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PMO
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that his Government is working with
compassion to serve people, in line with the path shown by Lord Buddha.
• PM inaugurated the ‘Buddha Jayanti 2018’.
• Mr Modi said, the problems being faced by the world presently can be solved by
following the path shown by Lord Buddha.
• The Prime Minister said, his government is implementing several schemes for the
empowerment of poor people.
• Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, more than 31 crore bank accounts of poor
people have been opened.
• The biggest message of Buddha Purnima is that people should change themselves
before changing others.
• The government has approved over 360 crore rupees for the development of
Buddhist Circuit.
• UP, MP, Gujarat, AP
• The Prime Minister asserted that India is home to a unique heritage, where the
overriding thought has always been the benefit of mankind.
• He said, the teachings of Lord Buddha have shaped many nations.
• He said, India has never been an aggressor.
• Mr Modi exhorted the gathering to make a contribution towards the New India of
2022, when the country will celebrate 75 years of freedom.
• Buddha Purnima marking the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha is being
celebrated in the country and abroad.
• Nepal: Maya Devi temple in Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Buddha.
Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
• Ayushman Bharat Diwas was observed across the country today
• During the event, information regarding Ayushman Bharat Scheme was provided to
people during health camps organised in rural areas.
• Gram sabhas were held different parts of the country to create awareness about
the National Health Protection Mission and to verify and update details in SocioEconomic
and Caste Census database.
Power ministry
• The Government today issued a clarification on designation of villages as
electrified.
• Power ministry in a statement said, that definition of village electrification
mandates electrification of at least 10% households in a village, but does not imply
restricting household electrification only to 10%.
• As per recent reports from the States, household electrification level in rural
areas is more than 82% ranging from 47 to 100% across various States.
Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
• Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation, Sushri Uma Bharti, today
launched the GOBAR (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources – DHAN scheme at the
National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) Auditorium, Karnal in the presence of the
Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Manohar Lal Khattar.
• The scheme aims to positively impact village cleanliness and generate wealth
and energy from cattle and organic waste.
• The scheme also aims at creating new rural livelihood opportunities and
enhancing income for farmers and other rural people.
• The Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) comprises two main components for creating
clean villages – creating open defecation free (ODF) villages and managing solid and
liquid waste in villages.
• With over 3.5 lakh villages, 374 districts and 16 States/Uts of the country being
declared ODF, the stage is set for ODF-plus activities, including measures to enhance
solid and liquid waste management.
• The GOBAR-DHAN scheme, with its focus on keeping villages clean, increasing the
income of rural households, and generation of energy from cattle waste, is
an important element of this ODF-plus strategy.
• The scheme envisages the implementation of 700 bio-gas units in different states of
the country in 2018-19.
• Speaking on the occasion, Sushri Uma Bharti reiterated the Prime Minister’s
statement, “Vikas tab hoga jab jan andolan banega” (A peoples’ movement
will foster development).
• The guidelines of GOBAR-DHAN scheme were also launched which details of the
scheme, implementation arrangements, financing provisions and roles and
responsibilities of the Center, State governments, districts and other
stakeholders involved in implementation of the scheme.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports • Col Rajyavardhan Rathore has said that
our sports persons have amazing capacity to do well in every sport and not just in
skill based games.
• Sports persons are ambassadors of the country, role models of the youth and
every Indian feels proud of them.
• Terming sports as a soft power, Rathore said “we don’t fund any of the soft
powers such as films, cuisine and culture but we fund you”.
Red Fort
• GoI has sold the 16th-century monument for a pocketful of shells: hysteria
• Reality check: corporate house winning a contract to ‘adopt’ Delhi’s Red Fort for
five years.
• PPP in an arena where government has underachieved and underfunded for
decades.
• So far out attitude has been that if I cant do it I wont allow others to do it either.
• The effect of this kind of thinking is not just evident in the way our monuments, historical
sites and buildings have been maintained, but it has also made us grow suspicious of nongovernmental enthusiasm in ‘non-profit’ fields per.
• A monitoring system — under the ASI or a ‘monuments committee’, as has been
directed in GoI’s ‘Adopt a Heritage’ programmed of which the Red Fort-Dalmia
partnership is an example — is essential.
• This is hardly the first time that corporate help is being sought, and met, for the upkeep
of our monuments.
• India’s historical treasures deserve all the support and expertise they can get.
1. The cause of decline of textile industries in 18th century in Bengal was-
1. Decline in quality of production
2. Non-availability of raw material
3. High tariff rates on exports to Britain
4. Non-availability of craftsmen
2. First railways line were laid down in India under which
British Governor?
1. Dalhousie
2. Curzon
3. Wellesley
4. Lytton
Answers-
1. Which of the following state can nominate two women members to the Legislative Assembly?
1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Kerala
3. Jammu and Kashmir
4. Uttar Pradesh
2. The maximum number of members that the Legislative Assembly of a State in India can have is?
1. 400
2. 450
3. 500
4. 600
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