January 2019

UTTAR PRADESH   PM to inaugurate clean water project for Agra   The Gangajal programme has a project cost of Rs 2,880 crore and it will provide Agra with better and more assured water supply. It will benefit both residents of the city as well as tourists. Integrated Command and Control Centre for Agra Smart … Read more 09.01.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

PRADESH   ·        UP signs MoU with J&K, HP to run inter-state buses   ð  Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that better roads and infrastructure would improve transportation which in turn would help in improving tourism facilities and also the financial condition of the people of the state. ð  This MoU will improve inter-state bus … Read more 08.01.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   ·        Societies to look after gaushalas in villages ð  The government has decided to set up societies at the village level to look after the maintenance of cow shelters.   ð  On November 6, 2017, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had declared that the state government would open gaushalas in all the 75 … Read more 06-07.01.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Soon, 100 facilities to convert farm waste to bio-CNG   Government owned farm cooperative Nafed will set up 100 facilities, which will use agriculture waste such as sugarcane press-mud, the residue of the filtration of sugarcane juice, and stubble to produce bio-CNG. The first such plant will come up at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, which … Read more 05.01.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Moradabad most polluted in UP with AQI of 489   The air pollution level in all major cities in UP remained ‘worse’ for the third consecutive day on Thursday with most of them falling under ‘severe’ category, as per the latest Air Quality Index data released by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). … Read more 04.01.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Yogi Government Clears “Cow Cess” To Protect Stray Cattle In UP   The government has planned temporary cow sheds (gaushalas) in all villages, panchayats, municipalities, nagar panchayats and municipal corporations.   The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to set up and run temporary ‘gauvansh ashray asthals’ under the urban … Read more 03.01.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP university, Deen Dayal Veterinary University, to set up first goat fertility lab in the state of Uttar Pradesh   Deen Dayal Veterinary University in Uttar Pradeshproposed to set up the first goat fertility lab in the state under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana at the cost of Rs 22 crore. The University entered … Read more 02.01.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Modern irrigation techniques can reduce water usage by 50%   Water could be saved by up to 50% in farms if suitable irrigation techniques were adopted, said experts at a workshop organised by the central water commission (CWC).   When water travels through earth, a lot of it gets soaked and is … Read more 01.01.19 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs