sep 2018

HIMACHAL PRADESH   ·        Himachal runs special health centres for adolescents   ð  Special health centres are running in Himachal Pradesh under the National Adolescent Health Programme to solve problems of youths ð  Consultation and treatment are being provided to adolescent juveniles in all regional and zonal hospitals through counselling, state National Health Mission Director … Read more 10.09.18 Himachal pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Sec 118 makes landless farmers outsiders in own state   After the formation of Himachal, a ceiling Act was brought by first Chief Minister YS Parmar. Under the Act, the land was transferred to tillers and a cap was put on landholdings of big owners. However, in this exercise, many poor, especially … Read more 25.09.18 Himachal pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Very less expenditure on environmental awareness in last 3 years   According to the state environment department’s annual progress report (2017-18), the last expenditure on environmental awareness and improvement was done in 2013-14 when the government spent Rs 61.80 lakh for this.   According to a World Health Organisation report, four of the world’s … Read more 26.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan seeks project report on feeder canal   The Rajasthan Irrigation Department has requested its counterpart in Punjab to prepare and submit a detailed project report (DPR) to reconstruct the Ferozepur feeder canal.   The feeder canal, which emanates from the Harike headworks, has a capacity of 11,192 cusecs and was constructed in 1952-53. … Read more 11.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Internet shutdowns cost state ₹659 crore in 3 years: Report   Seventeen instances of internet shutdowns over 2015, 2016 and 2017, cost Rajasthan ~659.37 crore , shows an April 2018 report by think tank, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).   Mobile internet shutdowns alone added up to 594 hours in … Read more 02-03.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Joint Indo-Russian air exercise in Jodhpur   With a view to increasing the cooperation in anti-terror operations, joint tactical exercise will be conducted between the Indian Air Force and Russian Air Force December 10 till December 22 in the Thar desert of Rajasthan and the Jodhpur Air Force base. Called Aviaindra, the exercise is … Read more 23-24.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH     Free gas connections to 341 poor families   As many as 341 poor families were given free cooking gas connections with gas stoves in Nurpur  and remaining 200 would get it shortly under the Himachal Pradesh Grahini Suvidha Yojana.     The scheme had been announced by Chief Minister Jai Ram … Read more 20.09.18 Himachal pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Bhilwara dairy launches packaged cow milk   Bhilwara dairy has started selling of packed cow milk in the market. Bhilwara Zila Dugdh Utpadak Sahkari Sangh, a co-operative union of milk producers affiliated to Rajasthan Co-operative Dairy Federation (RCDF) is the only second dairy board in the state, after the one in Bikaner, which is … Read more 15.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   State, Punjab sign pact for ropeway between two shrines   The governments of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh signed an MoU here to set up a ropeway between the prominent religious sites of Sri Anandpur Sahib and Mata Naina Devi.   The MoU signing, which coincided with the 111th birth anniversary of legendary … Read more 28.09.18 Himachal pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Sushma Swaraj inaugurated ‘Jaipur Foot’ camp in Vietnam capital Hanoi   External Affairs Minister Sushma Swarajwho is on a four day two nation tour of South East Asia which includes Vietnam and Cambodia, presented free India-made prosthetic limbs for 500 Vietnamese beneficiaries. Last month, it was announced in Jaipur that about 1,000 differently-abled people in Myanmar and Vietnam would be provided … Read more 01.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs