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UTTAR PRADESH Discoms of 14 West UP districts meet, act against defaulters In an introspection meeting comprising 14 discoms of as many Western UP districts, some tough decisions, including ordering of FIRs, issue of show cause notices and blacklisting certain power vendors, were taken. The districts include Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Ghaziabad and Noida. … Read more 17.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Uttar Pradesh aims to tap CSR funds for 100-metre Ram Statue in Ayodhya The Yogi Adityanath government plans to attract corporate funds to build a 100-metre tall statue of Lord Ram on the banks of Saryu in Ayodhya to bring about ‘social development.’ It has opened up 86 tourism projects worth Rs 2,725 crore … Read more 28.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP govt revises excise norms The state government eased the existing excise policy and revised it in a way to put an end to monopoly of some business players in the trade. It has also taken some measures to put a check on illegal liquor supply to ensure credibility of branded … Read more 12.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP’s 4th tiger reserve proposed in Chitrakoot The forest department has sent a proposal to the state government to develop Ranipur wildlife sanctuary as the fourth tiger reserve in UP. The reserve may become a habitat for tigers crossing over from Panna tiger reserve of Madhya Pradesh. In 2015, the forest … Read more 10.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP govt signs agreement with Delhi’s School of Planning and Architecture for vision document on Taj protection Uttar Pradesh government has signed an agreement with School of Planning and Architecture and sanctioned Rs 76 lakh to prepare a vision document on the protection of Taj Mahal as directed by the Supreme Court. The … Read more 23.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
Administrative System of Uttar Pradesh Introduction :- Uttar Pradesh is bound by Nepal on the North, Himachal Pradesh on the northwest, Haryana on the west, Rajasthan on the southwest, Madhya Pradesh on the south and south- west and Bihar on the east. Situated between 23° 52′ N and 31° 28′ N latitudes and … Read more Administrative System of Uttar Pradesh
UTTAR PRADESH UP govt contemplating to include 17 other backward castes in sc/st list The Yogi Adityanath government is contemplating to include 17 Other Backward Castes in the Schedule Caste list and send its recommendation to the Centre for approval. The power to declare any caste as Scheduled Caste rests with the Centre. … Read more 22-23.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cut shorts Karnataka campaign to visit storm affected Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathcut short his election campaign in Karnataka and headed to Uttar Pradesh where more than 73 peoplehad died in a dust-storm followed by heavy rains. The weather office has predicted more thunderstorms in parts of the country … Read more 04.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP behind India’s remarkable improvement in maternal mortality Making a big leap towards improving maternal health, India recorded a decline of 82 points in its maternal mortality ratio according to the Special Maternal Mortality Bulletin released by Census department. Evaluating maternal mortality indicators for two year period 2014-16, the demographers found that … Read more 08.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Child rapes up 82% in 2016, UP records a 400% jump Instances of child rape increased by 82% in 2016 in comparison to the previous year. Uttar Pradesh registered a four-fold increase in such offences with the number of child rapes going up from 596 in 2015 to 2,115 last year, according to … Read more 02-12-2017 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs