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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 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
UTTAR PRADESH In a 1st, Uttar Pradesh to repeal 1,000 British-era laws Uttar Pradesh is set to become the first state in the country to repeal 1,000 British era laws, some of them over 150 years old. The government plans to repeal them in one go. The Yogi government has drawn up a list of such … Read more 31.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP police planning a ‘digital’ leap to check alarming rise in cyber crimes Confronted with a growing number of cyber crimes, UP police are planning to revamp the cyber cell wing. According to sources, a fund of Rs 5 crore has been released to improve the infrastructure of the department. … Read more 18.05.18 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
UTTAR PRADESH Flagship project of pm narendra modi will be completed by December In a boost to Namami Gange – the flagship project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for cleaning the holy river, 30 Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) with capacity to treat 607 million litres per day will be completed by December end. … Read more 03.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL 5th India CLMV Business Conclave held at Phnom Penh, Cambodia The Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India along with Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia organized the 5thIndia-CLMV Business Conclave in Phnom Penh on 21-22 May 2018. After four rounds of the Business Conclave in India, this initiative was … Read more 25.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH State govt all set for its maiden’ ‘up investors summit’ With the Uttar Pradesh government confident of achieving the target of wooing investments over Rs 2 lakh crore during the first ever ‘UP Investors Summit’ next week, the Yogi Adityanath government is preparing for its maiden ‘Global Investors Summit’. Earlier, the … Read more 16.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Centre govt is likely to fix floor price of sugar to rs 3,000 per quintal A bailout package from the Centre is in the offing for the UP sugar industry reeling under the impact of excess sugar production leading to mounting arrears of cane farmers. The Centre is likely to … Read more 07.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH GAIL Commissions India’s Second-Largest Rooftop Solar Plant in Uttar Pradesh State-owned gas utility GAIL India Limited commissioned the country’s second-largest rooftop solar power plant in Uttar Pradesh. The firm has installed a 76 MWp (Mega Watt peak)solar plant at its petrochemical complex at Pata in Uttar Pradesh. The plant over the roofs … Read more 04.01.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs