16.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Industries to get power under open access policy   A month ahead of the scheduled investors meet in UP, the state government has given yet another sop to the industries by allowing them to get power from their choice of power distribution company.   The power will be wheeled to the industrial units under the … Read more 16.01.18 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

11.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Law for preventing misuse of state emblems to be framed   Governor Ram Naik asked Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to frame a law for preventing the misuse of state emblems.   In a letter to CM, the Governor said UP’s state emblem of `two fishes’ conveys dignity and authority of the state … Read more 11.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

05.01.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP as a electronic manufacturing zone   The Uttar Pradesh government introduced UP Electronics Restructuring Policy under which Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway will be declared as electronic manufacturing zone and will be part of Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) industries.   The objective of the project is to generate … Read more 05.01.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

15.12.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Uttar Pradesh State governor launches Kumbh 2019 logo   Uttar PradeshGovernor Ram Naik has unveiled a new multi-coloured logo for the Kumbh Mela that is scheduled to be held in Allahabad in January 2019. The logo, which comprises temples, seers, a Kalash (pitcher) and a ‘Swastika’, was launched by the governor at … Read more 15.12.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

14.12.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND     Govt to provide large subsidy to firms coming up in state   The Uttarakhand Government would provide large subsidy to the companies setting up projects in the State, said the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat while dedicating a 1500-KW Dunav Micro hydro power project at Beeronkhal in Pauri district.   … Read more 14.12.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

13.12.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP government passes anti-organised crime bill – upcoca   In an attempt to control organised crime, the Yogi government has decided to bring Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act (UPCOCA) which will deal with crime and mining mafia, kidnappers and extortionists. The Opposition refrain however was that the Act will target … Read more 13.12.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

12-13.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Uttar Pradesh speeds up work on Kushinagar and Jewar airports   The Yogi Adityanath government has put on fast-track the plan to build international airports at the east and west ends of Uttar Pradesh by inviting bids to appoint a consultant for the greenfield airport at Jewar near Noida in western UP and releasing the entire … Read more 12-13.11.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

26.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   427 villages in UP dist continue to live in darkness despite 2015 target   At a time when the Union government has revealed its plans to electrify each household in the country by 2018, as many as 427 villages in Bijnor alone – which were to be electrified by 2015 – continue … Read more 26.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

14.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP govt plans to digitize land records in 70 districts   The Uttar Pradesh government plans to digitise land records in 70 districts of the state. A total of Rs 15.71 crore will be spent on this project.   The main objective of the Centre’s National Land Records Modernization Programme (NLRMP) is … Read more 14.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs