March 2019

PUNJAB   UT has 24,021 commercial vehicles   The transport department has released data on the registered number of commercial vehicles plying in the city. As per the record, Chandigarh has a total of 24,021 registered commercial vehicles, including 6,322 three-wheelers, the highest among all categories. However, of these three-wheelers only 189 e-rickshaws have been … Read more 24-25.03.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan’s Saraswati is ‘poorest’ MP in India, says ADR report   Sumedhanand Saraswati (67), Lok Sabha MP from Sikar, is the “poorest” parliamentarian in the country having declared a total asset of just Rs. 34,311, which is the lowest, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report.   According to the ADR report, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP … Read more 24-25.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   UT’s education policy for special kids   Making learning more inclusive, the UTadministration has framed a policy for providing education to students with special needs.   Following Punjab and Haryana high court directions, the policy was submitted to the HC recently.   The policy includes mapping of such children, certification, imparting education, training teachers, arrangement … Read more 23.03.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Health dept seeks life imprisonment for adulteration of food   The Rajasthan health department has sought amendments to Indian Penal Code (IPC) provisions for stringent action against those manufacturing, selling and distributing substandard and misbranded food items.   It has sent a proposal to the home department seeking amendments to sections 272 and 273 … Read more 23.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Chhatbir’s Mission 2020: 15 new species   The migratory Demoiselle crane is first of the 15 new species that the Chhatbir zoo here aims at acquiring by the end of 2020 for viewer enrichment and conservation education. The Punjab government hopes to include 10 foreign exotic species such as giraffe, zebra, jaguar, macaw, and lemur … Read more 21-22.03.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan University set to receive Rs 50 crore education fund   Rajasthan University (RU) has become eligible for receiving fund from the Ministry of Human Resource Development under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) scheme phase II. The university will receive Rs 50 crore in total out of which Rs 35 crore is for research … Read more 21-22.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Government to grade mental health institution in Punjab every year   In a step to ensure quality treatment and care for drug addicts and mentally ill patients, the Punjab government’s mental health authority will develop a system of grading of every registered ‘mental health establishment’ annually. The grading list would be uploaded on … Read more 20.03.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Government institute for poor in Alwar marred by delay   India’s first world-class national institute for poor, backwards and minorities (government funded), to be set up in Alwar, is marred by delay. Union ministry for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi had laid the foundation stone on October 1, 2018 is yet to complete its onsite studies … Read more 20.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Jobs, agriculture top poll issues in Punjab, Haryana   A pre-election, all-India survey on governance issues and voting behaviour has found that better employment opportunities, agriculture loan availability and higher price realisation of farm products are the top-three priorities of voters in Punjab and Haryana.   The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) data released … Read more 19.03.19 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN First national seminar on e-learning held in Ajmer college   The first national seminar on e-learning and MOOCs (massive open online courses) was organized in Sophia Girls’ College.   This will change the face of higher education in Rajasthan and break barriers of distance education in higher studies. This new technology will also enhance the teachers’ … Read more 19.03.19 (RPSC) Rajasthan Daily Current Affairs