Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Current Affairs, GK & News
Light House Project
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the foundation of the Light House Project in six states. Where are the Light House Projects being implemented? The Light House Projects are to be implemented in Agartala (Tripura), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot (Gujarat) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu) under the Global Housing Technology Challenge-India. ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: BPL Households • light house project • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs • PM Modi • Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana • Recycling
AMRUT Mission: Project updates in HP and Uttarakhand
On October 9, 2020, Ministry of housing and urban affairs reviewed the progress of AMRUT Scheme in the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Highlights Around 32 projects have been completed in the state of Himachal Pradesh under the scheme and 41 projects are under implementation. In the state of Uttarakhand, around 151 projects have ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: AMRUT • AMRUT Scheme • Himachal Pradesh • LED lights • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs • Uttarakhand
PM Svanidhi Scheme: MoHUA unites with Swiggy taking Street Food Vendors online
On October 5, 2020, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs signed Memorandum of Understanding with Swiggy to take street food vendors online. This was achieved under PM Svanidhi Scheme. Highlights The programme was launched in five cities such as Chennai, Ahmedabad, Indore, Delhi and Varanasi. Under the programme around 250 vendors were taken on-board across ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan • FSSAI • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs • PM SVANidhi • Street Vendors • Swiggy
Six Years of Swachh Bharat Mission to be celebrated on Gandhi Jayanti
On October 2, 2020, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is to celebrate six years if Swachh Bharat Mission. The programme was launched on birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (October 2). The mission was launched from Rajghat on October 2, 2014 to achieve the aim of “Clean India” by October 2, 2019 when the ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: clean india • Gandhi Jayanti • Mahatma Gandhi • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs • Rajghat • Swachh Bharat Abhiyan • Swachh Bharat Mission • Swachh Bharat Revolution • Urban Local Bodies
What is Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF 2.0) ?
Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs (I/C), Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, has launched the Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF) 2.0. He also launched ‘Streets for People Challenge’ along with CSCAF 2.0 in a virtual event which was organized by the Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). Key Facts ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Climate change • CSCAF 2.0 • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs • Smart cities in India • Smart Cities Mission • streets for people challenge