July 2019

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Budget 2019: Highlights   No new tax proposed in the budget.   Rs 10 crore allocated for rehabilitation centers.   Provision of one-time tax for vehicle owners.   Special investment zones along the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor.   Stamp duty exemption for projects under Rajasthan Start-Up policy.   Freedom fighters, former MLAs, chairman of boards and … Read more 11.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

GOA   Cabral proposes to start mobile app to monitor air, water quality   Environment Minister proposed to start a mobile app on air and water quality check in real time to allow policy makers and citizens to deploy data-driven control and preventive mechanisms.   The minister said that the pollution board monitors air and … Read more 06.07.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan to focus on climate change with new action plan   Thirty-six years ago, Rajasthan set up the directorate of environment (DOE) to reduce vulnerability and build resilience to climate change impacts, but it remained only on paper and the directorate never became functional.   In 2012, the government drafted the Rajasthan Action Plan … Read more 18.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Makrana Marble used for Taj Mahal is now ‘Global Heritage Stone Resource’   Marble from Makrana in Rajasthan is now Asia’s first Global Heritage Stone Resource (GHSR), as confirmed by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), an international non-governmental organisation devoted to international cooperation in the field of geology.   The GHSR designation … Read more 23.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Government schools to run in two shifts to stop dropouts   The state has decided that government English medium schools opened under Mahatma Gandhi Rajkiya Vidyalaya will run in two shifts if needed.   It is necessary to have a government school in a 2km-radius from the residence of students. In case there are no … Read more 06.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Roaring Rajasthan: Tiger count up 115%   Rajasthan’s tiger population has grown by 115% in the last 12 years, says ‘Status of Tigers in India-2018’ report which was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on International Tiger Day.   With 69 tigers, the state stands ninth in the predatory feline population across the country. Madhya Pradesh … Read more 31.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

GOA   Goa debt hits Rs 20,500 crore   Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco said the government has taken a Rs 20,500 crore loan to run the state.   Participating in a discussion on the motion of thanks, Lourenco said data indicated that the state’s debt was Rs 13,600 crore as of March last year. “Add to … Read more 17.07.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Panel to monitor colleges in districts   The college education department of Rajasthan is setting up district resource assistance committees (DRACS) in each district “to monitor colleges, enhance coordination among them and provide resource help to them at district level.   The DRACS are being constituted under the resource assessment and college with excellence … Read more 05.07.19 Rajasthan [RPSC] Current Affairs

GOA HIV test may soon be compulsory for marriage   The state government is contemplating enactment of a legislation, which will make HIV test compulsory for marriage registration in the state.   Goa is fast becoming a progressive state and if such a legislation comes into existence then it would aptly reflect the progressive vision … Read more 11.07.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA NIO to study Goa’s 11th century Kadamba port wall   Remains of the Kadamba period port wall, dated around the 11th century, at Agasaim in Goa, is being studied by the National Institute of Oceanography to establish its archaeological importance, the state government has said. Protection and development of the archaeological remains at Agassaim will be planned as … Read more 28-29.07.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs