18-19.12.22 Daily [Uttarakhand] UKPSC Current Affairs

The on Thursday apprised investors about various policies and perks in the offing for them at a day-long event “Advantage Uttarakhand” inDehradun.

Major thrust would be given upon natural products derived out of <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, Organic Farming, Horticulture and eco-tourism as the state has abundance of it, officers said, adding that overall Environment naturally enables the state to outperform others in these fields.

The investors were also told that the state has an electronics manufacturing cluster, a pharmaceutical park and one aroma park.Agriculture minister Ganesh Joshisaid the state has a single window system for giving clearance for industrial investments.

Indias Foreign Exchange reservesfell by $70.1 billion in 2022, data released by theReserve Bank Of India (RBI)shows. The forex reserves stood at $562.9 billion in the week ended December 30. The decline in theforex reservesis partly due to theRBIinterventionin the currency markets to stave off volatility and partly on account of depreciation of other major currencies held by the central bank. The RBI net sold $33.42 billion till September,Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharamansaid. The RBI holds major currencies includingpound sterling, yen and euroin its reserves, which are expressed in US dollar terms.

According to criteria that support an ecosystem that is favourable for womens EMPLOYMENT, the research ranks 111 cities.

The remaining Top 10 cities for womens employment are Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Coimbatore, and Madurai; each has a Population of over a million people.

In another group of cities with a population under one million, Tiruchirappalli, Vellore, Erode, Salem, Tirupur, , Shimla, Mangalore (officially Mangaluru), Thiruvananthapuram, and Belagavi are the top 10 cities.

The top five state Averages in the nation were achieved by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Himachal Pradesh.