Current Affairs Exam

It was the Hyderabad state archaeology department, under the supervision of eminent archaeologist-conservationist Ghulam Yazdani, that first took up renovation of the historicRamappa templein 1914.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Yazdani, who conserved the Ajanta and Ellora cave paintings for posterity, renovated the dilapidated Ramappa temple and it is his conservation efforts that have now fetched the world heritage tag to the Kakatiyan temple of the 13th century.

Yazdani was one of the founders of the archaeology department in the erstwhile Nizam state. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in its report to the online extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, which is currently on at Fuzhou in China, specifically makes a reference to the conservation of the temple complex by the Nizam government to state that the condition of the temple is now in a satisfactory state.

The central government has nominatedAndhra Pradeshas member ofTask Force for National Digital Tourism Mission(NDTM) constituted by theMinistry of Tourism.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The task force has been formed for the augmentation of digitalization in the tourism sector and to enhance opportunities for tourism enterprises to expand their market reach, Growth, operational efficiencies and to sharpen their competitive edge.

The objective of setting up of task force is to identify key challenges and opportunities for digitalization in travel, hotels, catering and other service sectors co-related with tourism, also to create awareness on digitalization of tourism amid sub sectors.

Chief ministerPramod Sawantassured Cuncolim locals that the newmedical dispensaryand emergency care centre would be functional within a month.

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The facility, consisting of two halls of 10 rooms each, was built under the golden jubilee funds allotted to every by the State Government. Each municipality had received Rs 2 crore under the scheme of which the CMC spent Rs 1 crore for the emergency centre.

While parts of westernMaharashtraandKonkanare facing floods due to heavy rains, the water level in various dams of theMarathwadaregion has dipped as compared to this time last year, as per the irrigation department. The total water storage capacity of 45 big reservoirs in the region is 4,505.36 million cubic meters (MCM).

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It further said 81 medium reservoirs in the Marathwada region had 247.84 MCM water on Monday as against their total storage capacity of 1,056.42 MCM. Their storage as of now is 23.46 per cent as compared to 30.19 per cent last year, the report said.

Haryanahas cancelled 2.91 lakh ration cards of ineligible beneficiaries in the region in the last three years. Its neighbourPunjabhas annulled 2.87 lakh such ration cards while the hill state ofHimachal Pradeshfound 59,435ration cardholders not entitled to enjoy the benefits of the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) from 2018 to 2020.

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Minister of state in the ministry of rural development and consumer affairs, food and public distribution Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti shared this information during the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament on Tuesday. She said that under the National Act (NFSA), Aadhaar seeding of ration cards ensures uniqueness of beneficiaries in the Public Distribution System, avoiding duplicate or bogus ration cards. So far, more than 92% ration cards, at least one member of household, have been Aadhaar seeded at the national level. A total of 30 states and Union territories have completed the Aadhaar seeding of ration cards under NFSA, said the minister.

The TPDS is operated under the joint responsibilities of the central and the state/UT governments in which the operational responsibilities, such as identification of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act, issuance of ration cards to them, allocation of foodgrains to all fair price shops, distribution to beneficiaries, licensing and monitoring of fair price shops, grievance redressal of beneficiaries lies with the concerned state or UT government.

Under the direct loan scheme run by the Punjab Scheduled Castes Land Development and Finance Corporation, the income limit for borrowing has been raised from Rs one lakh to Rs three lakhs.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The has extended the powers to sanction loans up to Rs one lakh to the district managers of the corporation at the district level for the expeditious disposal of debt cases for the convenience of people.

the main objective of the Corporation is to provide low interest rate loans to the Scheduled Castes and persons with disabilities for self-EMPLOYMENT occupations such as Dairy farms, grocery shops, clothing shops, shuttering work, lumbering, higher Education loans, so that their economic status can be raised and they can be lifted out from the POVERTY-line”>Poverty Line.

The Minister further said that the Corporation has provided financial assistance of Rs 2,293.73 lakh to 2,116 beneficiaries even during the difficult times of COVID-19 during the current financial year 2021-2022. The Corporation had set a target of disbursing Rs 40 crore to 1,400 borrowers, under which loan-subsidy of Rs 624.81 lakh has been disbursed to 562 beneficiaries so far.

Punjab Government during its tenure of almost four years has extended loans of Rs 8,066.23 lakh to 8,590 eligible and needy SC youth. In addition, the State Government has given huge relief to the debtors by waiving the debts of 14,260 beneficiaries amounting to Rs 4,540.80 lakh.

The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) should procure apple from Himachal through the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) and at rates on par with Kashmir, said Harish Chauhan, president, Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Growers Association of Himachal Pradesh.

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Raising the demand, Chauhan also brought out the anomaly in the prices offered to the growers of the two states through MIS. Even though the scheme is same, Kashmiri apple growers get Rs 24for their Grade C variety,while their counterparts in Himachal get only Rs 9.50. The difference is huge. he said.

Not just Grade C, NAFED also buys Grade A and Grade B apple in Kashmir. In Himachal, the MIS is applicable only to Grade C apple. Chauhan said last year, NAFED offered Rs 60 per kg, Rs 44 and Rs 24 for Grade A, B and C, respectively, to Kashmiri growers.

The Haridwar Roorkee Development Authority (HRDA) has recently undertaken an initiative to not only improve the environment but also boost public health.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

HRDA Secretary Lalit Narayan Mishra said an Oxygen strip has been developed on a 2.5 kilometre stretch from Sinh Dwar to Jatwada on which about 250 treeshave been planted.

These include trees of medicinal and environmental importance like Peepal, banyan, Amla and Neem among others. These trees will not only provide fresh air to the people but also improve the Environment in the city.

All the saplings have been protected with tree guards. Mishra said authority aims to connect progressive youths and volunteers to this initiative. Peepal trees have been given more space on this stretch as this tree lives longer and provides fresh oxygen.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, said the state government had taken an initiative to link education to society in real terms down to the grassroots level and this was a new beginning to strengthen the foundation of the social system of the country.

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The decision to make universities adopt villages for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) patients, both adults and children, would further create a healthy and educated India. He said the government was committed to the treatment of the weaker sections, especially those who were suffering from major diseases.

Praising Anganwadis, Yogi Adityanath said the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was successfully controlled and the credit to this went to Anganwadis and the medical warriors of the state. He said the government had given priority to vaccination of all Health workers and this was one of the reasons that the impact of the second wave was controlled.

In a bid to empower rural women, Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday with HDFC Bank to provide credit linkage to Sakhi Mandals in the State.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Sakhi Mandals in the State will be benefited by coming forward of private sectors lenders for credit linkage to Sakhi Mandals, said Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nancy Sahay, Chief while the signing of MoU with HDFC Bank.

JSLPS under the Department of Rural Development is constantly trying to connect rural Women in the State with credit linkage. HDFC Bank is the first private bank to join the initiative of providing credit linkage to Sakhi Mandals in the State. The representatives of the bank talked about more help under the CSR item for the livelihood of Sakhi Mandals in the State in the coming days.

Under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana, , about 2.6 lakh Sakhi Mandals have been formed. Out of these, an amount of Rs 2000 crores has been made available to about 1.5 lakh Sakhi Mandals as credit linkage. This amount has been linked by the Government banks.