Dec 2018

UTTAR PRADESH   Medanta group to invest ₹4K cr in UP’s health care sector   The Medicity group would invest more than ₹4,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh’s health care sector in the next two years.   In Lucknow, Medanta would become operational from February next year. The state of the art 1,000 bed hospital will … Read more 30-31.12.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   2018 — a year of investments for UP   the UP government changed the name of Allahabad to Prayagraj and of Faizabad district to Ayodhya. Holding of elaborate Deepawali festivities at Ayodhya and the visit of South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-Sook on the occasion was a grand event of the state. … Read more 29.12.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP tops in atrocities by police   According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Uttar Pradesh registered 236 casesagainst police personnel for human rights violations between 2014 and 2016, the highest in the country’s total of 411 such cases during the same period. Uttar Pradesh was followed by Delhi where 63 casesof atrocities by police personnel were registered in … Read more 28.12.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP cabinet approves setting up of Bundelkhand, Poorvanchal development boards   Uttar Pradesh Cabinet presided over by the chief minister Yogi Adityanath, gave its nod to constitute a Bundelkhand Development Board (BDB) and a Poorvanchal Development Board (PDB). The development boards for Bundelkhand and Poorvanchal will be headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath or someone … Read more 27.12.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH     UPPCL comes up with scheme to check power pilferage   The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) has come up with a new scheme to check power pilferage through illegal connections.   UPPCL’s ‘Katia hatao, sanyojan pao’ (remove illegal connection, get legal connection), which will remain effective from December 18 to … Read more 26.12.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   ·        Rajnath Singh inaugurated over 150 projects in Lucknow ð  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated as many as 158 development projects in Lucknow on the 95th birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. ð  He also laid the foundation stone for 418 development projects, making it to a total of 576 projects worth Rs 161 crore. ð  … Read more 25.12.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Now, heritage buildings can be converted into hotels   The state government has come up with a policy that allows heritage building owners to convert their establishments into hotels, restaurants, lodges or dharamshalas. Offering concessions for such property owners, the government has decided to waive off 100% land conversion charges from residential … Read more 23-24.12.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Agro-met units in 17 UP districts soon   Farmers of the state, already using the agro-met advisory services; want more accurate weather related information. Responding to this, authorities informed that 17 districts of state will have district agro-met units soon.   At present, Meteorological Centre, Lucknow issues state level agro-met advisory bulletins … Read more 22.12.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   New excise policy gets cabinet nod   Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved the new excise policy for 2019-2020 that proposes to simplify processes, resolve problems (being faced in 2018-2019) and engage a private professional company to better implement the track and trace system to monitor supplies and augment revenue.   The new policy … Read more 21.12.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Uttar Pradesh forests new pit stop for migrant tigers     There could at least be four ‘migrant’ tigers in UP at present. They could have either come from Bihar or Nepal.   Tiger census 2018 for the first time is counting tigers in three sanctuaries, Sohagibarwa in Maharajganj, Suhelwa in Balrampur … Read more 20.12.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs