August 2018

UTTAR PRADESH   UP supplementary budget passed amid oppn boycott   Amidst boycott by the entire opposition, the Uttar Pradesh Assembly approved the Rs 34,833.24-crore supplementary budget to meet the additional expenditures in the current 2018-19 financial year.   The Chief Minister said that the government had already spent over 52 per cent of the … Read more 31.08.18 Uttarpradesh(UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Centre approves ₹11K cr Saubhagya scheme DPR   The Centre has approved the ₹11,000-crore detailed project report (DPR) for the ongoing Saubhagya scheme to provide free electricity connections to 1.18 crore unelectrified households in Uttar Pradesh.   As may as 27.24 lakh power connections had been distributed under the scheme so far. … Read more 30.08.18 Uttarpradesh(UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UPP app for filing complaints on anvil   After introducing online FIR registration facility, UP police is now planning to launch an app for the people to file complaints even against unnamed persons.   To be called ‘UPCOP’, the app is expected to reduce the peoplepolice stations interface, according to UP police. … Read more 29.08.18 Uttarpradesh(UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   40% households in UP reluctant to take free power   Aiming to provide electricity to each and every household by March 2019, the Modi government’s much publicised Saubhagya (Sahaj Pradhan Mantri Bijli Har Ghar Yojana) scheme is most likely to miss the target in the country’s biggest state where more than 33% … Read more 28.08.18 Uttarpradesh(UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   State govt gets cracking on GIS-based master plan 2031   The Uttar Pradesh government has invited request for proposal (RFP) for preparing the GIS-based master plan for 34 cities, including Ghaziabad. The master plan for the 34 cities is sponsored by the ministry of urban development under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation … Read more 26-27.08.18 Uttarpradesh(UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   State govt tables bill for reviving anticipatory bail   The state government on Tuesday tabled in the state assembly The Code of Criminal Procedure (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Bill 2018 that provides for reviving the provision for anticipatory bail in the state.   The state government had omitted section 438 of the Code … Read more 25.08.18 Uttar pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP sets up panel to look into feasibility of pitching Agra as heritage city   The Uttar Pradesh government has set up a committee to look into the feasibility of pitching Agra as a heritage city.   The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO takes a call on declaring a heritage city. Government … Read more 24.08.18 Uttar pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Bill to regulate fees in private schools tabled   The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday introduced the UP Self-Financed Independent Schools (Fees Regulation) Bill, 2018 in the state Assembly.   The bill seeks to provide for regulation of fees in self-financed independent schools in the state.   The statement of objectives and … Read more 23.08.18 Uttar pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   ·        All enemy property data to be displayed online   ð  The state government decided to dispose of enemy properties or revise their rents. In addition, it was also decided to evict illegal occupants from all such properties in the state capital.   ð  Properties left behind in India by people who … Read more 22.08.18 Uttar pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Up govt takes up 2nd phase of mou implementation   The Uttar Pradesh government has taken up the second phase of implementation of the projects for which memorandums of understanding (MoUs) have been signed with entrepreneurs and industrialists.   In the second phase, 152 projects are expected to be launched.   Earlier, … Read more 21.08.18 Uttar pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs