Zonal Master Plan of Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone Approved

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has approved the Zonal Master Plan (ZMP) prepared by the Uttarakhand Government and appraised by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, for the Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone. Background:                                            ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: States Current Affairs

Topics: Bhagirathi Eco Sensitive Zone • Border Roads Organization • ChaarDhaam Project • Eco-Sensitive Zone • Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change • Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

PM SVANidhi App Launched to Provide Credit to Street-Vendors

The Secretary, Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Durga Shankar Mishra, has launched the PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) mobile application in New Delhi. Under the scheme, the street vendors are going to be provided with credit facility and this will act as a sourcing platform for the lending institutions and their ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Credit • Lending Institutions • NBFC • PM SVANidhi • Street Vendors

Housing Sales Hit in the First Half of 2020, NCR Affected the Most

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic hitting the country hard in 2020, housing sales across the major cities of India have been affected a lot with a decline of 54 per cent to 59538 units during the First Half of 2020. During the same period in the last year, over 1.29 lakh units were sold across ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: Bengaluru • Hyderabad • Knight Frank India • Kolkata • Mumbai • NCR • Real Estate

Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue to be Held Online

The Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, an initiative of the German Renewable Energy Federation, the German Solar Association, the German Energy Agency and Eclareon, will be held online this year, owing to the pandemic situation all over the world. Commenced in 2015, this dialogue has become one of the leading international forums for the energy transition ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: Berling Energy Transition Dialogue • BETD • Green Sofa Dialogue • Renewable energy

Uttarakhand Govt. forms Committee for Compulsory Retirement of Govt. Employees above 50 years

Uttarakhand Government has formed a screening committee for compulsory retirement to the government employees aged 50 years and above in the public interest. The employees to be considered include the government employees who are incapable of doing official work, are sick or are mostly absent in offices, disregard the orders of their superior officers, and ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: States Current Affairs

Topics: Compulsory Retirement • Government Employees • Uttarakhand • Uttarakhand Government