Dec 2018

GOA Parimal Rai is new Chief Secretary   Parimal Rai, a senior IAS officer of the 1985 batch, has been appointed  as the new Chief Secretary of Goa, as the Union ministry of home affairs has transferred the incumbent Dharmendra Sharma to Delhi.   According to the order, the Union ministry has transferred and posted … Read more 19.12.18 Goa (GPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN MLA LAD scheme spend increases in election year   With the assembly elections in Rajasthan this year, nearly 62 per cent of the total funds released have been spent under the MLA local area development scheme in 2018-19 (up to November) , according to a rural development department record. It is also worth noting that out … Read more 19.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA Now, legalise orchard conversion till January 26   The town and country planning (TCP) board extended the deadline for individuals who illegally subdivided and sold orchard land and gave them an amnesty period till January 26 to approach the TCP department and regularise their land under Section 16B of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act. Failure to do … Read more 18.12.18 Goa (GPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan History : Nasirabad revolt of 1857   First of all, this revolt was started in Nasirabad. The main reason behind this was that the British government sent Ajmer’s 15th Bengal Infantry to Nasirabad because government had no faith in this Infantry.   All the soldiers were angry with this decision of the … Read more 18.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan 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 Second highest all-girls education institutions in Rajasthan   The trend of separate educational institutes for girls may have become a passé in the county but not in Rajasthan. The desert state has the second highest number of dedicated girls’ colleges in the country making it the most conservative state. Figures released by the HRD ministry says that … Read more 16-17.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA State ties up with YSF, UE LifeSciences to screen 1 lakh women for breast cancer   The state government, tied up with Yuvraj Singh Foundation (YSF) and UE LifeSciences for the screening of one lakh women across the state, for the early detection of breast cancer.   YSF will fund the project under corporate social … Read more 15.12.18 Goa (GPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan pink sandstone for Abu Dhabi temple   Pink sandstone from Rajasthan will be used in the construction of the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi. Work for the temple was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in February this year and is expected to be completed by 2020. Spread over 55,000 sqm land, the temple will be hand carved by … Read more 15.12.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

GOA M’rashtra RERA tribunal to be ‘reviewing authority’ for Goa   While the state at first was to have its own Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) appellate bench, however, considering the fewer complaints being received in the state today, the Maharashtra RERA tribunal is expected to be the reviewing authority for those aggrieved by the decisions … Read more 14.12.18 Goa (GPSC) 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