January 2019

PUNJAB   State bags Jaivik India Award   Punjab has been declared the second best state among states of north and north-east India for extensive promotion and implementation of organic farming and bagged prestigious “Jaivik India Award”.   The function was organised by International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture (ICCOA) with support from the Government … Read more 02.01.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan college girls set to get free sanitary pads   Rajasthan is set to become India’s first state to provide free sanitary napkins to college students. The department of higher education has decided to install free sanitary napkin vending machines in all 189 government colleges in the state from the next academic session starting July 2019.   … Read more 02.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Test all Punjab hand pumps for arsenic: Study   A blanket testing of hand pumps/tube wells, especially private ones, should be the first step in dealing with public health issues due to arsenic exposure in Punjab, a recent study on the Indus Basin region, covering Indian as well as Pakistani areas.   Besides, … Read more 01.01.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Govt to bring new system to fix fees of private schools’   Education minister Govind Singh Dotasra has hinted to replace RajasthanS chools (Regulation of fees) Act 2017.   The existing fees Act which mandates to form a committee of parents and school management has not prevented schools to fleece parents. Several news reports have … Read more 01.01.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs