Dec 2018

PUNJAB   Haryana, Punjab record fall in stubble burning from last year   Haryana and Punjab may have made a beginning in combating stubble burning by recording a 29% and 11% fall in incidence over 2017 of farm fires that are seen as a major source of winter pollution in Delhi and surrounding areas. Together, the states … Read more 19.12.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN MLA LAD scheme spend increases in election year   With the assembly elections in Rajasthan this year, nearly 62 per cent of the total funds released have been spent under the MLA local area development scheme in 2018-19 (up to November) , according to a rural development department record. It is also worth noting that out … Read more 19.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Govt revises guidelines for groundwater extraction   The Union Government has revised guidelines of groundwater extraction to strengthen regulatory mechanisms.   The revised guidelines have been issued after NGT directions and will come into effect from June 1 next year.   The salient features of the new guidelines include introduction of water conservation … Read more 18.12.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan History : Nasirabad revolt of 1857   First of all, this revolt was started in Nasirabad. The main reason behind this was that the British government sent Ajmer’s 15th Bengal Infantry to Nasirabad because government had no faith in this Infantry.   All the soldiers were angry with this decision of the … Read more 18.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Meghalaya asks state to review decision on relief   The Meghalaya Government is unhappy at the Punjab Cabinet’s decision to approve Rs 60-lakh compensation for the Sikhs who were affected during the June riots.   Meghalaya Urban Affairs Minister Hamletson Dohling urged the Punjab Government to review the Cabinet decision to grant relief … Read more 16-17.12.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Second highest all-girls education institutions in Rajasthan   The trend of separate educational institutes for girls may have become a passé in the county but not in Rajasthan. The desert state has the second highest number of dedicated girls’ colleges in the country making it the most conservative state. Figures released by the HRD ministry says that … Read more 16-17.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab Assembly passed resolution to seek 33% reservation for women in Parliament   Punjab Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution for seeking 30% reservation for women in Parliament and State legislative assembly. The resolution was moved by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, urging the Centre to enact it. The bill would ensure the … Read more 15.12.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan pink sandstone for Abu Dhabi temple   Pink sandstone from Rajasthan will be used in the construction of the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi. Work for the temple was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in February this year and is expected to be completed by 2020. Spread over 55,000 sqm land, the temple will be hand carved by … Read more 15.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   CM throws open district job bureaus   To help job seekers find suitable opportunities, the Punjab government has set up district bureau of employment in all the district. The district bureaus have replaced the erstwhile employment exchanges across the state.   The bureaus would help strengthen the infrastructure of employment generation across the state, the … Read more 14.12.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN After Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan too waives farm loans   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot  announced that farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh defaulted till November this year will be waived. The CM said it would cost the state exchequer Rs 18,000 crore. Rajasthan is the fourth state to waive farm loans after Congress-held MP and Chhattisgarh and … Read more 14.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs