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UTTAR PRADESH State government to come up with a start-up policy The state government will come up with a start-up policy having a motto – ‘start-up in Uttar Pradesh’ – to help young entrepreneurs set up their own business ventures and generate employment. The government would extend all support to start-ups … Read more 14-15 .01.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) 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
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 Up to provide sc villages free power connection Center has asked the UP government to ensure that free electricity connection is provided by May 5, in each household of 3,387 schedule caste dominated villages identified in the state under centrally sponsored `Gram Swarajya Scheme’. UP government has been asked to complete this … Read more 26.04.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Yogi adityanath declared four lakh jobs in the next fiscal On the completion of his government’s one year in office, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath declared four lakh jobs in the next fiscal, one million houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and declaring a decisive battle against corruption, launched an anti-corruption … Read more 21.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Uttar Pradesh passes bill to death penalty for hooch traders TheUttar Pradeshgovernment has legalised death penalty and life imprisonment for those involved in the trade of illegitimate liquor if it leads to the death of the consumers. The Excise (Amendment) Bill 2017, passed in the state Assembly, also imposes a fine … Read more 20.12.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH Mining lease had been e-auctioned in all districts of the state The Uttar Pradesh government said that mining lease had been e-auctioned in all districts of the state, except for Sonebhadra district, and there was a huge rise in the revenue collection during the past five months. “The government has … Read more 15.03.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH UP ranked first in rural development schemes in country Uttar Pradesh has been ranked first in the overall performance ranking of states in the sphere of rural development. The rankings have been released by the Union rural development ministry. UP scored ‘extremely well’ in the Centre’s flagship scheme, Pradhan Mantri Gramin Avas … Read more 15.05.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs
UTTAR PRADESH DMs asked to earmark land in their areas for industries Industrial and Infrastructure Development Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey has asked all district magistrates in the state to identify at least 500 acre of land in their respective areas which could be used for industrial development. The instructions have been issued ahead of the investors’ … Read more 01-12-2017 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs
JHARKHAND Jharkhand to set up ‘Dada-Dadi’ park in every city Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said a “Dada-Dadi Park” for senior citizens would be established in every city of the state soon. The projects include Adityapur Sewerage Yojna worth Rs 255.15 crore, Urban Water Project worth Rs 49.30 crore in Chakradharpur, West Singhbhum district and Multi-purpose Convention Hall … Read more 17.02.18 UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh) Current Affairs