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

07.06.18 UPPCS (Uttarpradesh) 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

05.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   UP government doubles potato procurement target   In order to keep a check on potato prices from crashing, this year, state government has doubled the procurement target to two lakh metric tonnes.   The tuber will be directly procured from farmers, said commissioner of agro produce Raj Pratap Singh in an order to district … Read more 05.03.18 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

22.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   India sixth wealthiest country with total wealth of $8,230 billion   India is the sixth wealthiest country in the world with a total wealth of $8,230 billion, while the U.S. is the richest nation globally, says a report.   According to the AfrAsia Bank Global Wealth Migration Review, the US is the wealthiest … Read more 22.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

04.01.18 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) 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

20.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Uttar Pradesh Government Signs Pact With Amazon India For Khadi Products Sale   Uttar Pradesh’s Khadi and Village Industries Board signed a pact with Amazon Indiato facilitate online selling of Khadi products. As part of a MoU, Amazon India will educate, train and enable rural khadi artisans to directly sell their products to … Read more 20.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

17.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Official figures out: Uttar Pradesh has over 16,000 madrassas   Uttar Pradeshhas 16,461 madrassas, including 560 government-aided and 8,171 attached to the Madrassa Modernisation scheme, as per the data on the madrassa portal of the UP Board of Madrasa Education.   Until now, the state government did not have official figures on the madrassas under … Read more 17.10.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs

27.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Yogi adityanath government providing free bus travel for below poverty line   With the 2019 Lok Sabha elections less than a year away, the Yogi Adityanath government could dole out a major sop for BPL card holders in the form of free ride in government buses.   The Road Transport department has … Read more 27.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs