30.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   ·        Cochin International Airport, Worlds 1st Fully Solar Energy-Powered Airport: UNEP   The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)recognized Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) in Kerala as the world’s first fully solar energy-powered airport. CIAL is India’s first airport to be constructed in public-private-partnership (PPP) model in 1999. It is the busiest and largest airport … Read more 30.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Transport : Railways, Highways, Airways and Water ways and their role in regional development, etc.

Infrastructure Development- Dams, Roads, Rails (Including Airways and Ports) The availability of efficient infrastructure services is an important determinant of the pace of market development and output growth. Historically, the infrastructure sector has been one of the key drivers of growth of the Indian economy and has shown positive growth in the current reporting year … Read more Transport : Railways, Highways, Airways and Water ways and their role in regional development, etc.

21.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   Russia unveils world’s first floating nuclear power station   Russia has unveiled the world’s first floating nuclear power station in the port of the city of Murmansk, where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to eastern Siberia.   Constructed by the state nuclear power firm Rosatom, the 144 by 30 … Read more 21.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

20.04.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Climate change study in tribal belt of Uttarakhand and HP   A study on impact of climate change in five villages of Uttarakhand and three villages in Himachal Pradesh will be conducted by Mountain Forum Himalayas(MFH) made up of six NGOs each from the two states.   These villages are located at altitudes of 6,000 feet … Read more 20.04.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

22.02.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Nod to tunnel for all-weather connectivity to Yamunotri   The Rs 1,384-crore tunnel project has been approved in Uttarakhand as part of the ‘Char Dham’ project to connect Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri. The tunnel will reduce the travel distance from Dharasu to Yamunotri by about 20 km and travel time by about … Read more 22.02.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

27.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Women get benefits of free transport facility – ‘Sukhad’   Around 2000 women and girls of the provisional State capital reportedly benefited from the free transport facility (pick and drop services) especially for women under the project ‘Sukhad’– an initiative launched by the Traffic Directorate of Uttarakhand.   Under this initiative,   women and … Read more 27.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

21 & 22.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Govt planning no new tax or cess in state budget: Min   Under the 14th Finance Commission the States are receiving lesser budgetary allocations under components like Special Plan Assistance (SPA) and other heads than what they used to receive earlier. Similarly considerable shortfall occurred under 13th finance commission also.  Uttarakhand demanded that … Read more 21 & 22.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs