Current Affairs from States
‘Nai Manzil’ Scheme launched in J
& K
The ‘Nai
Manzil’ scheme was launched for the first
time in Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar on January 20, 2016. The scheme
was launched for girls .
35% Job quota for women in Bihar
The
Bihar government on January 19,2016 announced 35% reservation to women in
government jobs in the state at all levels.
Jharkhan becomes the first state
to sign UDAY MoU
Mineral
rich but energy defict, Jharkhan became the first state to sign an MoU with the
Centre, On January 5, 2016, for the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana reforms for
state-owned power distribution companies.
India’s first free Public Wi-FI
service at railway station inaugurated
in Mumbai
RailTel,
the telecom arm of the Indian Railway, on January 22, 2016 launched free public
wi-fi service at Mumbai Central station in collaboration with Google and plans
to roll out this project to 100 stations across the country by this year-end.
Kerala first to attain 100%
primary education
Vice
President A. Hamid Ansari on January 13, 2016 declared kerala as the first
Total Primary Education attained state in India, in a function held at the
Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram.
Telangana becomes first state to
make gender education compulsory
Telangana
on January 11, 2016 became the first state to introduce compulsory gender
education at the graduate level, without repeating gender stereotypes in its
bilingual textbook titled, ‘Towards a World of Equals’.
Indian History Congress organized
in Malda
About
1200 delegates from all over the country and abroad participated in the 76th
session of Indian History Congress organized at the Gour Banga University in
Malda from December 27 to 29, 2015.
President’s Rule in Arunachal
President
Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to president’s
Rule in Arunachal Pradesh on January 26, 2016, two days after the
recommendation of the Union Cabinet which cited political instability in the
state.
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