January 2019

RAJASTHAN CM to launch campaign to rid state from anaemia   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot will launch a campaign in Jodhpur aiming to free the state from anaemia as part of the Centre’s nationwide Anaemia Mukt Bharat (anaemia free India) drive launched in December last year.   According to the National Family Heath Survey- 4 … Read more 26.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   VVPAT machines to be used in all 23,000 polling booths in Punjab   The Election Commission was fully geared up for upcoming parliamentary polls in Punjab. He said that VVPAT machines would be used for all 23,124 polling booths in 13 parliamentary constituencies across the state.   The voter-verifiable paper audit trail allows voters to see … Read more 25.01.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Electrocution main reason behind GIB deaths: Govt   The state government submitted the status report on conservation of Great Indian Bustard (GIB) to the Rajasthan high court, listing the reasons behind the dwindling population of the bird.   The GIB has had a tag of being a critically endangered species in the IUCN Red … Read more 25.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Power subsidy bill to cross Rs 14,500 crore in next fiscal   Due to the default in the payment of power subsidy by the state government to the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), coupled with a hike in power tariffs, the state’s subsidies bill during the next fiscal is all set to cross Rs 14,500 … Read more 24.01.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan, Bihar join hands to eradicate child labour   The governments of Rajasthan and Bihar will take joint action to stop trafficking of children from various towns of Bihar to the workshops and home-based production units in Jaipur.   A multi-stakeholder initiative, launched for eradicating child labour, has taken a resolve to rehabilitate the … Read more 24.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   ·         Pakistan provincial govt to turn Hari Singh Nalwa fort into museum ð  The government in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has decided to convert a historic fort built by a Sikh commander into a museum.   ð  The fort in Haripur district was named after Hari Singh Nalwa, the commander-in-chief of the Sikh … Read more 23.01.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government may set up petroleum university in Jodhpur   The Rajasthan government is mulling over the idea to set up a petroleum university in the state and also introduce a three-year diploma course in petroleum engineering at the Government Polytechnic College in Jodhpur.   The government will open new polytechnic colleges for women at district-level to … Read more 23.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB     Punjab slipping on healthcare   Till the eighties, Punjab healthcare was considered the best in the country, until the state decided to turn a facilitator instead of service provider.   According to experts, whether per capita availability of health institutions in the public sector or availability of staff —including doctors, nurses and … Read more 22.01.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN RIICO plans for greener industrial areas   Roads at industrial areas at the state will take a green turn as Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) plans to plant more trees. The measure comes in the sequence of other initiatives in consideration of the corporation towards sustainable industrial growth.   RIICO envisaging … Read more 22.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Soon, four cities to have skill centres   The Punjab Skill Development Mission would provide training to 50,000 youth under various skill development schemes in 2019-20.   Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said in line with the aspirations of the youth for overseas placement, the mission with the technical assistance of the … Read more 20-21.01.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs