24.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Up govt plans to promote noida, greater noida and yamuna expressway   To promote Uttar Pradesh as an ideal investment destination, the state government plans to promote Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway as electronics manufacturing zone. Country-specific industrial parks will be set up, which will virtually act as a home away … Read more 24.04.18 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

12.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   2nd highest no. of child labourers in Lucknow   In contrast to its rich legacy of sophistication, warmth, courtesy and polite mannerisms, City of Nawabs is now home to the second largest number of children working as labourers in the country. Over 5.9% of all children in the 5-14 years age group … Read more 12.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs

29.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   Hamburg to host 2018 Global Wind Summit   The first edition of the Global Wind Summit will be held in Hamburg from September 25-28, 2018.   The organisers of the four-day event are expecting speakers from about 100 countries, including India, China, the US, Spain and Denmark.   The conference on wind is … Read more 29.05.18 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

08.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Uttar pradesh enrolls highest number of beneficiaries for atal pension yojna   Uttar Pradesh has achieved the distinction of receiving the top award for enrolling the highest number of beneficiaries for the unique government-sponsored social security scheme ‘Atal Pension Yojana’ (APY).   Of the total enrolment of 86 lakh in the country … Read more 08.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

01.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   12 UP villages were electrified every week   A day after the Centre announced that all villages in the country have been electrified, BJP government in UP came up with data suggesting that nearly a dozen villages were electrified every week in the state since August 15, 2015 when PM Narendra Modi set a … Read more 01.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

12.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP government sends proposal to include Bijnor, Mathura, Aligarh and Hathras in NCR The Uttar Pradesh government has sent a proposal to the Union urban development ministry to include four more districts – Bijnor, Mathura, Aligarh and Hathras – in the National Capital Region (NCR). Once given a nod, the total number of … Read more 12.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

09.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP to allocate 3,000 hectare land for defence corridor   UP government will soon start the process of notifying close to 3,000 hectare land for the Rs 20,000 crore defence corridor project. The pre-feasibility study for the project, announced by PM Narendra Modi in February this year, has already started and will be completed by August … Read more 09.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs