Nov 2018

UTTAR PRADESH   UP-Rera bets on conciliation panel to resolve builder-buyer disputes   In a fresh initiative to settle disputes between builders and homebuyers in the state, the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP-Rera) has proposed forming a conciliatory forum comprising residents, builders and officials.   The 11-member forum will comprise five members from residents welfare … Read more 19.11.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Lucknow University wants Uttar Pradesh government to bear its full salary   Lucknow University officials will request the state government to either bear the full salary expenditure or get it central status so that the university can use its revenues for development projects on the campus.   At present, state government bears 50% of … Read more 17-18.11.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Bijnor cane farmers urge U’kahnd to set up purchasing centre for them More than 450 farmers of three Bijnor districts, bordering Uttarakhand, have urged the Haridwar authorities to set up a purchasing centre, as the only centre at Ramsahaywala village in UP got washed away in floods recently. The aggrieved farmers have … Read more 16.11.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UNICEF’s school safety manuals to be distributed in over 45k UP govt schools   In an attempt to improve disaster preparedness among students, the basic education department authorities have decided to distribute UNICEF’s school safety manuals across the state.   The manuals, which have already reached all districts, would be distributed to … Read more 15.11.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP to observe ‘tiger safety month’ in December   In view of increasing incidents of man-tiger conflict in Uttar Pradesh, the state forest administration has decided to observe a ‘tiger safety month’ from December 1 to 31 in all forest divisions having a tiger population.   The plan envisages six types of … Read more 14.11.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affair

UTTAR PRADESH   Alternative energy unit to be set up in Sitapur UP to launch nutrition scheme   To boost alternative and solar energy, the state government gave its approval to set up a unit to generate alternative energy in Sitapur and cleared 10 bids of 500 megawatt solar energy. Besides, the government decided to … Read more 13.11.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affair

UTTAR PRADESH     Amitabh Bachchan  pays off 4 crore loan of farmers   Actor Amitabh Bachchan was hailed as the star of farmers of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday as he paid off their loans worth over Rs 4.05 crore.   Farmers have been hit hard by a drop in commodity prices, stagnant wages, record fuel prices and high … Read more 12.11.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affair

UTTAR PRADESH   Survey shows use of LPG has gone up to 59 pc   Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, the flagship scheme of National Democratic Alliance government for subsidised LPG connection, coupled with Saubhagya Scheme providing free domestic power connections in rural areas to the poor have unleashed a silent revolution across Uttar Pradesh, leading … Read more 10-11.11.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affair

UTTAR PRADESH   UP notification to acquire Jewar land   With the issue of notification for land acquisition for the first phase, the UP government cleared the decks for the construction of an airport at Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida).   A total of 5,000 hectares of land is to be acquired for Greenfield … Read more 09.11.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affair

UTTAR PRADESH   PM to inaugurate first multi-modal terminal on Ganga river in Varanasi   Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting his parliamentary constituency for the 15th time in the last four and half years on November 12 when he lays the foundation stones and inaugurates projects worth over Rs 2,400 crore for Varanasi … Read more 08.11.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affair