Dec 2018

GOA More than 1,000 BPL families get LPG connections over two years in Goa   Over 1,000 families falling below the poverty line (BPL) have been provided with LPG connections over the past two years under a central government scheme meant for women members of BPL households. The programme was availed by 745 families in … Read more 29.12.18 Goa (GPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN International Camel festival to be held at Bikaner from 12 Jan 2019   The 26th International Camel Festival will be held in Bikaner, Rajasthan on January 12 and 13, 2019. On the second day of the festival, heritage walk will be organized from the Rampuriya Haveli to Bikaji’sTekri, in which the tourists will be … Read more 29.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government scraps minimum education criteria for civic poll candidates   Rajasthan will once again have direct elections for mayors and chairpersons in urban municipal bodies. The previous government had discontinued the practice introduced by the Ashok Gehlot government of 2008-2013.   The education criteria was introduced by the previous Vasundhra Raje-led government, which stipulated that for contesting … Read more 30-31.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Plan for green zone at Mt Abu with Centre   The state government has sent a fresh proposal to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) to declare an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around the Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary.   The Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Aravalli Hill range in the … Read more 28.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA Goa sets March 31 as new ODF target   The government has now set its sights on March 31 to make Goa open defecation-free (ODF), given that it is about to miss the December 31 deadline. A survey it had conducted pointed to a requirement of 52,883 toilets for rural households and 3,336 for those in municipal areas. … Read more 12.12.18 Goa (GPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Govt working on logistics for farm loan waiver of 50 lakh farmers in Rajasthan   State government has started building the roadmap for farm loan waiver in the state.   Other departments like department of finance has also sought information from department of cooperatives regarding the farm loan waiver and the farmers who will … Read more 21.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA Annual Startup India Venture Capital Summit 2018 to be held in Goa   The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Government of Goa, is hosting the annual Startup India Venture Capital Summit in Goa on December 07, 2018.   The theme of the Summit … Read more 01.12.18 Goa (GPSC) Current Affairs

GOA   Rural development to soon be separate department   The state will soon have an independent department of rural development, as the government has completed all the formalities for bifurcating it from the Directorate of Panchayati Raj.   Although there is a separate minister for rural development in the state, there was no separate … Read more 16-17.12.18 Goa (GPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN ·        Rajasthan History : Neemuchana Farmer Movement 1924-25 ð   Extensively Writing by Pratap, New Rajasthan ð   This movement was taken during the reign of Maharaja Jai Singh of Alwar. ð  Reason – Increase in the fine rates ð  Current situation –  Nemuchana is in Alwar district. ð  On 14th May, 1925, farmers of Alwar … Read more 22.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN After Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan too waives farm loans   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot  announced that farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh defaulted till November this year will be waived. The CM said it would cost the state exchequer Rs 18,000 crore. Rajasthan is the fourth state to waive farm loans after Congress-held MP and Chhattisgarh and … Read more 14.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs