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PUNJAB Punjab CM Amarinder Singh announces projects worth Rs 113 crore for poll-bound Shahkot On the occasion of farmers’ debt waiver function at Nakodar, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh announced infrastructure project worth Rs 113 crore for Shahkot area. In addition, a sum of Rs 11 crore had been assigned for the development … Read more 16.03.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs
PUNJAB Eco-friendly carry bags at Golden Temple from April In a first, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) is going to introduce eco-friendly compostable carry bags at the Golden Temple to give a fillip to the state government’s campaign to discourage the use of polythene bags. After holding a discussion with Punjab Pollution … Read more 15.03.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs
PUNJAB State to buy power to meet rising demand The state will have to purchase power from outside sources following the closure of state-owned thermal plants and limited coal availability. Besides buying more power at higher rates, the PSPCL will also expect all private plants in the state to run to full capacity throughout … Read more 14.03.18 Punjab (PPCS) Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Govt to track purchase of rabi crops at MSP The Rajasthan government will monitor procurement of rabi crops at minimum support price (MSP) to avoid a repeat of last year’s farmers’ agitations, said officials assigned with responsibilities for buying the produce. After chief minister Vasundhara Raje announced last month one-time crop … Read more 23.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN IT carnival conculeded, 125 firms to hire 6,000 Rajasthan youths The fourth IT day of Rajasthan had emerged as huge carnval.The Digifest cum IT-Day lined up events like hackathon 4.0, edu hack, green-a-thon e-mitra/ITGK hackathon and TecRush. Under the Hackathon 4.0, a 36 hour non-stop coding marathon on numerous themes was planned and … Read more 22.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN After overall rise in state, child sex ratio still declines in four districts Rajasthan was in news in 2011 census due to drastic fall child sex ratio (CSR) from 909 in2001 to 888 per 1,000 boys in 2011, but now until 2017-18, the CSR has improved to 922 per 1,000 boys. Although, … Read more 21.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Jaipur among other Indian cities to host 8th Theatre Olympics The city has geared up to grab the limelight as one of the co-hosts of the 8th Theatre Olympics, the largest international theatre festival to be held for the first time in India. The Jaipur chapter of the Theatre Olympics, 2018, will … Read more 20.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government on a mission to weed out TB’ The state is working on a mission to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) from the state. In the state there are 283 TB units functional in 33 districts and Jaipur rural. There are more than 2,000 TB treatment centres, including 848 microscopy centres from where … Read more 18-19.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN 62 lakh poor kids get admissions under RTE Act Rajasthangranted admission to 2.62 lakh students of Economically Weaker Sections (EWC) under Right to Education Act in 33,091 private schools across the state through lottery. The lottery was for academic session 2018-19. With this, Rajasthan has the highest number of admissions under the Act. The … Read more 17.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs
RAJASTHAN State’second ‘E-gyan Kendra’ to come up in Jhalawar district Jhalawar district, which found a place in the Union government’s book on innovations ‘New Beginning’ in 2017 for setting up the first E-gyan Kendra in Rajasthan and another centre will be set up in the Iklera region in Jhalawar district. The first E-gyan … Read more 16.03.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs