09.11.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Promise of new tourist hubs still a distant dream   Promises made to people to develop new tourist destinations have remained unfulfilled for the last five years and now candidates are again trying to woo voters on the same agenda.   Development of unexplored tourist destinations in Kullu district is the main … Read more 09.11.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

23.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   State to provide land to Hindustan Salts for mining   Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur directed the Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, to provide land to Hindustan Salts Limited to restart mining rock salt in the state. The mines initially started in May 1963. They were closed in January 2011 after the … Read more 23.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

16.11.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   HC seeks info about radio tags on trees   The HP High Court has directed the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Scientific Officer, Department of Environment, Science & Technology, to file their personal affidavit on the issue of implanting Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFIT) on every tree within Shimla Municipal … Read more 16.11.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

Employment Schemes and Programmes both of Union Government and Himachal Pradesh Government

   Centre Scheme Swach Bharat Mission:- To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put focus on sanitation, the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October, 2014. The Mission Coordinator shall be Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) with two Sub-Missions – … Read more Employment Schemes and Programmes both of Union Government and Himachal Pradesh Government

01.02.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Himachal finance department invites suggestions for state budget 2018-19   The Finance department of Himachal Pradesh on Friday said it has invited suggestions from farmer, horticultural, dairy, industrial, commercial, tourism, labour organisations and the general public for State budget 2018-19 to make it people-friendly.   The spokesman said that the suggestions could … Read more 01.02.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

29-30.10.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Himachal Pradesh villagers make unique poll demand: A helipad   Lahaul-Spiti’s first panchayat — Koksar. It is made of three small villages — Koksar, Dimpuk and Ramthang. This is the only panchayat in the state whose entire population migrates to comparatively warmer places like Kullu for three to four months every winter. As Himachal … Read more 29-30.10.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

25.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Himachal Pradesh govt to set up IT parks in Gaggal, Mehli   The Himachal Pradesh government has started the process to set up two software technology parks at Gaggal in Kangra district and Mehli in Shimla district. Both these places are located close to the airports which makes them suitable sites for the proposed projects.   At Mehli, … Read more 25.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

23.12.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Massive spurt in drug trafficking in border villages   After a brief lull, drug trafficking has witnessed a massive spurt in the border villages of Nurpur and Indora subdivisions in Kangra district. Unlike opium and poppy husk, preferred by addicts in the past, chitta, a synthetic intoxicant, has become the ‘’drug of … Read more 23.12.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

28.11.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Achhe din for state on power front   The news of enhanced revenue from the power sector this time as compared to recent years has come as a big relief to the cash-strapped government with Rs 927 crore coming to the exchequer from the sale of power.   It is after two-three … Read more 28.11.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

17.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Women commission gets new chairperson   HP Government set in the process of appointing politicians as chairpersons/vice-chairpersons of boards and corporations and other statutory bodies and nominated senior party leader and former chairperson of the Parwanoo Municipal Council Dr Daisy Thakur as Chairperson of the Himachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (HPSCW) … Read more 17.01.18 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs