SAUNI Scheme: Third Phase launched

Published: June 12, 2020

The third phase of Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) scheme was launched by the Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. The scheme is to fill 115 dams with Narmada water by August 15, 2020 and March, 2021. Key Features The first phase of SAUNI scheme was launched in 2016 by PM Modi at Aji-3 dam. The ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Topics: Government Schemes • Irrigation • Irrigation Projects • Narmada River • SAUNI Project • SAUNI Scheme • Saurashtra • Vindhyan basin

Aarambh: First ever foundation civil service course

Published: October 29, 2019

The GoI has launched the first ever common foundation course called the “Aarambh” for civil servants at the Statue of Unity, Kevadia, Gujarat. Around 500 newly recruited bureaucrats will undergo six-day training. The World Bank president David Malpass addressed the probationers near the statue on 27th October, 2019. The event is to be launched on ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019

Category: Important Days & Events in Current Affairs

Topics: Aarambh • civil services • Gujarat • IAS • Narmada River • PM Modi • Statue of Unity

Namdev Tyagi appointed as chairman of ‘Ma Narmada, Ma Kshipra evam Ma Mandakini River Trust’ in Madhya Pradesh

Published: March 12, 2019

The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh has appointed self-styled godman Namdev Tyagi to the post of the chairperson of the ‘Ma Narmada, Ma Kshipra evam Ma Mandakini River Trust’. He is popularly known as “Computer Baba”. Notably, Tyagi was accorded minister of state (MoS) status by the previous BJP-led government in April 2018. However, he ..

Topics: Computer Baba • India • Madhya Pradesh • Narmada River • Shipra River • States and union territories of India • Tyagi

Ram V. Sutar designs world’s ‘tallest statue’Statue of Unity’

Published: November 1, 2018

On October 31, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the ‘Statue of Unity’ in Narmada district of Gujarat on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Sardar Patel – who served as the first Home Minister of independent India – is credited with uniting all 562 princely states in pre-independent India to build the Republic of ..

Topics: Architecture of India • Gujarat • India • Indian Hindus • Indian nationalists • Narmada district • Narmada River • Sardar Sarovar Dam • States and union territories of India • Statue of Unity • Vallabhbhai • Vallabhbhai Patel

The 5th edition of Nadi Mahotsava started in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh

Published: March 16, 2018

The 5th edition of Nadi Mahotsava has started at Bandrabhan of Hoshangabad District of Madhya Pradesh on March 16, 2018. It was inaugurated by Nitin Gadkari, who is Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation. The 2-day mahotsava with various sessions of discussion is taking place for the conservation of Narmada River.

Topics: Gulf of Khambhat • Hoshangabad • India • Madhya Pradesh • Narendra Modi ministry • Narmada River • Nitin Gadkari • States and union territories of India

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