16.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH World Bank may fund core road development project   The World Bank may fund the $570 million Core Road Development Project with a road safety component, in Uttar Pradesh.   Negotiations for the project began in 2013, but could not reach a logical conclusion.   Now, the Yogi Adityanath government had taken up … Read more 16.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

15.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP ranked first in rural development schemes in country   Uttar Pradesh has been ranked first in the overall performance ranking of states in the sphere of rural development. The rankings have been released by the Union rural development ministry.   UP scored ‘extremely well’ in the Centre’s flagship scheme, Pradhan Mantri Gramin Avas … Read more 15.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

26.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Up to provide sc villages free power connection   Center has asked the UP government to ensure that free electricity connection is provided by May 5, in each household of 3,387 schedule caste dominated villages identified in the state under centrally sponsored `Gram Swarajya Scheme’. UP government has been asked to complete this … Read more 26.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

10.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Yogi launches m&m electric vehicles in up   Launching a state-of art e vehicle Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said that will certainly give push to pollution free environment besides it will also minimise the burden of oil imports of the country so that the saved funds can be used for … Read more 10.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

02.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP hails Rs 600 crore for nutritional support to TB patients   In an attempt to achieve its goal of eliminating tuberculosis, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech on Thursday allocated Rs 600 crore for nutritional support to TB patients in India, a measure that was given a thumbs up by health experts in … Read more 02.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

13.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP has $5-billion export potential: Exim Bank   A study by Exim Bank has found that Uttar Pradesh has an untapped export potential of about $5 billion. The bank has recommended that to increase its exports, the state needs to diversify into higher value-added sectors like pharmaceutical and automobile and into high-value products like electronic components, … Read more 13.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

23.12.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Up govt to provide power connection to poor and farmers; bpl card not necessary   Uttar Pradesh government will provide power connections to poor and farmers even if they do not have Below the Poverty Line (BPL) card.   Poor families have to pay Rs 550 to get a connection in installments … Read more 23.12.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

01-12-2017 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   DMs asked to earmark land in their areas for industries   Industrial and Infrastructure Development Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey has asked all district magistrates in the state to identify at least 500 acre of land in their respective areas which could be used for industrial development.   The instructions have been issued ahead of the investors’ … Read more 01-12-2017 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

13.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Uttar Pradesh first state to have Climate Change Authority in country   Uttar Pradesh is the first state in the country which will have in place a Climate Change Authority. The authority under the chairmanship of the chief minister Yogi Adityanath will work to implement seven conservation missions mentioned in the UP State Action Plan … Read more 13.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs