sep 2018

RAJASTHAN State to provide biogas subsidies in rural areas  Rajasthan, which has to meet a target of 3,700 household Biogas plants in the state under the National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP), has announced to provide subsidies for the same.   The National Biogas Policy that came into force from May 30 is primarily … Read more 25.09.18 (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

RAJASTHAN PM Modi inaugurates Parakram Parv in Jodhpur to mark 2 years of surgical strikes   Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Jodhpur Military Station to inaugurate ‘Parakram Parv’ — an exhibition to commemorate the second anniversary of surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army against terror camps across the Line of Control in … Read more 29-30.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan 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

JAMMU AND KASHMIR   State needs Rs 3,817 cr for completion of development projects   Due to political uncertainty in J&K, where the BJP has been selling the infrastructure development card, projects worth Rs 3,817 crore have been lying incomplete.   As per the official data gathered by the planning, development and monitoring department in … Read more 26.09.18 Jammu&Kashmir- KAS Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bags awards for implementing housing schemes    Rajasthan shined at the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Aawas (rural), Pradhan Mantri Sadak and MGNREGA at the national level by winning several awards. Rajasthan bagged the first prize at the state level in achieving the the target under the Prime Ministers Rural Housing scheme while Banswara … Read more 20.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Cabinet approves financial assistance for Sirhind Feeder Canal and Rajasthan Feeder Canal   The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has  approved providing Central Assistance of Rs. 620.42 Cr. and Rs. 205.758 Cr. for implementation of relining of Rajasthan Feeder Canal and Sirhind Feeder Canal respectively over five years (2018-19 to … Read more 27.09.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

JAMMU AND KASHMIR   State forms committee to inspect coaching centres   After constituting committees to monitor the functioning of schools, the Directorate of School Education, Jammu, has now formed a panel to conduct inspections at coaching and tuition centres in the region.   The committee comprises Joint Directors (Jammu, Kathua and Samba) as the … Read more 27.09.18 Jammu&Kashmir- KAS Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL   ·        India, US annual combat exerciseYudh Abhyas 2018to be held at Uttarakhand   The 2-Week long Yudh Abhyas 2018 exercise will be condcuted at Chaubatia in Uttarakhand from 16 to 29 September, 2018. It will be fourteenth edition of exercise in Yudh Abhyas series which was started in 2004 under US Army Pacific Partnership Program. Last year, Yudh Abhyas was … Read more 13.09.18 Jammu&Kashmir- KAS Current Affairs

JAMMU AND KASHMIR   Crime against women on rise   The latest figures of the J&K Police show an increase in the cases of crime against women in the state. A report of the J&K police department revealed that the total number of cases of violence increased from 2,929 in 2016 to 3,363 in 2017. The … Read more 15.09.18 Jammu&Kashmir- KAS Current Affairs