08-09.04.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Rotavirus vaccine launch in jharkhand   Jharkhand became the first State in the country to introduce the concept of Oral Pentavalent Vaccine to eradicate Rotavirus which is the most common cause of diarrhoeal disease among infants. To mark the World Health Day observed annually on Saturday, Chief Minister, Raghubar Das alongwith senior officials … Read more

13 & 14.09.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   CBI to probe Rs 25,000cr Jharkhand chit fund scam   The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the investigation into 20 cases pertaining to a chit fund scam involving funds worth Rs 25,000 crore in Jharkhand on the directions of the state high court. The agency has re-registered 20 FIRs pertaining to 193 accused (including … Read more

JPSC Mains Paper 3:SOCIAL SCIENCES (History and Geography) Notes

Detailed Notes for JPSC Mains Paper III Notes- Detailed topicwise Jharkhand Mains GK Notes for JPSC Mains Exam are provided for free browsing. Jharkhand (JPSC) Mains Notes are designed by JPSC Toppers and other civil servants. Detail Notes can be browsed at the following links. Section (A) – History: 100 Marks Section (B) – Geography: … Read more

27.10.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Tourist Spots To Get Enhanced Infrastructure   Buoyed over nearly four-fold increase in international tourist inflow during last three years, Tourism department is actively working on providing enhanced infrastructure to the tourists in the State. Department Secretary Rahul Sharma has said that the focus was more on upgrading infrastructure in and around established … Read more

02-12-2017 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Jharkhand CM to connect villagers with schemes   Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das stressed upon participation of villagers in the implementation of schemes, for which funds would be given to the villagers to complete the schemes.   Stating that the poor are more honest than others, he asked the officials to have confidence in the people … Read more

06.09.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Jharkhand Governor gives assent to Religious Freedom Bill, 2017.   Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu gave her assent to the Jharkhand Religious Freedom Bill, 2017. The state government will now issue notification on the Religious Freedom Bill, after which it will become an Act. With this Jharkhand, become seventh state in the country to … Read more

01 & 02.10.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Tigers and elephants increases in Betla National Park   The number of tigers and elephants is increasing in Betla National Park in Palamu. There were four tigers here in 2014 which increased to 6 in 2017. In this period, the number of elephants has increased from 150 to 186.   There is an … Read more

17-18.12.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Jharkhand epicenter of cyber crime: experts   In the wake of increasing incidents of cyber crime initiating from the State, experts have termed Jharkhand as the epicenter of cyber crime in the Country.   To create awareness and build a sense of confidence among the people to switch over to digitization, a five … Read more

08.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Significant decline in mmr in j’khand   The health sector of Jharkhand finally has something to boast about. The State has registered a considerable decline in the percentage of Maternal Mortality Rate. According to the Sample Registration Survey (SRS) statistics released recently, the State has registered an MMR of 165 during childbirth, which is … Read more

14.02.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Honey processing plants to be set up in all districts   Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday announced that each district of the State will have honey processing plants and apiary box will be distributed to villagers free by the government. Addressing a function, at Dugni in Seraikela-Kharsawan district, he informed that honey produced … Read more

08.11.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Panchayat Libraries To Be Set Up By Nov 15   Setting up of panchayat library at each block must be completed before November 15, said Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Aradhana Patnaik during a review meeting of Secondary Education Department.   The concept of Panchayat libraries was taken up recently with … Read more

02.05.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Jharkhand emerges as new destination for BPO, IT companies   Incentives offered by the government under its BPO Policy 2016 and Software Technology Park of India (STPI) are attracting many BPOs to cities like Ranchi, Jamshedpurand Bokaro. Companies like Aegis, Ison, Tata Business Support Service and BPO Convergence are functional.   Sources said the BPOs … Read more

26.04.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Prsi celebrates national public relations day   Along with the rest of the country, National Public Relations Day was celebrated by the Public Relations Society of India (PRSI), Ranchi Chapter, on Monday. The theme of the PR Day was “Your Vote, Your Right.”   PRSI, Ranchi Chapter organised the programme in association with Central … Read more

20.02.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Jharkhand travel mart to endorse state’s tourism prospects   Endeavouring hard to bring Jharkhand on global map through its scintillating beauty adorned with abundance forest wraps, heritage attractions and religious sites, Jharkhand Tourism is all set to organise the first ever ‘Jharkhand Travel Mart 2018’ at Mega Sports Complex, Khelgaon. The first of … Read more

02.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Government to bring ordinance for sc protection, reservation   LJP leader and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said that following the final order of the Supreme Court where the matter is pending at present for a review, the Government would go for Ordinance to protect the SC/ST Act. “Government has nothing to do … Read more

09.11.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Stage Set For 31st RU Convocation   Ranchi University (RU) is all set to host the 31st convocation ceremony on November 13 at Dikshant Mandap, Morabadi. Around 53 students will receive gold medals from Governor Draupadi Murmu on the occasion.   Students of batch 2014-2016 both Under-Graduate (UG) and Post-Graduate (PG) will receive … Read more

07.09.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Leave superstition and donate eyes: Jharkhand Governor   Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu on Saturday appealed to the people of the state to leave superstitions beliefs and donate eyes.   Murmu lauded the awareness programme organised to create awareness about eye donation. “There are about 75,000 primitive tribes whose children are suffering from malnutrition which causes eyesight-related … Read more

17.04.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Jharkhand filmmaker duo grabs national award   Filmmaker duo Meghnath and Biju Toppo have hit gold again with ‘Naachi se Baanchi’ (Dance to stay alive) grabbing the Rajat Kamal award for the Best Biographical Film at the 65th National Awards announced on Friday. The duo had earlier won two other national awards for their films ‘Ek Ropa Dhan’ and ‘Iron … Read more

16.11.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Beneficiaries Get 223 Houses Under Pmay As many as 223 beneficiaries were given home access under Prime Minister Aawas Yozna (PMAY) at a town hall function on the occasion of State Establishment Day.   In this financial year 3789 beneficiaries will be given houses. Under clean India campaign the toilets and under Ujjawala … Read more

12.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Experts draw roadmap for health & wellness centres   In a bid to implement public healthcare programmes in a much better way, soon Primary Health Centers (PHCs) and Community Health Care (CHCs) across the State will be transformed into Health and Wellness Centers (HWCs). To enable comprehensive primary health care service delivery including disease … Read more

21.12.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   J’khand eyes rs 3,475-cr investment, 50k jobs   The State is expected to get industrial investment in the tunes of Rs  3,475 crore through the companies showing interest under the latest Government’s Momentum Jharkhand initiative. The industrial promotion would also create over 50,000 direct and indirect jobs in the State.   Momentum Jharkhand … Read more

06.01.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Jharkhand credai joins clean india campaign   Joining the bandwagon of Swachchha Bharat campaign, Jharkhand Chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) launched CREDAI Clean City Movement with getting solid waste disposal machine installed at Heritage Garden in Deepatoli operational.   They launched this initiative in Jharkhand today … Read more

28.10.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Mid-Day Meal In Govt Schools By Centralised Kitchens Soon   The ambitious plan of Department of School Education and Literacy to provide hygienic mid-day meal (MDM) to the students of Government schools through the centralised kitchen model will be rolled out in Ranchi and Hazaribagh near future.   Resolving all the preliminary glitches, … Read more

The State Public Service Commission

The Jharkhand Public Service Commission was Constituted under the provisions of the Article 315 of the Constitution of India by the Governor of Jharkhand vide Notification . Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) was established with the aim of making a commission fully responsible for making the recruitment for the government posts in the state. The … Read more

09.02.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND 10,953 villages declared odf in Jharkhand   A total of 10,953 villages in the State of Jharkhand have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) under The Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) (SBM(G). According to the data provided by the ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, out of total 29,647 villages of Jharkhand 10,953 villages, (i.e.36.94 … Read more

19.04.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Make j’khand odf by oct 2, 2018: das   Chief Minister Raghubar Das appealed to people of the State to realise the dream of Clean India by putting in their efforts under Gram Swaraj Campaign in Khajuri of Garhwa district.   He called upon the masses to make people aware and self-indulge in the … Read more

22.11.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Gift Milk scheme is Launched at Jharkhand   ð  Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that the Government has already started the process for a ‘White Revolution’ in the State and it will begin exporting milk outside the State in near future. The CM, during the launch of National Dairy Development Board’s (NDDB) ‘Gift … Read more

27.01.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Jharkhand cabinet raises retirement age of medical college faculties to 67 years   The Raghubar Das cabinet  approved a proposal to revise the retirement age of teaching faculty of state’s medical colleges to 67 years.   The 11 member ministerial council, which met at the Project Building in the evening, okayed the state ministry of health, medical education and … Read more

01.06.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Govt clears scheme to fight against fluoride in 15 districts   Since most of the districts of the State are badly hit by high fluoride contents in groundwater, the Government has gone ahead sanctioning a scheme to install safe drinking water supply system covering as many as 233 hamlets of 15 districts.   The … Read more

28-29.01.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND CM launches 9 mega urban infrastructure projects   Focusing on four important components — housing, transportation, sanitation and water supply, including health services — Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Sunday said the State Government is working towards streamlining all essential services necessary for uniform urban growth and development.   Das who was addressing the … Read more

28.11.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Cm goes to ‘ground zero’ to promote cleanliness   Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday visited a ward  to motivate people, urging them to change their mindset and keep their respective localities clean on the pattern of other big cities.   Citing an example of Singapore and other metro cities, the CM said … Read more

27.03.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Jharkhand has lowest college density in country: Study   Abysmally poor college-student ratio has turned out to be Jharkhand’s major cause for the brain drain. The All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) data released by the Union ministry of human resource development, said the state higher education sector has been discouraging with just … Read more

14.10.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Birsa Munda Airport To Be Functional 24×7 From April 1 In an attempt to lure International flights, Birsa Munda Airport (BMA) will be operational round the clock from April 1 next year.   It would be possible after flow of passengers at Birsa Munda Airport crossed one million mark this April while air … Read more

Prehistory of Jharkhand

 Prehistory of Jharkhand THE NEOLITHIC AGE: Jharkhand for the first time finds mention in the chronicles of the Mughals and in the Bangla Vaishnav literature in which the description of the journey of the Bhakti saint Shri Chaitanya which he makes through this state to Benares is found. Spread over an area of 79,714 sq … Read more

18.05.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND Cabinet approves setting up of a new AIIMS in Deoghar, Jharkhand   The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved setting up of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Deoghar, Jharkhand.   A provision of funds worth Rs. 1103 crore has been approved for the project … Read more

21 &22.09.17 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Jharkhand Government to organised Garib Kalyan Mela on September 16   The State govt was celebrating Year 2017-18 as Garib Kalyan Varsh.   Chief Minister will distribute assets worth crores on the occasion. Approx 44,000 benefeciares from 10 villages of Ranchi, Hazaribag,Ramgarh and Kolhan are expected to participate in the event.     … Read more

05.04.18 JPSC (Jharkhand) Current Affairs

JHARKHAND   Panel set to offer grade iii-iv jobs to locals   The Government-appointed panel comprising legislators and an official of the Personnel Department has arrived at a common ground feeling strongly for a uniform reservation policy to be adopted for the districts of the State, not covered under the 5th Schedule of the Constitution. … Read more