18-19-12-22 Daily-Himachal Pradesh-HPPSC Current Affairs

<a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Minister Chander Kumar said the government would soon frame a policy to protect crops from stray and wild animals.

The minister made the comments while addressing his first public meeting at Jawali Assembly segment, from where he was elected. A new animal tagging system for domestic animals will be introduced to identify the owners. Heavy penalties will be imposed on people who abandon their , Kumar said.

To boost farming, he said experts had been directed to conduct Soil tests and, guide farmers to cultivate crops as per the quality of soil of the farm. Expressing concern over lack of interest among youth toward farming activities, the minister said, It is a major challenge. Motivating youth for adopting progressive agriculture and Dairy farming, along with their principal occupation, will be a priority, he said. He directed officials of various departments to be more transparent in their functioning.

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.