June 2018

JHARKHAND State bags award for low MMR   Jharkhand received the Pradhanmantri Surakshit Matritav Abhiyan Team awards for its work in the field of securing safe maternity.   The State has recorded a decline in its MMR from 208 to 165, which is still higher than the national average of 130. However, the state has … Read more 30.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Govt to set up grain fund to prevent hunger deaths   Acting promptly after a series of reported hunger deaths coming in light, the Government has decided to set up a contingency grain fund. The fund constituted with initial amount of Rs 66780000 would be sourced from Jharkhand Contingency Fund.   The Cabinet also … Read more 29.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Second agro varsity to come up in godda’   The Second agricultural university of the State will soon come up in Godda district. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has already approved the proposal to this effect submitted by the Government of Jharkhand for which required land has also been provided in Godda. … Read more 28.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND State plans equity funding to promote Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises   The state government has created a corpus fund of Rs 100 crore to commence equity funding for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and start-up projects. The government has partnered with Gujarat Venture Capital for the project. To begin with, the government has allocated Rs 15 … Read more 27.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Ranchi grabs 21st rank, 9 ulbs figures in top 100 list   Showcasing tremendous improvement on sanitation scale, Ranchi grabbed 21st place in the ranking of 100 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), the results of which was announced on Saturday. Interesting Ranchi in Swacchta Survey — 2017 was placed in the 117 spot in the … Read more 26.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND State bags five ‘skoch order of merit’ awards for sanitation   After registering significant place in Swacchta Sarvekshan – 2018 by bagging a few coveted titles, Jharkhand yet again has created history on sanitation frontage. The State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) on Friday has been conferred with the prestigious ‘SKOCH ORDER OF MERIT’ at … Read more 24-25.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Jharkhand may withdraw consent to DBT in ration   Putting up a brave face, the State Government may even go on taking back the consent given to the Centre for implementing direct benefit transfer in ration. The scheme providing money directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security … Read more 23.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND CM announces tribal upliftment campaign from june 30   Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that on the occasion of Hul Diwas ‘Tribal People Upliftment Campaign’ will be organised from June 30 to August 15, 2018 in the State. This campaign will be organised in all the villages whose population is more than 1,000 and … Read more 22.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Six aspirational dists get special growth package   Six districts having considerable population of tribals and standing backward on most of the growth parameters would be getting special package for three years. The package would be in the tune of Rs 50 crore every year to each of the district identified.   The Cabinet … Read more 20.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND 900 villages get wi-fi: it dept   In order to take mobile connectivity to even most backward and neglected areas the Information and Technology Department has managed to take wi-fi connectivity to over 300 places covering about 900 villages of the State. Most of these places have been LWE areas.   Under a policy … Read more 21.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND CM: agri mandis in state integrated   Chief Minister Raghubar Das has told a meeting of Niti Aayog that the agricultural mandis in Jharkhand have been successfully integrated and it is raising the farmers’ income. He also thanked the Centre for providing Rs 300 crore for six aspirational districts dominated by tribals for the … Read more 19.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Report child marriage, get rs 1,000 in j’khand   To curtail the menace of rising number of cases of child marriages, the Department of Health and Family Welfare has come up with a unique proposal under the ‘Mukhbir Yojna’. The department has recently sent a proposal to the Government of India to get necessary … Read more 17-18.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Anu Kumari, 18 year old girl becomes 1st to pass Class 10 in Jharkhand village   Anu Kumari belongs to the Parahiya tribe, an 18-year-old girl became the first person in Uchwawal village in Jharkhand’s Latehar district to clear the 10th matriculation examination conducted by the Jharkhand Academic Council.     INTERNATIONAL   India to host … Read more 16.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Integrated Command And Control Centre Of Naya Raipur Smart City Inaugurated   The Integrated Command and Control Centre of the Naya RaipurSmart City was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Integrated Command & Control Centre of Naya Raipurbecomes the 10th Smart City Centre to be operational in the country. Under the ambitious Smart City Mission, … Read more 15.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Union Steel Minister Dedicates To Nation Rebuilt Blast Furnace-1 of Rourkela Steel Plant   The Union Minister of Steel, Chaudhary Birender Singh dedicated the rebuilt Blast Furnace-1 ‘Parvati’ of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) to the Nation. Parvati is the first Blast Furnace of SAIL that was dedicated to the nation on 3rd February … Read more 14.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs