11-12.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

PUNJAB   33% reservation to women in PCS direct recruitment   The cabient also approved 33% reservation for women in the Punjab Civil Services (PCS) through direct recruitment. It approved the Punjab Civil Services (Reservation of Posts for Women) Rules, 2020, to provide such reservation for women for direct recruitment to posts in government, as well as … Read more 11-12.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

02.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab to set up 7 more rural courts Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh has ordered establishment of seven gram nyayalayas (village courts) in the state, in compliance with Punjab and Haryana high court’s directives. These courts are being set up as per the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008, enacted by Parliament for quick dispensation of … Read more 02.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

06.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Pb agriculture dept to focus on 8 hotspot dists to check stubble burning In Punjab, eight districts account for around 75% cases of stubble burning over the last two years. Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) now plans to curb the menace in these districts, which have been declared hotspots. State agriculture officials said subsidy for … Read more 06.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

14.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab to launch ‘Job Helpline’ for job seekers   Punjab Government, under its flagship programme Ghar Ghar Rozgar, is all set to launch Punjab Job Helpline.   Under this programme, the Department of Employment Gener-ation, Skill Development and Training would run a call centre to facilitate the state’s youth for employment services. The … Read more 14.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

04-05.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab to construct 750 rural stadiums   Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh digitally flagged off a fleet of ambulances and construction of 750 rural stadiums/playgrounds, besides witnessing the signing of an MoU for conferring ownership rights on economically weaker sections. The MoU was signed between the local government department and Centre for Policy Research. The … Read more 04-05.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

10.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab cabinet approves employment plan 2020-22 to provide 1 lakh government jobs  In a bid to fulfill the government’s promise of providing 1 lakh government jobs to the youth in the remaining term, The Punjab Council of Ministers, approved the State Employment Plan 2020-22. This is meant to fill vacant posts in government … Read more 10.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

03.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab sees big jump in suicides With as many as 7,132 persons committing suicide in the region comprising Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, the number accounted for 5.1% of the total suicides in the country in 2019, suggests a National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data. According to the recentlyreleased data, a total of 1,39,123 persons ended … Read more 03.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

13.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab plans create few rural jobs: Study   The farm-centric central and state policies are inadequate to promote rural employment in Punjab, for women especially, independent research at the Central University of Himachal Pradesh has concluded. The researchers say that even if these policies could achieve a high growth in the agricultural sector, the accompanying higher … Read more 13.10.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs