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PUNJAB Punjab Cabinet decision bring smiles on faces of teachers and nurses Punjab government is in a fix over the job status of 2,200 master-cadre contractual school teachers who have not been paid salary since November last year when their three-year contract had expired. They were supposed to get regular job at the expiry … Read more 08.03.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs
PUNJAB Punjab Govt constitutes 14-member SASUDA To ensure planned and holistic development of the holy city of Sri Anandpur Sahib, Punjab Government constituted a 14-member Sri Anandpur Sahib Urban Development Authority (SASUDA). The Authority would be headed by the Chief Minister as its chairman with Housing and Urban Development Minister as its … Read more 28.02.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN GIB centre to be used for breeding of lesser florican The country’s first proposed captive breeding centre for great Indian bustard (GIB) at Sorsan in Baran district will also be used for the conservation and breeding of lesser florican. Lesser florican (sypheotides indicus), the smallest bustard among four bustard species, was once … Read more 28.02.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs
PUNJAB Punjab to do away with no detention policy Punjab has agreed to implement the amendment to the RTE Act under the “no detention policy”. As a result, the state will now detain weak students who fail in Classes V and VIII from the present session itself. The Parliament on January 3 had … Read more 27.02.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Old-age pension for small and marginal farmers soon Very soon the elderly small and marginal farmers in Rajasthan would be entitled to old-age pension. The draft, for granting pension of Rs 750 to small farmers up to 75 years of age and Rs 1000 to those above 75, has been finalised and would soon get the cabinet approval. … Read more 27.02.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs
PUNJAB Punjab gets 3 more municipal corporations The Punjab Council of Ministers approved upgrade of Batala, Kapurthala and Abohar local bodies as municipal corporations, fulfilling the demand of residents of these areas. With this, Punjab will now have 14 municipal corporations. The move is aimed at sprucing up infrastructure in the … Read more 26.02.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Government seeks CSR funds from firms to improve education in Rajasthan The government may not have enough funds to improve the infrastructure to provide quality education but it provides the basic network and spread where private companies can pitch in with their CSR funds for a better impact and outcome. An education funding … Read more 26.02.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Union Textile Minister inaugurated Titanwala Museum in Rajasthan Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated the ‘Titanwala Museum’ that showcases the hand block printing of the Chhipa community in Bagru. Bagru printingis one of the traditional techniques of printing with natural color followed by the chippas of Rajasthan. Suraj Narayan Titanwala took the initiative of … Read more 24-25.02.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs
PUNJAB Power utility implements Cabinet decision on free electricity The Power utility has decided to implement the recent Cabinet decision that all SC, non-SC, BPL and BC category consumers (except income tax payee consumers), having domestic category connection with sanctioned load up to 1 KW are entitled to avail themselves of electricity concession … Read more 23.02.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan can achieve more than eight per cent economic growth: CII In a bid to accelerate economic growth of Rajasthan, CII has identified key interventions as part of the ‘Roadmap for Rajasthan: A 10-point agenda for growth.’ The roadmap covers various sectors like manufacturing, food processing, tourism, renewable energy, startup ecosystem, infrastructure development including skills centres … Read more 23.02.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs