04.01.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   GAIL Commissions India’s Second-Largest Rooftop Solar Plant in Uttar Pradesh   State-owned gas utility GAIL India Limited commissioned the country’s second-largest rooftop solar power plant in Uttar Pradesh. The firm has installed a 76 MWp (Mega Watt peak)solar plant at its petrochemical complex at Pata in Uttar Pradesh. The plant over the roofs … Read more 04.01.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

20.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Uttar Pradesh Government Signs Pact With Amazon India For Khadi Products Sale   Uttar Pradesh’s Khadi and Village Industries Board signed a pact with Amazon Indiato facilitate online selling of Khadi products. As part of a MoU, Amazon India will educate, train and enable rural khadi artisans to directly sell their products to … Read more 20.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

17.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Official figures out: Uttar Pradesh has over 16,000 madrassas   Uttar Pradeshhas 16,461 madrassas, including 560 government-aided and 8,171 attached to the Madrassa Modernisation scheme, as per the data on the madrassa portal of the UP Board of Madrasa Education.   Until now, the state government did not have official figures on the madrassas under … Read more 17.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

27.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Yogi adityanath government providing free bus travel for below poverty line   With the 2019 Lok Sabha elections less than a year away, the Yogi Adityanath government could dole out a major sop for BPL card holders in the form of free ride in government buses.   The Road Transport department has … Read more 27.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

25.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Government will create an `industrial hub’ in up : cm   Claiming improvement in law and order situation in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that his government will create an `industrial hub’ that would make a mark in the country and will become a cynosure of all eyes.   Yogi … Read more 25.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

21.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   FM radio station to be set up in haldwani soon   Said to be the first of its kind in the Kumaon region, an FM radio station will soon be set up in Haldwani city which will be accessible for those living within a 70 kilometre range.   For the purpose of … Read more 21.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

03.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   ·        India, Bangladesh, Russia Sign Pact For Rooppur Atomic Plant   Indian companies can now participate in construction and installation works in the “non-critical” category for the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh, according to the Russian atomic energy agency Rosatom. The Rooppur project is the first initiative under an Indo-Russian deal to undertake atomic energy … Read more 03.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

18-19.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Up government has approved the wheat purchase policy   With an aim to provide relief to the farmers the Uttar Pradesh government has approved the wheat purchase policy with a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 1,735 per quintal, besides Rs 10 per quintal as transport charges.   The decision was taken … Read more 18-19.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

23.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL     26th BASIC Ministerial meeting of Environment Ministers in Durban   The 26th BASIC Ministerial Meeting of Environment Ministers was held in Durban, South Africa for co-operation to protect the climate for present and future generations.   The BASIC grouping is a bloc of four countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and China – … Read more 23.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

05.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP govt must set up special team to monitor projects: Assocham   The Uttar Pradesh government should set up a Special Monitoring Committee to ensure timely implementation of 1,050 projects worth of about Rs 9 lakh crore, apex industry body Assocham has suggested. “Even if 50 per cent projects get implemented, it will help UP generate … Read more 05.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs