The issue of Schedule caste / Scheduled Tribe act

Note: READ is our New Initiative to cover two Topics (Weekly) of Current Importance in Detail with Specific focus on Prelims and Mains Exam   The issue of Schedule caste / Scheduled Tribe act In March 2018, the Supreme Court observed that the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989 has become an instrument to … Read more The issue of Schedule caste / Scheduled Tribe act

19.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Crime against women up by 24% in UP this year, 8 raped every day   On an average eight women are raped and 30 abducted everyday in Uttar Pradesh where more than 100 FIRs of ‘crime against women’ are lodged daily. Amid nationwide protests against Unnao rape case, a review of recent incidents in which women … Read more 19.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

14.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Governor has sent the controversial up control of organized crime bill for presidential reference   Governor has sent the controversial UP Control of Organized Crime Bill (UPCOCA), 2018 passed by both Houses of UP Legislature for Presidential reference. Naik has also referred two other Bills – `UP Inter-state Migrant Labour (Amendment) Bill, … Read more 14.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

13.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Settlement dating back almost 4,000 years found in UP   A team from BHU has unearthed a town thousands of years old near Dwarkapur-Agiyabeer villages of Uttar Pradesh’s Basti. The settlement, discovered during an archaeological excavation by a team of the ancient Indian history culture and archaeology departments of the university, is estimated to be … Read more 13.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

12.04.18 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

31.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   State government would provide loan of rs 378 crore to entrenepreurs for setting up 20,000 msme   Satyadeo Pachauri, the minister for Khadi and village industries has said the state government would provide loan of Rs 378 crore to entrenepreurs for setting up 20,000 Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in the … Read more 31.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

29.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP tops in central rural housing scheme for poor By building more than seven lakh dwelling units in the last financial year, Uttar Pradesh has topped the list of all states in the country under Centre’s flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAYG).   Moreover, the 7,71,073 houses were constructed in just nine months. … Read more 29.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

28.03.18 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

24.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   President Ram Nath Kovind Lays Foundation Stone Of 5 National Highway Projects In Varanasi   President Ram Nath Kovindvisited Varanasi on a one-day visit to Uttar Pradesh. During his temple city visit, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone of five projects of the National Highway Authority of India. It includes the … Read more 24.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

23.03.18 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