradhanush II programme.   The campaign is being undertaken in 271 districts of 27 States and Union Territories of India.  In Uttarakhand, ten districts … Read more 24-25.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Community radio may help cut disaster risk in Uttarakhand: Experts   Localised community radio stations can help in reaching out to people within minimum time span and can mitigate the losses during and after a disaster, said experts at the state disaster management authority-organised community radio multi-stakeholder network programme in Dehradun.   The … Read more 23.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND       CM Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurates hot air balloon fest, says Uttarakhand to soon host adventure sports summit   Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated a three-day hot air balloon event at police lines on Friday. The state government has also decided to soon host a summit for adventure sports associations to … Read more 22.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand: Cabinet gives green light to Char Dham Shrine Board Act The state cabinet chaired by chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday gave its approval to the ‘Char Dham shrine board Management Act’ paving the way for the shrine board to be constituted on the lines of Vaishno Devi shrine board and Tirupati … Read more 21.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand govt planning to launch Sanskrit TV channel After giving Sanskrit the status of second official language of the state, the Uttarakhand government is now planning to launch a Sanskrit TV channel— in the process becoming what officials claim will be the first state in the country to undertake such a project. Sources … Read more 20.11.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs