Oct 2019

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Dhamoon panchayat bags 2 national awards   Dhamoon gram panchayat of Mashobra block in Shimla district has emerged as a role model for other panchayats by winning the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Panchayat Empowerment and the Nanaji Desmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Awards for the second consecutive year.   Dhamoon panchayat is the first panchayat … Read more 31.10.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Soon, Lug valley in Kullu to be eco-tourism destination   In a bid to boost tourism, the Forest Department is now planning to develop scenic points in the Lug valley, which has rich green pastures, ponds and thick forest cover.   A team of forest officials has visited the valley to conduct … Read more 30.10.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   ·       Set up pine needle-based units, get 50% subsidy   The Forest Department will help supply raw material to entrepreneurs, who set up pine needle-based industrial units, besides coordinating for marketing of their products.   As a step towards assured marketing, cement units would use 1 per cent of the biofuel in … Read more 29.10.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH     Govt ropes in Yami Gautam as brand ambassador for global investors’ meet   Bollywood actor Yami Gautam will be the brand ambassador for “Rising Himachal Global Investors’ Meet-2019” to be held in Dharamsala on November 7 and 8.   Hailing from Bilaspur and brought up in Chandigarh, the 31-year-old actress will … Read more 27-28.10.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH ● Solar fencing scheme benefits 325 Una farmers Una district, also known as the food bowl of the state, cultivates food grains over 55,000 hectares of land, most of which is under threat from stray cattle and wild animals. Day and night, farmers are forced to stay vigilant to protect their crop from … Read more 26.10.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH Himalayan states to have disaster mitigation fund   A two-days regional workshop on challenges of disaster-risk reduction in hill towns of the North-Western Himalayas concluded.   The discussions were held on disaster mitigation and preparedness and improving disaster response and recovery for the Himalayan states.   It was decided that a mitigation fund … Read more 25.10.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH Himachal Pradesh CM seeks support of industrialists for Global Investors Meet’s success Terming entrepreneurs of the state as brand ambassadors who could play a major role in attracting investments, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur has sought their support to make the Global Investors Meet slated for November 7 and 8 this year at Dharamshala a … Read more 24.10.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Himalayan belt most prone to quake: Experts   Experts cautioned Himachal to take effective mitigation measures against earthquake as the most densely populated areas of Kangra, Mandi, Chamba and Shimla were hot spots for seismic activity.   There has been huge energy accumulation in this seismic gap for the last hundreds of … Read more 23.10.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Biometric attendance in 4,474 govt schools   All 4,474 government primary and middle schools in the state will now have Aadhaar-enabled bio-metric attendance (AEBAS) system for teachers and other staff. This will ensure that they do not skip classes and arrive and leave school on time.   The process of supply of … Read more 22.10.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Solar power plant commissioned at Hamirpur village The first solar power plant was commissioned under the state bona fide entrepreneurship programme at Mundkhar village in the district. The state government had offered solar power projects of 250 kW to 500 kW capacity to Himachalis so that no one from outside the state … Read more 20-21.10.19 Himachal Pradesh (HPPSC) Daily Current Affairs