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Natural Hazards of India Disaster A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s capacity to cope using its own resources. Vulnerability + Hazard =Disaster Vulnerability- it is defined as the diminished capacity of … Read more Natural Hazards : Floods, Droughts, Cyclones, Landslides
UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand to have digital data center by March 2018 The officers present in the meeting said that Uttarakhand was fast moving towards strengthening the nine-pillars of Digital India – Broadband highways, Universal access to phones, public internet access programme, e-governance reforming government through Technology, e-Kranti – Electronic delivery of services, Electronics manufacturing target net zero imports, IT … Read more 25.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
Biome The terrestrial part of the biosphere is divisible into enormous regions called biomes, which are characterized, by climate, vegetation, animal life and general soil type. No two biomes are alike. The most important climatic factors are temperature and precipitation. Tundra- Northern most region adjoining the ice bound poles. Devoid of trees except stunted shrubs … Read more Biomes and Its types
Archaeological sites of Uttarakhand Archaeological Heritage of Uttarakhand Himalaya affords an awe inspiring study of nature. Fossil remains from the rocks dated to from 18.3 to 0.6 million years BP show a variety of Stresirhine Primate genera. Cercopithecoid genera, and Hominoid genera, the last one being of special interest to hominid ancestry. Significantly, Kalagarh Basin … Read more Archaeological sites of Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Direct benefit transfer facility to cover 125 social schemes To ensure that genuine recipients are benefited and leakages in distribution of subsidies are plugged, the Uttarakhand government will soon extend the countrywide Aadhaar-enabled Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) facility to all the 125 social security schemes being run in the state. Under … Read more 30.07.17 & 31.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Now hill patrol unit To check road accidents happening in the mountainous parts of the State thick and fast and taking toll of lives, the State police have decided to form Hill Patrol Unit (HPU) on the pattern of City Patrol Unit (CPU) in the mountainous districts of the State. This unit … Read more 11-12.02.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND CM: State to have 5,000 homestays by 2020 With the aim to create livelihood opportunities through tourism, Uttarakhand will have as many as 5,000 operational home stays in the state. Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat made this announcement while meeting a delegation of Uttarakhand Hotel Association here on Thursday. During his interaction … Read more 06.04.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand amends land management Act In a move that will make sale of land easier, the Uttarakhand government has amended the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Management Act, 1950. “Earlier, land below 3.125 acres was not allowed to be fragmented and sold. After the amendment, such sale or purchase done within a period … Read more 08.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
Uttarakhand Work begins on Uttarakhand’s first war memorial After a wait of forty years, finally the construction work of Shaurya Sthal, the first war memorial in public domain in Uttarakhand began. Gadgets and mobile apps will be developed to help visitors download biographies and pictures of the martyrs. The nine walls being constructed in the … Read more 21.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Anti-Conversion Bill draft gets nod The state Cabinet has approved the draft of the Anti-Conversion Bill (Religious Freedom), making religious conversions brought through force, coercion, inducement, marriage and other means a cognisable offence. As per provisions of the draft Bill, besides making forced conversion a cognisable offence, it will also attract … Read more 17.03.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs