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

06-07.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND Health Department to audit death of infants in all dists   Worried at the increasing number of children dying at birth, the Department of Health has decided to undertake regular audit of death of infants in all the districts of the state. The Chief Medical officers (CMOs) have been entrusted with the task for … Read more 06-07.05.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

18.04.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Crimes registered under POCSO almost double in 2 years in Kumaon   As various parts of Uttarakhand erupt in protest against rape of minor girls in Kathua in Jammu & Kashmir and Unnao in UP, the hill state has seen a spike of crimes registered under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in its own backyard. In villages and … Read more 18.04.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

20.03.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Forest dept launches awareness programme for raising green cover   Considering the importance of forests in conserving the whole ecosystem, International Day of Forests is marked every year on March 21.   Gearing up for the day,  the forest department and some social organisations have launched various awareness programmes to enhance the green … Read more 20.03.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

10.02.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand only state among EAG states to show negative health growth: Niti Aayog report   In news which shows that all is not well in the state’s health sector, a report released by Niti Aayog on Friday, titled ‘Healthy states, progressive India’, listed Uttarakhand as the only state which has shown negative growth (-0.10) among the eight … Read more 10.02.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

25.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   CM unveils state’s first swm plant   The first solid waste processing-composting and sanitary landfill diposal plant in the State was inaugurated at Shishambada by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. Inaugurated about nine years after it was approved, the solid waste management facility costing about Rs 36 crore is expected to bring about … Read more 25.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

23.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand calls for separate industrial policy for hill states   The Uttarakhand government is pitching for a separate industrial policy for Himalayan states which takes into account factors such as ecology and population of the area. Environmental restrictions and tough terrain can often keep away investors in the region.   In 2014, Prime … Read more 23.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

12-13.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   U’khand first to execute state component plan’   Officials in the State have claimed that Uttarakhand has become the first State to execute the State component plan under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). According to information provided by officials, under the PMKVY, the training of 60 youths has been started in … Read more 12-13.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

18.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   36 forest officials to receive training in marine life census and conservation   Doon-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) which has been mandated for biodiversity conservation and Ganga rejuvenation under the central government’s National Mission For Clean Ganga (NMCG) is going to train a batch of 36 personnel and officials along with front line staff of the … Read more 18.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

03.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Centre launches six-year secure Himalaya project   The Centre launched a six-year project to ensure conservation of locally and globally significant biodiversity, land and forest resources in the high Himalayan ecosystem spread over four states in India.   Protection of snow leopard and other endangered species and their habitats is one of the … Read more 03.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs