Land use Current Affairs, GK & News
BLUIS: Odisha’s satellite-based technology to prevent encroachment of government land
On July 8, 2020, the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched BLUIS-Bhubaneswar Land Use Intelligence System. The system will help in preventing encroachments of government lands with the help of satellites. Highlights BLUIS is a web and mobile based solution to monitor changes in government lands in Bhubaneswar. The system uses high resolution satellite images ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: States Current Affairs
Topics: Artificial intelligence • BLUIS • Government Land • land encroachment • Land use • Naveen Patnaik • Odisha • Satellite
Life Expectancy in India
The current Life Expectancy in INDIA is 65 years. It has improved from 40 years in 1951 to 65 at present. The implication is that the population of the elderly has augmented 4 times. The count of senior citizens over the 60 was over 76 million per 2001 Census and now it is expected to ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Topics: Academic disciplines • Demography • Elder law • Human geography • Human migration • Industrial Revolution • Land use • Old age • Urban development • Urbanization
Rajasthan sets up Urbanization Commission
The state Government of Rajasthan has constituted the State Urbanization Commission for assessing status of urbanization and impact of urban development schemes and programmes. Senior IAS officer G S Sandhu is to be first Chairman of the Commission. The commission , besides reviewing ongoing programmes and schemes would also decide on priority areas for proper ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Academic disciplines • Human migration • Indian Administrative Service • Industrial Revolution • Land use • Urban development • Urbanization