NCR Current Affairs, GK & News
Delhi to Conduct Serological Survey on Monthly Basis
Delhi Government has announced that it has decided to carry out a serological survey every month on the citizens of the region. In this regard, the Healthy Ministry had released the data for the serological survey conducted in June-July for the National Capital Region (NCR) recently and it has found that 22.86% population now have ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: States Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • Delhi Government • National Capital Region • NCR • Serological survey
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
NCAER: COVID-19 Lock Down impacts 85% of NCR households
On April 13, 2020, the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) released its report on survey conducted in National Capital Region (NCR). Key findings of the survey According to the survey, 85% of the households in the NCR are heavily impacted due to COVID-19 outbreak. The survey was conducted through telephonic conversations. Around 1,750 ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 testing • extension of lock down • Food and drink • Health Survey • NCAER • NCR • smart lock down
Measures to tackle stubble burning
Stubble burning in states such as Haryana and Punjab is a major cause of air pollution in north India in October and November. The stubble burning is one of the main reasons for the higher level of pollutants in the air in the National Capital Region. The Central government has initiated following steps to reduce ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Agricultural Waste • In-Situ Management of Crop Residue • NCR • policy for biomass utilization • Stubble burning • zero tillage farming
SC accepts Centre’s proposal for use of coloured stickers to indicate nature of fuel
Supreme Court has accepted Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) proposal to use hologram-based coloured stickers on vehicles, plying in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) to indicate the nature of the fuel used. The apex court has asked government to implement use of coloured stickers on vehicles plying in Delhi-NCR by September 30, 2018. It ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Topics: Air pollution • Hologram-based Coloured Stickers • Ministry of Road Transport and Highways • National • National Capital Region • NCR • Supreme court