Sital Sasthi’ festival
being celebrated in which state of India
•
Odisha
•
highlights the
marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati
•
It is
week-long festival
•
Odisha
Governor: Ganeshi Lal;
•
Odisha Chief
Minister: Naveen Patnaik
‘14400’ app launched
in?
•
Andhra Pradesh
•
developed by
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)
•
Objective - To
report corrupt officials
•
People to
register corruption-related complaints against the officials
•
toll-free
number 14400 to file case
•
The complaint
will also serve as proof in court
•
Andhra Pradesh
Governor: Biswabhusan Harichandan;
•
Andhra Pradesh
Chief minister: Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Beach Vigil App’
launched in state of
•
Goa
•
Goa government
in collaboration Information Technology (IT) sector and tourism sector launched
this app
•
Objective -
Holistic Management of beaches to raise issues for safeguarding the interest of
the tourist’s by drishti workers, police and other tourism workers
•
Goa Chief
minister: Pramod Sawant
•
Goa Governor:
P.S. Sreedharan Pillai
State Butterfly of
Sikkim
•
Blue Duke
•
Announced
during World Environment Day celebrations
•
Krishna
Peacock was another contender for the state butterfly
•
Sikkim Chief
Minister : P.S. Golay
•
Sikkim
Governor: Ganga Prasad
In which state luxury
cruise liner “Empress” flagged off
•
Tamil Nadu
•
It is first
luxury cruise of the state
•
Empress has
eleven-storey tourist vessel and can accommodate ~2000 passengers and about 800
crew members
•
It was flagged
off from Chennai port
•
Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister: MK Stalin
•
Tamil Nadu
Governor: N. Ravi
Which state has
announced e-Stamp Instead Of Paper Stamp
•
Punjab
•
Punjab Revenue
Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa launched the ‘e-stamp facility’
•
Computerised
print-out from any stamp vendor or from banks authorised by the State
government will be eligible
•
Punjab
government will pay a commission of 2% to the stamp vendors
•
Punjab
Governor: Banwarilal Purohit
•
Punjab Chief
Minister: Bhagwant Mann
First Indian state to
approve a policy for drones
•
Himachal
Pradesh
•
‘Himachal
Pradesh Drone Policy 2022’
•
Objective - To
enable the use of drone technology for public services in the hill state
•
With this step
H.P will become the first state of India to acknowledge the public use of
drones
•
Himachal
Pradesh Governor: Rajendra Arlekar
•
H.P Chief minister:
Jai Ram Thakur.
Baikho festival
celebrated in which state?
•
Assam
•
It is
celebrated by Rabha tribes of India
•
Objective – To
bring good rain, auspicious harvest season and good health of crops
•
Assam Chief
Minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma
•
Assam
Governor: Jagadish Mukhi
‘FRUITS’ software for
farmer schemes launched in state of?
•
Karnataka
•
FRUITS stands
for “Farmer Registration & Unified Beneficiary Information System”
•
The software
will facilitate
•
single
registration using an Aadhar card
•
digitized land
record system for authenticating ownership
•
Direct Benefit
Transfer under PM Kisan
•
payment for
Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for crops
•
other
facilities like special financial assistance, caste certificate authentication,
and ration cards can be availed by farmers
•
Karnataka
Chief Minister: Basavaraj Bomma
•
Karnataka
Governor: Thawar Chand Gehlot
Ennum Ezhuthum scheme
launched in state of?
•
Tamil Nadu
•
Objective - To
bridge the learning gap that was caused due to the COVID pandemic
•
Applicable for
children under the age of 8 years
•
The education
department will distribute workbooks to students from Classes 1 to 3.
•
Tamil Nadu
Chief minister: K. Stalin
• Tamil Nadu Governor: N. Ravi
Kalika Mata temple
recently inaugurated in which state of India?
•
Gujarat
•
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi inaugurated the renovated Shree Kalika Mata Temple at Pavagadh
Hill in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district
•
‘Dhwaja’ was
raised at full mast atop the shrine by Mr. Modi after 5 centuries
•
It is 11th
Century temple
•
The temple was
destroyed by Sultan Mahmud Begda (1458 to 1511), 500 years ago (15th Century)
•
Sadanshah Pir
Dargah was built at the place after the spire of the temple was destroyed
•
Chief Minister
of Gujarat: Shri Bhupendra Patel
Nishadraj
boat subsidy scheme launched in which state?
- ·
Uttar Pradesh
- · Nishads, is the boatmen and fishermen community
- ·
40% subsidy to fishermen to purchase boats up to Rs 1
Lakh
- ·
Additional 25% subsidy for setting up of manufacturing
unit for fish seeds
“Operation Sajag” was launched by police department of which state/union
territory?
·
New Delhi
- number of police control room calls have decreased by 24 per cent
- Street crime has declined by 33 per cent
- · 8000+ criminals, robbers, anti-social elements caught by police
- · Launched in October 2021
Maharashtra Jivhala scheme?
- · Launched by the Maharashtra Department of Prisons
- · Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank is offering this newly launched credit scheme that has been named Jivhala
- · For the inmates who are serving sentences in various jails across Maharashtra for more than 3 years
- ·
Mostly the convict is the only earning member of the
family as such they have no income source. For such families this card can be
useful. The card will be issued in convict’s name
- ·
The loan limit is Rs 50,000 with 7% interest
- · The inmates will be able to utilize this loan for the medical treatment of their family members, their children’s education, legal fees, etc.
YSR Yantra Seva Scheme launched by?
- ·
CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has distributed
tractors and combine harvesters to farmers in Andhra Pradesh
- ·
3,800 tractors and 320 combined
harvesters would be made available at Rythu Bharosa Centres (RBKs) across the
State.
- ·
The State government is providing a 40 %
subsidy, loans for rest 50 % of the machinery cost, and the remaining 10 % to
be paid by the farmer
- ·
As part of the initiative, govt will
provide a subsidy of ₹175 crore into 5,260 farmer group bank accounts
- · Scheme was announced at Chuttugunta Centre in Guntur, A.P
