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UTTARAKHAND Govt mulls to cover all staff under u-health The State Government is contemplating to provide the benefit of comprehensive and revised U-health card system to all its employees from August 15 this year. Different employee organisations are demanding for long that the comprehensive health insurance cover, the U-health card should be made … Read more 08.06.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Continued migration affecting govt scheme implementation The unabated exodus of youth from the mountainous areas of the State is causing problems for successful implementation of State Government’s venture to support agro based industries in Uttarakhand. Young researchers of Doon University here have found this as one of the effects of the migration … Read more 17.04.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Act to regulate pvt varsities soon: Minister After receiving flak over the fee-hike issue by a private medical college, Uttarakhand Minister of State for Higher Education (independent charge) Dhan Singh Rawat said the government would soon bring an umbrella act to regulate the private universities. “We will not allow the private universities … Read more 27.03.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Dr Thakur gets Padma Shri Dr Vikram Chandra Thakur, former director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), the only one from Uttarakhand this year to feature in the list of Padma Shri awardees that was announced on the eve of Republic Day. Dr Thakur is the second WIHG luminary … Read more 28-29.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND State police set to re-launch op smile on feb 1 Enthused over the success of the Operation Smile launched first in the State on January 1, 2015 to recover the missing children and reunite them with their families or rehabilitate them at the Government-run homes, State Police are all set to re-launch … Read more 31.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Ban of polythnene in garhwal region from march 31 The ban on use of disposable items made from polythene and polystyrene (thermocol) will be strictly enforced in all the seven districts of Garhwal region from March 31 onward. The Garhwal commissioner further said that environmental damage has been exacerbated due to the … Read more 28.02.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND WiFi facility on trekking routes Around 126 trekking routes will have WiFi network for the ease of tourists travelling to distant parts of the state. The Uttarakhand Information Technology Development Authority (UITDA) has prepared a plan to this effect. Director, UITDA, Amit Sinha said all 126 trekking routes would be surveyed … Read more 26.04.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND 5 cr saplings to be planted this year About 1.5 crore tree saplings will be planted across the State during the monsoon season this year. Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat directed all the District Magistrates to ensure that tree plantation is carried out extensively during the rains in addition to execution of … Read more 14.06.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Over 700 Uttarakhand villages deserted in 10 years: Report Over 700 villages in Uttarakhand have been deserted and more than 3.83 lakh people have left their villages in the last 10 years with half of them going out in search of livelihood, according to a report. The data forms part of the commission’s … Read more 05.05.18 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