February 2019

UTTAR PRADESH   UP major beneficiary of PM-KISAN scheme   Uttar Pradesh has emerged the major beneficiary of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM-KISAN), the minimum income guarantee scheme for small and marginal farmers. The most populous state of the country has cornered the lion’s share of the total disbursals under the scheme.   … Read more 28.02.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP’s digital land project bags gold award   The Uttar Pradesh government claimed that the digital land project of the Board of Revenue won the national gold award for 2018-19 for e-governance.   Digital land project also formed foundation for successful implementation of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana under which Rs 2,000 … Read more 27.02.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP launched the Phase I of route rationalization under Connect Delhi   TheUttar Pradesh government has launched the first phase of route rationalization under an initiative ‘Connect Delhi’. This initiative seeks to effectively link residents of the rural belt with State-run transport infrastructure. Connect Delhi will rationalize thebus and feeder services in the city with a vision that all … Read more 26.02.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP CM launches Scheme for Adolescent girls   Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched Scheme for Adolescent girls.   The scheme focuses on girls aged between 11 to 14 years who have left studies and will take steps for proper nutrition and special care for them.   The state government also decided to … Read more 23.02.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP orders steps to check overcrowding in jails   Drawing flak for its overcrowded prisons, the state government has ordered a slew of measures, including setting up of undertrial review committees in districts lacking them, ensuring their regular meetings, proper functioning of district legal services authority (DLSA) and release of eligible undertrials … Read more 22.02.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Now, QR coded books for a better learning experience   To make learning more interactive for students, the UP Basic Shiksha Parishad has come up with QR code (Quick Response code) in textbooks of English medium schools of governmentrun schools.   The move is aimed at providing digital content related to particular … Read more 21.02.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Int’l adoptions: UP witnesses ten-fold rise in over four years    Inter-country adoption of children from Uttar Pradesh is on the rise. Records of the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), a pan-India agency, show that more and more foreigners and non-resident Indians (NRI) are opening their arms to children from the state. … Read more 20.02.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   ·         UP government schools to go digital, 159 crore earmarked for procurement of items ð  In a move which is set to make the schools of Uttar Pradesh digital, the state government has earmarked Rs 159 crore for the procurement of laptops, projectors, tablets, printers and other hardware items under the ICT … Read more 19.02.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   ·         Registration of births and deaths not on priority list of UP govt     Births and deaths are not being registered in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh as the government has made no efforts to extend training for on-line registration or has sought budgetary allocation, resulting in very low registration … Read more 17-18.02.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   PM Modi lays foundation for Rs 20,000 crore defence corridor in UP   Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation of the flagship Bundelkhand Defence Industrial Corridor in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh.   The project is expected to cost around Rs 20,000 crore.   The defence corridor from Jhansi to Agra … Read more 16.02.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs