January 2019

06.02.19 (MPPSC) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Public Works Dept to construct 80 hostels   As many as 80 hostels for students will be constructed by the Public Works Department in Schools of Excellence premises of 40 District Headquarters under the scheme of the School Education Department.   An amount of Rs 316.11 crore will be spent on construction.   Under the scheme, hostels in Subhash School of Excellence, Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal are already in operation.   A scheme to run hostel in the premises of schools of excellence has been prepared by the School Education Department in order to facilitate students of 41 ... Read more

31.01.19 (MPPSC) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Madhya Pradesh may tax luxury cars for gaushalas   The government in Madhya Pradesh is mulling a cow cess on “expensive cars” to find money to build gaushalas. If it does, it would be the first Congress government to levy a cess for cow welfare. The Kamal Nath government is studying the revenue model of BJP-ruled Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan (where cow cess was charged by the erstwhile BJP govt), say sources. The animal husbandry department needs Rs 150 crore to build 1,000 cowsheds, housing 100 cows each, but it has a budget of Rs ... Read more

30.01.19 (MPPSC) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   MP to collect DNA of trees to curb wood smuggling   For the first time in the country, Madhya Pradesh’s Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary has started collecting DNA samples of standing trees, stumps and logs. This smart use of technology will not only discourage wood poachers from felling trees in reserved forests, but also fix responsibility of conniving officials.   Wood mapping has been used in the United States and elsewhere in the world to identify and prosecute wood smugglers with success but Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary.   The samples will be sent to State Forest Research Institute (SFRI) ... Read more

29.01.19 (MPPSC) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Madhya Pradesh launched employment scheme Yuva Swabhiman Yojana for urban youth   Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath  launched  ‘Yuva Swabhiman Yojana’for youths of the weak section in urban areas of Madhya Pradesh The scheme was launched in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh The main aim is to provide employment to the youth belonging to the weaker section of the society mainly in urban areas of the state. Under this scheme, 100 days of employment will be provided.     INTERNATIONAL   India accounts more than half leprosy cases globally: WHO     World Health Organization (WHO) stated more ... Read more

27-28.01.19 (MPPSC) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH MP seeks Centre’s help to get lions from Gujarat The Madhya Pradesh government has sought Centre’s help in getting Asiatic lions from Gujarat’s Gir which has been delayed by over five years despite a Supreme Court order, according to official documents. The Supreme Court had in April 2013 directed shifting of some lions from Gir to Madhya Pradesh by October of that year, saying the species “should have a second home to save it from extinction, due to catastrophes like epidemic, large forest fire, etc”. Gujarat has been opposing Madhya Pradesh’s request of seeking lions from it. INTERNATIONAL   Oxford chooses ... Read more

26.01.19 (MPPSC) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   62 cr needy persons get free mosquito nets   Free insecticide-treated mosquito nets will be distributed to about 1.62 crore needy persons belonging to the poor, weak and scheduled caste and scheduled tribe of the state to protect them from malaria. The estimated value of the mosquito nets is total Rs 300 crore.   The Long Lasting Insecticidal Net (LLIN) has been made using a new technology.   These nets are dip-treated using synthetic pyrethroid with nylon thread.   These nets are strong and their insecticide capacity remains effective for a long time. The insecticide used in ... Read more

25.01.19 (MPPSC) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Agreement inked to install rooftop solar plants   This agreement will facilitate electricity on low rate to private sector and farmers. Solar Energy Plants will prove to be helpful in maintaining environmental balance.   Tenders on Renewable Energy Service Company (RESCO) Financial Model have been invited by the Urja Vikas Nigam recently for installation of solar plants without any capital investment in various government and private institutional sector.   Solar plants of about 2250 k.w. capacity will be installed at 10 various organisations of Power Grid located in Madhya Pradesh at Damoh, Indore, Khandwa, Dhar, Satna, Shujalpur (Shajapur), ... Read more

24.01.19 (MPPSC) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   CBSE regional centre to come up in Bhopal   A new regional centre of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to come up in Bhopal by April to address the issues of students as well as schools in the state.   The centre will be able to grant recognition and make corrections in mark sheets of Class 10 and 12 students along with other functions. The MP centre will also coordinate the board examinations, allot centres to students and generate the result for the board classes.       INTERNATIONAL   ·         India Ranks 80th ... Read more

23.01.19 (MPPSC) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport gets its first runway rubber removal machine The Indore airport is getting bigger and better. The surge in air traffic has prompted Airport Authority of India to provide Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport its first runway rubber removal machine. Rubber removal machine is used to remove rubber deposits from touchdown zones on runway and all types of markings from both asphalt and concrete runways.   Airport officials said that this runway rubber removal machine, which costs around Rs5.37 crore would enhance safety and improve efficiency of operations at airport.   This machine will also be used for rubber ... Read more

22.01.19 (MPPSC) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   MP Anurag Thakur Honoured With Sansad Ratna Award   Lok Sabha Member from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh, Anurag Thakur was presented the Sansad Ratna Award for his performance as a parliamentarian. The award was presented to Thakur by the Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit in Chennai. With the win he became the first MP from the BJP, besides being the only Member of Parliament from north India, to have been awarded the Jury Committee Special Award.   The Sansad Ratna Awards was set up with the purpose of celebrating the performers of Indian Parliamentarians in 2010 upon the suggestion ... Read more