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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 Cm Invites Nri’s From Mauritius Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the NRIs residing in Mauritius to take advantage of UP Government’s “Find Your Root” scheme and visit the places where their ancestors were born and have grown up. India and Mauritius enjoy an old relation. The ties have been … Read more 05.06.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP sets up Yogi-led panel to double farmers’ income by 2022 With an objective to double farmers’ income by 2022, Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a commission — Krishak Samriddhi Aayog — to be headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The commission will help in finding ways and implement them … Read more 11.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Sugarcane department to launch ayush hospitals Sugarcane department is mulling to launch Ayush Hospitals in association with Medical Health department and launch them in 109 cane development societies and 24 co-operative sugar mill societies across the state. “The Yogi government is prresently operating a scheme to provide free medical treatment through Ayush … Read more 03-04.06.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Up government to organize road shows in six cities including delhi As a pre-cursor to the `Investment Meet’ to be organized in Lucknow on February 21-22, the UP government will organize road shows in six cities including Delhi to showcase its investment potential. The first of the series of road shows will … Read more 09-12-2017 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
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
INTERNATIONAL · World No Tobacco Day is celebrated on 31 May Every year, on 31 May, World Health Organization and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is “Tobacco and heart disease.” The day highlights the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, and advocating for … Read more 31.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH CM advocates modernization of madarsas The Chief Minister said that his government would also improve the quality of education in Sanskrit schools in the state so that students could study job-oriented courses. Besides, Union minister of Minoroy Affairs MukhtarAbbas Naqvi, ministers and officials of nine states— Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, … Read more 20.01.18 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