Page-8 of Current Affairs - December, 2011
Cabinet approves Restructuring of Geological Survey of India
The Union Cabinet approved the restructuring of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), which includes rightsizing its strength by filling up posts over a 10-year period. Geological Survey of India (GSI), established in 1851 is a government organization in India ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Universal Health Insurance Scheme India
At present India has Health Insurance scheme Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY), for people living below poverty line. The RSBM is restricted to the poor and for certain select groups. Now, India may get a universal health insurance scheme, to ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Government’s plans to recruit 90,000 soldiers for China border
As per the news published in Newspapers, ministry of defence (MoD) has approved a ` 64,000 crore military modernization plan that would include raising four new divisions along the India-China border. Two of these would be part of a Mountain ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
India Human Development Report, 2011
India Human Development Report is prepared annually by the Institute of Applied Manpower Research. The latest report was released on October 21 by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia in the presence of Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
GePG: The E-payment gateway for retired govt staff
Indian Government’s official account-keeper, the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) has developed a fully secured e-payment gateway for direct credit of dues into the accounts of beneficiaries using digitally signed electronic advice through the new system. Apart from revolutionizing payments ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Tit-Bit Current Affairs : October 2011
Uttarakhand first state to covert 13% rainfed area to irrigated land: Uttarakhand has become the first state to convert its 13 per cent of rain-fed land area into irrigated land and the Centre has granted permission, in principle, for the ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Alternatives for Endosulfan to be studied by FAO
The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) will assume studies on integrated pest management alternatives to Endosulfan, a decision taken by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention. This verdict was taken as a carry out to the ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Janet Baker wins Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award
British singer Janet Baker won Gramophone magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award recently. Baker was an acclaimed master of both opera and lieder for more than 30 years. Janet Baker was born in August 1933. Her early interest in music was so ..