Oct 2019

PUNJAB   Punjab and Haryana power utilities improve ratings Both Punjab and Haryana power utilities improved their ratings as compared to the last year and are now covered under A grade for their high operational and financial performance capabilities. Punjab is placed at the ninth position while Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) of … Read more 08.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab to frame policy to check stray animal menace   The Punjab Government said it will formulate a comprehensive policy to check menace of stray animals in the state. Local Bodies Minister Brahm Mohindra has directed all urban local bodies (ULB) to provide information on stray animals in their areas for this, according … Read more 06-07.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   No improvement in school education: NITI ranking   With no improvement in the School Education Quality Index (SEQI) ranking, released by the NITI Aayog on Monday, Punjab has evidently failed to refine its school education system. Among the 20 large states in the country, Punjab has been ranked ninth with an increase of … Read more 05.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   2 cr health insurance beneficiaries in state The publicity hoardings about various schemes put up across the state recently by the government are flashing some astonishing figures. Going by the figures, 2.2 crore of the state’s nearly 3 crore population has been covered under the Sehat Bima Yojana, which means 73 per cent … Read more 04.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Govt adopts Central labour scheme, old ones not scrapped   The Punjab Government has adopted the updated Model Welfare Scheme for registered construction workers in the state. But ignoring the guidelines of the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment, it has not shunned the existing schemes, thereby diluting the sole purpose of the … Read more 03.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

  PUNJAB   Punjab language department to publish 10,000 copies of ‘Mahankosh’   Mahankosh’, also known as the encyclopaedia of Sikhism, will be available soon as the Punjab Bhasha Vibhag of Patiala is getting it reprinted. The state language department is printing 10,000 copies of the book authored by Bhai Kahan Singh of Nabha.   … Read more 02.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab joins hand with PGIMER to promote artificial intelligence in health sector   Punjab government and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) have agreed to jointly promote artificial intelligence in the health sector.   Further, global innovation hub and life sciences park being set up at Mohali will also have … Read more 01.10.19 Punjab (PPSC) Daily Current Affairs