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UTTAR PRADESH Government tabled `up excise (amendment) bill, 2018 The state government tabled `UP Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2018 on Monday, for allowing the sale and consumption of India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) at model shops in urban areas of the state. There are total 407 model shops selling IMFL across 75 districts of the … Read more 16.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Swachh Shakti 2018 to be held in Lucknow The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, in association with the Government of Uttar Pradesh, is organizing a Women’s Convention – called Swachh Shakti 2018 – on International Women’s Day, at Lucknow. 8000 women sarpanches, 3000 women Swachhagrahis, 2000 mahilasamakhyas from Uttar … Read more 07.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) 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 third among states for redressal of people’s plaints In the first-ever rating of states, with 68.89% disposals, UP is slightly better than Gujaratwhich 67.02%. However, overall, The grievances data compiled by the Union government between January 1, 2014 and January 11, 2018 says that UP has 31.11% of pendency. The monitoring … Read more 18.01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) 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
UTTAR PRADESH UP declares Noida, Yamuna E-way as electronics manufacturing zone The Yogi Adityanath government has released its ‘Uttar Pradesh Electronics Manufacturing Policy’ under which Noida, Greater Noida and the Yamuna Expressway region has been declared as an electronics manufacturing zone. A minister said the aim of this policy is to ensure that … Read more 02.01.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Uttar Pradesh Introduces New Power Scheme Uttar Pradesh launched a free household power connection scheme for the poor in the state to mark former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary. The government has a target of covering 16 million by 2018-end, driven by Yogi Adityanath government’s motto ‘Prakash hai to Vikas … Read more 27.12.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH World Bank approves USD 40 mn loan for UP tourism project Loan worth USD 40 million for a tourism project in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) will grant the loan which has … Read more 19.12.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP to conduct door-to-door survey to detect TB cases The state government has directed the chief medical officers of 25 “high risk” districts to conduct a door-to-door survey to for early detection, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Officials said that these surveys will be started from December 26. The state … Read more 10 &11.12.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Uttar Pradesh First State to Endorse Centre’s Triple Talaq Draft Bill Uttar Pradeshbecomes the first state to endorse the Centre’s draft bill that makes instant triple talaq a cognizable and non-bailable offence. As per the draft law, its three years’ imprisonment and a fine to a Muslim man trying to divorce … Read more 07-12-2017 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs