sep 2018

PUNJAB   ·        Rs1,200 cr released to clear pending dues   ð  The state government on Friday released Rs 1,200 crore towards pending payments for various schemes and development projects in the Local Government and Health Department, besides releasing monthly social security pensions for August worth Rs 140 crore and Power subsidy worth Rs 300 … Read more 08-09.09.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

PUNJAB   ·        State to set up Rs 200-cr heritage village for Guru’s 550th b’day ð  Ahead of Guru Nanak Dev’s 550th birth anniversary celebrations in Sultanpur Lodhi on November 12, 2019, the state government has chalked out some plans, including the setting up of a Rs 200-crore heritage village – Pind Babe Nanak Da. … Read more 10.09.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Very less expenditure on environmental awareness in last 3 years   According to the state environment department’s annual progress report (2017-18), the last expenditure on environmental awareness and improvement was done in 2013-14 when the government spent Rs 61.80 lakh for this.   According to a World Health Organisation report, four of the world’s … Read more 26.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan gets its first transgender engineer Malini Das, a 22-year-old transgender, has become the first in her community who has completed her graduation in i engineering in computer science from a private university.     After Supreme Court judgement dated April 15, 2014 in written petition civil no. 400 of 2012 I am the … Read more 21.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   ·         State to supply 8,000 pigs to Nagaland every month   ð  The state will soon start supplying 8,000 pigs to Nagaland every month and earn Rs 200 crore annually for Punjab’s pig farmers. ð  As per the understanding, 8,000 pigs would be supplied every month to Nagaland. To start with, 100 pigs … Read more 12.09.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Sushma Swaraj inaugurated ‘Jaipur Foot’ camp in Vietnam capital Hanoi   External Affairs Minister Sushma Swarajwho is on a four day two nation tour of South East Asia which includes Vietnam and Cambodia, presented free India-made prosthetic limbs for 500 Vietnamese beneficiaries. Last month, it was announced in Jaipur that about 1,000 differently-abled people in Myanmar and Vietnam would be provided … Read more 01.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Delegates from 20 countries to be at Smart City Expo   Delegates from 20 countries will take participate in a three-day international conference ‘Smart City Expo India 2018’ in Jaipur. The event will be organised from September 26 to September 28 at Jaipur Exhibition and Convent Centre (JECC) in Sitapura.   Jaipur Development Authority … Read more 13.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Punjab sex ratio up by 15 in a year   Once labelled as the land of “female foeticide”, Punjab has seen a significant improvement in gender ratio in the past one decade — 907 girls for every 1,000 boys, up from 878 in 2009-10. Alarmed at the skewed figures in the 2001 Census … Read more 14.09.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Central team to assess quality of services in Rajasthan   The Centre has sent a team for review the programmes implemented in the state under National Health Mission (NHM). The team has already arrived in the state and inspecting health institutes which will continue till September 12.   Under NHM, Centre provides fund to the state … Read more 08-09.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

PUNJAB   Give priority to Rs 1,976-crore canal projects: CM to Centre   Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh urged the Centre to include Rs 1,976-crore projects of relining of Rajasthan feeder and Sirhind feeder canals on its list of “prioritised” irrigation projects.   He also urged for an early clearance to Rs 426-crore project for … Read more 05.09.18 Punjab (PPSC) Current Affairs