july 2018

PUNJAB   Organic certification agency to be set up near farms   In a bid to promote organic farming in Haryana, an Organic Certification Agency would be set up for grading and authentication of organic produce near the farms so as to ensure reliability of organic products on reaching the market. The Chief Minister gave … Read more 25.07.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Centre allocates over Rs 2,000 cr for highways in Rajasthan  According to data released by the ministry, the funds have apparently been allocated as per the need as in 2012-13 it was Rs 12.24 crore which increased to Rs 215.50 crore in 2014 but dipped in 2015 with only Rs 107.16 crore but saw a massive … Read more 25.07.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Assured career progression scheme starts in punjab police   A fortnight after Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh launched ‘one rank up promotion’ scheme to end stagnation in the state police force, the state police chief Suresh Arora on Monday made a formal beginning of the assured career progression scheme by pinning stars … Read more 24.07.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Second in the list of foetus test offenders, Haryana tops   A total of 449 convictions have been secured till March this year from across the country, for violations under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 — enacted to stop female foeticide — according to a report released by the … Read more 24.07.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab releases rs 760 cr to clear pending farm power subsidy, agri arrears, VAT, GST   Punjab Government on Monday released Rs 760 crores to clear pending the arrears against power subsidy for farmers, besides others payments towards agriculture and allied activities.   With this, all the pending bills towards the Value Added … Read more 22-23.07.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN MJSA-Very less political donation in scheme   The crowd-funded project, Mukhya Mantri Jal Swalamban Abhiyan received least donations from political institutions in the first two phases — 0.007 per cent in Phase-i and 0.2 per cent in Phase-ii.   In other words, of the total ₹35.76 crore the MJSA received in Phase-i from different … Read more 22-23.07.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN AntaraRaj app launched to track use injectable contraceptive in state   The National Health Mission (NHM) Rajasthan has innovatively used Information Technology in the health systems to track the use of Antara, an injectable contraceptive.   Rajasthan is the top performing state in the country when it comes to the use of Antara; it … Read more 21.07.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Pb’s industrial investment gets boost   Punjab’s industrial investments have received a massive boost in the first quarter of the current fiscal, with project proposals going up 50 percent and monthly average of actual investments increasing by 125 percent over first quarter of 2017-18 financial year.     Punjab Bureau of Industrial Promotion … Read more 21.07.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Capt seeks help from cms of haryana, hp, rajasthan   To control the cultivation and smuggling of narcotics and to ensure that no safe havens are allowed to drug peddlers and smugglers in their respective regions, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh sought the cooperation of his counterparts in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and … Read more 20.07.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN IIT creates tech to treat water with sunlight and Rajasthani clay   IIT Jodhpur has come up a low-cost and environment friendly technology for treating contaminated water by using Rajasthani clay and sunlight.   This technology can be used to treat contaminated water containing textile industry effluents, which is a major problem in Western … Read more 20.07.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs