Oct 2018

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan Scheme : Rajshree Yojana   From the birth of a girl to class 12th, financial assistance of up to 50,000 parents is provided to the parent for education, health and care. This amount is given in the following steps.   2500 rupees at birth of daughter   2500 rupees for one year of … Read more 19.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

KERALA Kerala CM expects over Rs 700 crore from UAE   Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has expressed the hope that the state would get an assistance which would be much bigger than the amount offered by the Emirates government earlier.   The UAE government had offered Rs 700 crore which could not materialise because of … Read more 19.10.18 KERALA (KPSC) Current Affairs

KERALA KSRTC logs record revenue   The newly-created Central zone of the Kerala State Road Transport Corpo ration (KSRTC) achieved a record revenue collection of Rs 2.94 crore.   The zone, which comprises Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Thrissur, and Alappuzha regions, recorded a collection of Rs 2,94,04,287,  almost achieving the target given to it by the … Read more 18.10.18 KERALA (KPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Schemes : Bhamashah Sawasthya Bima Yojana   In the Bamashah Health Insurance scheme, every eligible family is being provided 30,000 rupees for general ailments every year and Rs. 3 lakhs for critical illnesses.In addition to the expenses incurred during the recruitment of the hospital, the expenditure upto 15 days after the recruitment is … Read more 18.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

KERALA Kerala: Mobile app to forecast thunderstorms and lightning to be developed soon   Union ministry of earth sciences ministry will develop a mobile app with the help of Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and National Centre for Earth Science Studies to nowcast thunderstorms and lightning in Kerala.   Inaugurating Kerala’s first cyclone warning system … Read more 17.10.18 KERALA (KPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Schemes :- Adarsh School scheme   In order to provide better education to the students in the rural areas of the state and to provide better facilities to the schools, Rajasthan Government has adopted innovation in the education sector in the last four years in every Gram Panchayat of the state for modern … Read more 17.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

KERALA Union signs MoU to run e-autos as metro feeder   Ernakulam District Auto Rickshaw Drivers Trade Unions Co-ordination Committee has signed an agreement with Kinetic Green Energy Power Solutions for engaging auto drivers to run the E-Auto services as part of Kochi Metro feeder network.   Earlier, the Kochi Metro Rail Limited has signed … Read more 16.10.18 KERALA (KPSC) Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN The plastic bags to be replaced with Biodegradable.   Biodegradable bags, made of starch from maize, are likely to replace regular polythene bags in the state.   After imposing effective ban on usage of plastic bags, government has been looking for a substitute.     The bags have been certified by third-party testing agencies … Read more 16.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Bhilwara dairy launches packaged cow milk   Bhilwara dairy has started selling of packed cow milk in the market. Bhilwara Zila Dugdh Utpadak Sahkari Sangh, a co-operative union of milk producers affiliated to Rajasthan Co-operative Dairy Federation (RCDF) is the only second dairy board in the state, after the one in Bikaner, which is … Read more 15.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

KERALA State seeks ₹4,796 crore assistance   The State government has finalised its memorandum to the Centre on the mid-August flood havoc, urging the Centre to provide an immediate assistance of ₹4,796 crore to the State.   The ₹1 lakh interest-free loan for repair of damaged houses, proposed to be disbursed through the Kudumbashree Mission, … Read more 15.10.18 KERALA (KPSC) Current Affairs