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KERALA 10% more Plus One seats in six districts The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a 10% increase in Plus One seats in all government and aided higher secondary schools in six districts in northern The fillip to schooling is expected to benefit students in Malappuram, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Kannur, Wayanad, and Kasaragod districts. … Read more 14.06.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA Kerala to introduce new entertainment tax State government will soon introduce entertainment tax on films in other languages that are being screened in Kerala. GST regime, contrary to the promises, has trimmed the state’s tax revenue. Many enterprises have devised plans to escape the tax net. At present, there is no mechanism for the government … Read more 13.06.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA Online settlement soon for cardamom e-auction The Spices Board plans to introduce online settlement mechanism for cardamom e-auction that will facilitate timely payment to growers and provide all information on transactions online or through a mobile application. The proposed model, which has been built in line with the existing auction system with … Read more 03-04.06.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA Micro hydro power gains traction in State With major hydel projects becoming increasingly unsustainable due to environmental concerns and high costs, decentralised micro hydro power projects (up to 100 kilowatt) are gaining traction as a renewable energy source in Kerala and other States. The Energy Management Centre, an autonomous agency under the government, has … Read more 02.03.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
Kerala Kerala tops Health Index, Uttar Pradesh worst performer Kerala has topped the Health Index report prepared by NITI Aayog while Uttar Pradesh appeared at the bottom among larger states, though it has shown improvement in the recent past. As per the index report for large states, Kerala was followed by Punjab, Tamil Nadu and … Read more 10.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
Kerala Govt planning online system for teacher postings in aided schools The government is planning to introduce an online system for appointment of teachers and non-teaching staff to aided schools, Education Minister C. Ravindranath informed the Assembly. The proposed online system would be introduced for appointments to aided schools from pre-primary to … Read more 07.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA Women police stations in all taluks All taluks in the State will have women police stations, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. Preliminary works to set up women police stations at the taluk level are on, the Chief Minister informed the Assembly on Monday in reply to a question. The move was … Read more 06.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA Attappady to be notified sandalwood reserve The government proposes to notify Attappady as a sandalwood reserve and protect the species to facilitate its regeneration, Governor P. Sathasivam said. The government had taken up a project to demarcate forest boundaries with permanent cairns to protect forestland and prevent encroachments. The project would be completed … Read more 25.01.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA International Dam Safety Conference to be held at Thiruvananthapuram India will be hosting the International Dam Safety Conference – 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram on January 23-24. Shri Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala will inaugurate the conference and Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State for of Water Resources, River Development and … Read more 23.01.18 Kerala(KPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA State’s tourism earnings will be doubled: Minister Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran has said that the government is working towards doubling earnings from tourism. Inaugurating the work on the Madavoorppara tourism project on Wednesday, the Tourism Minister said this would see the revenue from tourism, which currently constituted 10% of State revenue, going … Read more 19.01.18 Kerala(KPSC) Current Affairs