February 2018

PUNJAB NABARD Launches Rs 1,918 Crore Area Development Plan For Punjab   The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)announced area development plans worth Rs 1,918 crore for Punjab to supplement farmers’ income. Under this plan, the activities like dairy, vegetable cultivation, beekeeping, mushroom growing will be promoted in order to provide income to farmers … Read more 17.02.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

PUNJAB BHEL commissions 18 MW hydro-electric project in Punjab   State-run power equipment maker BHEL on Friday said it had commissioned 18 megawatt (MW) Mukerian hydro-electric project (HEP) in Punjab.   “With the commissioning of the second 9 MW hydro-generating unit, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has successfully commissioned the 18 MW Mukerian hydro-electric project … Read more 16.02.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

PUNJAB Punjab issues instructions for combine harvesters   To curb the menace of stubble burning, the Punjab Government issued a set of instructions for the owners of combine harvesters of the state including making it mandatory to attach the super straw management system with harvester combine.   It has also been instructed that no harvester … Read more 13.02.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

PUNJAB Get 10 marks for English proficiency in govt schools   The Education Department has introduced 10 marks for the practical knowledge of English in the final examination of classes VI-VIII from the current session onwards.   Marks for proficiency in the language have been fixed to give an impetus to the ongoing Parho Punjab … Read more 15.02.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

PUNJAB Cctns project launched; firs to be filed online   Punjab Police is all set to go paperless in terms of registering FIRs (first information reports) or general diaries.   Taking a digital leap in strengthening its capabilities to meet the contemporary law & order challenges, the Punjab Police on Monday launched the Crime and … Read more 14.02.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

PUNJAB Ppcb announces rs 1 lakh award for info on pollutants   Punjab Pollution Control Board on Tuesday announced to give Rs 1 lakh cash award to any individual or institution giving information regarding any industry discharging its effluent in ground-water through borewell.   “Maintaining the sanctity of ground-water is the responsibility of every individual…The … Read more 11-12.02.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

PUNJAB Punjab government to set common facility centres for 20 industrial clusters   Working on its endeavour to modernise, especially the micro and small sector enterprises, the Punjab Government has planned to set up common facility centres for 20 industrial clusters in the State.   The CFCs have been proposed for industrial clusters including oil … Read more 10.02.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

PUNJAB Govt borrows Rs 600 cr, pays salaries to staff   To avoid opening of another front against itself, the Congress government today raised Rs 600 crore by floating state development loan to pay salaries to its employees.   State farmers are already at loggerheads with the government for its being unable to rollout the … Read more 09.02.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

PUNJAB Punjab saw 16% dip in road deaths last year   The figures for those killed on the roads in India came down by 4,560 or 3% in 2017 from 1.51 lakh the previous year, the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety said in a report to the apex court.   While Punjab, West Bengaland Gujarat have done well, Bihar, … Read more 08.02.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

PUNJAB State groundwater most contaminated   While making up less than 2 per cent of India’s landmass, Punjab accounts for 88 per cent of the total habitations in the country that are adversely affected with the presence of heavy metals in groundwater.   Till December 2017, as many as 2,139 habitations or villages in the … Read more 07.02.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs