Oct 2019

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   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   Uttarakhand awaits Biodiversity Management Committees   According to preliminary estimates made by the state biodiversity board, a total of 2,387 Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) will be formed under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, in Uttarakhand.   These BMCs will ensure conservation of natural resources and biodiversity, and provide equal economic rights to farmers … Read more 06-07.10.19 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 Environmental nod for Rs2,584-cr dam project in U’khand   The proposed Jamrani dam project of Uttarakhand, which has been hanging fire for over 40 years, has finally got environmental clearance from the Centre, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said.   He said environmental clearance to the long-awaited project paves the way for its speedy … Read more 23.10.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand: HRD minister to lay foundation stone of NIT on October 19   After a decade-long wait, Uttarakhand’s only National Institute of Technology (NIT) is all set to get its own building. Union human resource development minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank will be laying the foundation stone of NIT campus in Sumari village in Pauri district … Read more 08.10.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Fortified milk in MDM for Govt school students   In a novel initiative which would benefit more than 7.5 lakh students, the Uttarakhand government would provide fortified skimmed milk to the students of classes I to VIII under the Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme. Under the scheme, 100 ml of milk would be … Read more 22.10.19 Uttarakhand (UKPSC) Daily Current Affairs